Huw Jones will miss the Autumn Nations Series with Scotland and Nigel Carolan hopes the British & Irish Lions star will be back to full fitness ahead of the Six Nations.
The 31-year-old has been troubled by a long-standing Achilles problem that Franco Smith stated last year would need to ‘be managed for the rest of his career’.
Jones impressed for the British & Irish Lions during their series victory over Australia but the decision was made for the influential centre to undergo surgery last week.
The Glasgow Warriors star posted on social media after successfully undergoing surgery but he’s now effectively been ruled out of appealing for Scotland in November.
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Glasgow assistant coach Carolan believes those four games against USA, New Zealand, Argentina and Tonga will arrive ‘too early’ for Jones with the aim for the centre to return for Glasgow ahead of the Six Nations.
Asked to provide a timeline on Jones’ recovery, Carolan said: “It's hard to know. With Achilles, it's safe to say it's going to be a couple of months. I'd say the Autumn International would be too early for him. It'd be great if we could get him back and fly him into the Six Nations.
"That would be a really good goal. We just felt he could trundle it along but it's not going to get any better. It’s going to get the best out of Huw. We felt that surgery was the way to go and give him the best chance of prolonging that fantastic career that he's carving out for himself.”
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