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England and Wales wait on Ollie Devoto and Rhys Priestland respectively

Fly-half Rhys Priestland suffered an injury playing for Bath but is expected to be fit to return to the Wales' Six Nations squad
Image: Fly-half Rhys Priestland suffered an injury playing for Bath but is expected to be fit to return to the Wales' Six Nations squad

England's Ollie Devoto and Rhys Priestland of Wales face anxious waits to discover if they are fit enough to re-join their respective national squads ahead of next week's Six Nations matches.

Both suffered knocks during Bath's Premiership game against Wasps, with the uncapped Devoto sustaining a head injury.

Priestland's leg injury seems less of a concern according to club coach Mike Ford who watched his team slump to a 24-18 defeat - their sixth in eight league games.

Ford said: "Ollie took a knock. I am not too sure if it is concussion but he's groggy.

"And Rhys has got a sore dead leg but he has said he is fine. It is not too bad."

The Six Nations resumes next weekend with Wales entertaining France, and England hosting Ireland.

Although Devoto is unlikely to start for England, Priestland has already come on as a replacement in both of Wales's opening two matches in the tournament so far.

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As for Saturday's match, Ford added: "We are disappointed with the way we started both halves.

"Losing Ollie didn't help, and Rhys was playing on one leg there in the second-half.

"I am pleased we got a bonus point in the end which is not great when you are playing at home.

Rhys has got a sore dead leg but he has said he is fine
Bath coach Mike Ford on Priestland

"But at least we showed a bit of character and scored a try at the death. Individual errors cost us: simple dropped passes, missed tackles.

"We were not great on attack - at times we looked too narrow - but Wasps are playing well. We are disappointed for the fans. We are disappointed that we are not winning for them."

Frank Halai was the difference as Wasps beat Bath
Image: Frank Halai was the difference as Wasps beat Bath

Winger Frank Halai scored two tries for Wasps and director of rugby Dai Young said: "We had a lot of possession in the first-half but we really struggled to break Bath down.

"We found it hard to get much penetration but at half-time we said to just keep playing.

"As coaches, all we can do is try to give the players the tools. They have to make the decisions on the day, and I was pretty pleased with how we played the game.

"I thought we looked the better team and we looked in control but we never really got away from them that much.

"I never felt comfortable and never thought we were out of sight. To come here and get a win, we have got to be pleased.

"We have gone from ninth to third and a lot of people are talking about top four. We will start talking about top four during the last month of the season, if we have got a chance of being there.

"Our target, not only for this season, but the next couple of seasons, is that we want to be a consistent top-six team.

"We want to be in Europe and at the top table of European rugby consistently."

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