Wales rugby blow as Byrne ruled out

Wales preparations for next month's Test matches against Australia, South Africa and Fiji have suffered a blow after full-back Lee Byrne was ruled out through injury, officials said Monday.

British and Irish Lions star Byrne suffered a fractured bone in his right hand during Ospreys Celtic League match against Glasgow on Sunday.

The Welsh Rugby Union said in an injury bulleting Byrne had only an "outside chance" of recovering in time for the final match of Wales' autumn series, against New Zealand in Cardiff on November 27. Meanwhile, Scarlets loose forward Rob McCusker has withdrawn from the squad to undergo a hernia operation.

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Cardiff Blues wing Leigh Halfpenny - a possible alternative to Byrne - was also sweating on the outcome of a scan on an ankle problem.

"Lee Byrne will be given a specialist opinion on whether the injury is treatable with a cast," said Wales team physiotherapist Mark Davies.

"If that is the case, rather than surgery, he will have an outside chance of being back for the All Blacks game."

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