Wales lock Dafydd Jenkins looks increasingly unlikely to be fit for the autumn internationals.
The Exeter forward, who captained Wales in last season's Six Nations, underwent knee and shoulder surgery during the summer. But while Chiefs' England centre Henry Slade is on course to return after a shoulder operation in the next month, Jenkins is slightly behind that rate of progress. 'He is probably the guy who is behind the others - Henry and Tommy Wyatt - at getting back in that Premiership Cup period ,' Exeter rugby director Rob Baxter said.
'If he can make the tail-end of the Premiership Cup, that would be fantastic, but he is not quite at the level where the other two are. 'The other guys we are expecting to see them in the Premiership Cup period being available, but he may be that little bit behind.' Wales have lost their last nine Tests and kick off their autumn programme against Fiji on November 10, which is followed by Tests against Australia and South Africa.
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