Shock Wales call-up for uncapped wing Regan Grace

Wales person fixed Bath helping and rugby convention person Regan Grace - who is uncapped successful rugby national - a daze call-up to their summertime squad.

Grace has been called up for Ospreys helping Keelan Giles who has suffered a groin injury.

The 27-year-old switched codes successful 2022 but superior Achilles injuries person delayed his competitory rugby national debut.

Grace plays for an English nine truthful will beryllium unavailable for Saturday's lucifer against South Africa astatine Twickenham because nan lucifer falls extracurricular World Rugby's world window.

But he could characteristic successful nan two-Test bid against Australia successful July which would beryllium his first competitory master rugby national match.

Prop Henry Thomas has been ruled retired of nan crippled against nan Springboks done injury, pinch Keiron Assiratti starting and Harri O'Connor called onto nan replacements bench.

Wales will denote a last 34-man squad for nan circuit of Australia aft nan South Africa game.

Grace was calved successful Port Talbot and, aft playing for Ospreys academy, spent six seasons pinch St Helens during which he won 3 Super League Grand Finals and nan Challenge Cup, and played six games for Wales successful rugby league.

He announced he was switching codes successful July 2022 to nexus up pinch Racing 92 but ruptured his Achilles while playing for St Helens successful August that year.

Grace did not make an quality for nan French Top 14 broadside aft a relapse of nan wounded successful February 2023.

In April, Bath signed Grace connected a woody until nan extremity of nan 2024-25 season, which includes nan action of him staying for nan 2025-26 campaign.

Grace had joined Bath successful February arsenic he recovered from a semipermanent wounded and played successful 2 friendlies for nan nine successful March against Gloucester and Leinster.

Wales are missing nan rested Josh Adams for nan summertime bid pinch nan different backmost 3 options successful nan squad including Liam Williams, Cameron Winnett, Rio Dyer, Jacob Beetham, Josh Hathaway and Mason Grady. The second will statement up astatine centre against nan Springboks this weekend.