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British & Irish Lions hooker Ken Owens is set to miss Wales’ entire Six Nations campaign with a back injury.
The news is a big blow to Welsh head coach Wayne Pivac, who is already without iconic captain Alun Wyn Jones for the Championship which starts next month.
Owens played in all three Tests for the Lions as Warren Gatland’s side were beaten 2-1 by South Africa last summer.
Hooker Ken Owens is set to miss Wales’ Six Nations campaign with a back injury
He had been due to start Wales’ autumn opener with New Zealand on October 30, but withdrew from the side soon after it had been named.
Owens was later released from Wales’ autumn squad due to a back problem and hasn’t played since.
Sportsmail understands his back injury could yet rule him out of the rest of the 2021/22 season.
Wales, Six Nations champions in 2021, start the defence of their crown away to Ireland on February 5, but Pivac will be without a host of senior figures for most of the tournament.
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