British and Irish Lions face anxious wait over fitness of Tomos Williams

The British and Irish Lions face an anxious wait over the fitness of Tomos Williams after the Wales scrum-half limped off in their 54-7 rout of Western Force.

Williams sustained an injury to his left hamstring during the act of scoring the second of his two tries early in the second half at Optus Stadium, ending another impressive performance for the Lions that was propelling him into Test contention.

While the extent of the damage is not yet known, it creates pressure on the tourists’ half-back stocks with Jamison Gibson-Park yet to make his first appearance on tour due to a glute problem.

Gibson-Park is expected to make his comeback against the Reds in Brisbane on Wednesday but with Williams struggling and Alex Mitchell facing the prospect of playing in a third consecutive game, head coach Andy Farrell may be forced to call up a reinforcement.

“Tomos has come off holding his hamstring. There was plenty of cramp last week, let’s hope it is one of those,” Farrell said.

“Jamison is fit and ready to go and has been training fully for the best part of a week so we’re happy with that but you don’t know until you know and we will only know in the morning.

“You have to let these things settle down and see what the outcome is and give it a little bit of space.

“Tomos was playing well and I’m sure there is a bit of concern there, but you can only deal with the here and now so fingers crossed.”

Ben White is currently on tour in New Zealand with Scotland and would be an obvious solution should Williams be ruled out for any length of time.

When asked about White, Farrell said: “We need to talk about that and make the right call for the group.”

Joe McCarthy was named man of the match but the eight-try demolition in the first outing