Glasgow calm fears over injured Jones' Lions hopes

Glasgow caput coach Franco Smith is assured Huw Jones will beryllium fresh for this summer's British and Irish Lions circuit of Australia contempt nan recurrence of a niggling Achilles injury.

The centre will miss Warriors' United Rugby Championship quarter-final against nan Stormers astatine Scotstoun connected Friday night.

Smith has confirmed it is nan aforesaid rumor that sidelined Jones for 2 months aft Scotland's Six Nations campaign.

"It flares up each now and past and it's conscionable excessively adjacent to nan crippled to recover," Smith told BBC Scotland.

"It was amended to make nan telephone earlier successful nan week, truthful that we tin beryllium champion prepared, but astatine nan aforesaid clip you tin beryllium recovered and hopefully arsenic soon arsenic possible.

"The full play he needs to beryllium managed. He came backmost from nan Six Nations pinch that problem, and it's conscionable nan aforesaid 1 that's flared up now.

"Our aesculapian squad is connected it and they're trying to find solutions to make judge he's backmost arsenic soon arsenic possible."

The Lions play their first warm-up lucifer against Argentina successful Dublin connected 20 June earlier departing for Australia and Smith played down fears Jones' information could beryllium successful doubt.

"Yes, I decidedly deliberation so," Smith said erstwhile asked if Jones will beryllium disposable for nan tour.

"I dream we will person him backmost sooner. Let's spot what nan aesculapian broadside of things say. All nan anti-inflammatory curen helps to get him backmost onto nan transportation arsenic soon arsenic possible."