British and Irish Lions

Wales have received a major boost ahead of next week's RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against Scotland with Llanelli fly-half Stephen Jones rejoining the squad.

Jones missed the appointments with Italy and England after breaking his thumb in a club game.

But the plaster cast has now been removed, allowing him to linked up with the Wales squad at their training camp.

Jones, a proven Test match goalkicker and quality fly-half performer, will be in contention for the Murrayfield encounter on Saturday week.

Iestyn Harris replaced him when Wales lost in Rome 12 days ago, while Pontypridd's Ceri Sweeney took over for the England game last weekend.

Jones' Llanelli colleague, wing Mark Jones, is definitely ruled out of the Edinburgh trip though, due to concussion.

Lions skipper Sam Warburton says the lessons he and his Welsh colleagues learnt in Australia last summer will stand them in good stead for their return visit with Britain and Ireland's elite next month.

Tom Youngs has enjoyed a remarkable rise to the top of the British & Irish game but he won't be resting on his laurels ahead of his first Lions adventure.