George North To Miss Ireland Clash

George North will be left out of Wales’ warm-up match against Ireland this weekend in Cardiff.

North is still continuing his recovery from concussion after sustaining multiple knocks to the head for Wales and his club Northampton Saints last season.

As such the 23-year-old will not be risked as he has not completed the full concussion protocols.

"George has been doing most of the stuff with the rest of the guys. He is still picking up on a few things and that’s to do with the medical staff,” Wales kicking coach Neil Jenkins told WalesOnline.

"But he is going pretty well at this moment in time and has done a lot of skills and a fair bit of rugby stuff as well that we have done so far.

"He is looking in pretty good shape so hopefully things will keep progressing and he will take some parts in these games prior to the World Cup.

"I wouldn’t have thought he would be involved this weekend but I am sure three weeks down the road he could be involved in the Dublin game.”