The unluckiest Wales rugby players as form overlooked and Lion's international career appears over

Whenever a Wales squad is named a number of players can consider themselves unfortunate to miss out and that seems a particularly long list this time following Wayne Pivac’s 33-strong selection for the trip to South Africa. Here then are the most notable omissions.

You can read all the news on the Wales squad here and take a look at Wayne Pivac's press conference here.

The Ospreys No 8 could be forgiven for wondering just what more he has to do. He’s been one of the most consistent performers in regional rugby over the past two or three years and is bang on form, having scored a hat-trick of tries on his last outing against the Dragons, showing his trademark power and determination, while he can also cover across the back row, offering jackaling ability and defensive resolve, along with his remorseless carrying.

This is a really odd one. Davies figured in all but one of Wales’ matches this season, either at blindside flanker or lock, and started the last two against France and Italy. Yet now he is bombed out altogether and with Christ Tshiunza injured it means there is no-one offering the lock/6 hybrid option that Pivac has spoken so much about over the last year or so.

Explaining Morgan’s omission, Pivac says he needs to work on his physicality over the ball. Yet no-one has won more turnovers in the United Rugby Championship this season than the Ospreys flanker. He has pulled off no fewer than 22 of them, while he's second in the tournament tally when it comes to tackles, with a whopping 186. Those are some stats to leave at home. You do have to feel for him, as he has been the stand-out openside in the domestic game this season, while the one Six Nations match he started, against Scotland, coincided with Wales’