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Elliot Daly will have an X-ray after injuring his forearm in the second half of the British and Irish Lions’ win over the Queensland Reds.<\/b><\/p>\n
The versatile 32-year-old made his first Test start at full-back in four years in England’s win over Italy in March, but had stolen a march on rivals for the 15 shirt – Hugo Keenan, Blair Kinghorn and Marcus Smith – with his good form on tour.<\/p>\n
Daly was brought into the starting XV to face the Reds at short notice after Keenan, who was initially named as a starter after overcoming a calf strain, suffered a bout of illness.<\/p>\n
“We’ll see,” said Lions head coach Andy Farrell of the outlook for Daly with the first Test three and a half weeks away.<\/p>\n
“He has a bang on the forearm and is going for an X-ray this evening, so we all have our fingers crossed for him.”<\/p>\n
Daly has started both tour games in Australia at full-back and filled the role off the bench just before the hour in their defeat by Argentina in Dublin.<\/p>\n
Keenan and Kinghorn, who played for his French side Toulouse in last weekend’s Top 14 final, are still to take the field for the Lions.<\/p>\n
However, Farrell says he is not concerned despite only having three more warm-up matches before the Lions return to Brisbane to face the Wallabies in their 19 July series opener.<\/p>\n
“We have loads of full-backs,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Hugo will be OK tomorrow, or the next day, and Blair is ready to go.”<\/p>\n
Smith, more usually a fly-half, has also been deployed at full-back this season for England, with his versatility flagged by Farrell as a key to his selection for the squad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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