Scarlets wing Lewis faces long spell out

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Image caption, Tomi Lewis will have Achilles surgery this week

Scarlets wing Tomi Lewis is facing around nine months out after suffering a ruptured Achilles during last Saturday鈥檚 win over Dragons.

Lewis, 25, had been in fine form for Scarlets and scored two tries against Dragons before limping off in the second half at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel suggested the uncapped Lewis had been in contention for Wales鈥 summer tour of Australia before injury struck.

Speaking after the Dragons game, Peel said he was 鈥済utted鈥 for former Wales Under-20 international Lewis.

鈥淗e was excellent against the Dragons and I said to our analyst on about 45 minutes 鈥楾omi is playing himself on the tour here鈥,鈥 Peel said.

鈥淏ut the future is bright for him and he will come back stronger.鈥

Scarlets academy product Lewis left the region for Jersey Reds in 2022, but returned to Parc y Scarlets in 2023.