Dragons quantity eight Wainwright averted a suspected damaged cheekbone however has suffered a nasty gash.
“The primary subject was a fracture,” stated Humphreys.
“He does not have that fracture, so we’re fairly hopeful he will probably be out there.
“He had an unbelievable gash. That is the factor for us. He is a tricky child and he is like ‘I will be all proper, they’ll simply sew me again up’, however it’s a reasonably unhealthy gash.
“He is acquired eight days to show round [between games] so we’re hopeful, particularly since he is determined to play.”
Scarlets again row Taine Plumtree has been flown in to hitch up with the squad whereas James Botham switched from flanker to quantity eight for the sport in Paris.
Cardiff quantity eight Faletau has not performed a world because the World Cup pool victory in opposition to Georgia in October 2023, the final time Wales gained a Take a look at match.
Gatland’s facet have since suffered 13 successive worldwide defeats, together with seven Six Nations losses on the bounce.
The defeat in Paris was the primary time Wales had failed to attain in a event match since 1998, whereas it’s 18 years since they beforehand completed pointless, in a 31-0 loss to Australia in 2007.
