Wales will be without the forward duo of hooker Gareth Williams and lock Deiniol Jones for the remainder of the Six Nations because of injury.

Williams picked up a knee injury in the 31-24 victory over Scotland while Jones came off with a rib injury in the 26-20 defeat to France (1/33 to win the Six Nations outright) on Friday night.

The injuries leaves coach Warren Gatland with a selection headache ahead of the game against Ireland (4/11 to win the triple crown) in two weeks time with Gethin Jenkins, Dwayne Peel, Mike Phillips, Alun Wyn Jones and Andy Powell all either doubtful or out of the game at Croke Park.

Gatland will also be hopeful that the 14 of the players he has released from his 32-man squad to play for their clubs this weekend don’t pick up any problems, especially Matthew Rees as he prepares to play for the Scarlets (150/1 to be Magners League grand final winners) against Ulster (25/1) at the Parc y Scarlets on Friday night.

The Wales coach will hope the weekends fixtures serve as a chance for some of his squad to get some game time under their belts with the likes of scrum-half Mike Phillips having not played much rugby in the last few months.

Phillips will more than likely be involved for the Ospreys in their clash against Edinburgh on Sunday, along with compatriots Andrew Bishop, Dan Biggar, Tom Prydie, Kristian Phillips and Ian Gough as they look to play their way into contention.

Don’t forget to check out Totesport.com this weekend for the domestic rugby betting ahead of the restart of the Six Nations.