RWC 2015: Wales receive injury boost from Paul James and Liam Williams

Kicking coach Neil Jenkins says Wales were glad to get through a ‘brutal’ game against Fiji

Liam Williams was forced off after being kicked in the head (Getty Images)

Wales are expected to have the rarity of a fully fit squad to chose from for their potentially crucial final pool game against Australia next Saturday.

The Wales line-up has been ravaged by injuries both in the lead-up to the World Cup and during it but head coach Warren Gatland is expected to have the luxury of being able to select from all 31 members of his revised squad for the Wallabies game.

Full-back Liam Williams, who missed Thursday’s 23-13 win over Fiji in Cardiff after being knocked out by the knee of England flanker Tom Wood, is on course to clear the relevant concussion protocol.

Prop Paul James will be available once more following a calf injury, while lock Bradley Davies, who was limping heavily after the victory over Fiji at the Millennium Stadium and had an ice pack strapped to his ankle, is expected to recover for a game that could be a make-or-break fixture for Wales, depending on the outcome of Saturday night's game at Twickenham between England and Australia.

Gareth Anscombe, who was called in to replace the injured Hallam Amos on the wing, is also in contention for selection, having recovered from an ankle complaint which ruled him out of contention to face the Fijians.

Of the overall fitness of the squad, Wales kicking coach Neil Jenkins said yesterday: “We will be OK. We have got a nice turnaround and the boys can look forward to this weekend and then look forward to a big Test match against Australia next weekend.

“There were a lot of boys cramping up last night, which is understandable having played England, travelling home and then playing against an incredibly tough Fiji side. We wouldn’t have expected anything else.

“It was a brutal Test match. Obviously there are a lot of battered bodies. To play two Test matches to the standard we have played over the last few days is huge. It doesn’t bear thinking about what these boys have gone through.”

Even if England lose, we will still be looking forward to Australia

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Wales have a huge vested interest in today’s crunch Pool A game. If Australia win, Wales are guaranteed a passage to the quarter-finals but if England are victorious the Welsh could well become the first side in World Cup history to win three pool games and not qualify from their group, should they lose their final match against Australia.

Jenkins added: “What will be will be. Whatever happens [between England and Australia this evening], we have got to turn up a week Saturday and win, that’s simple.

“Even if England did lose and go out, we will still be looking forward to the Australia game. It’s a game we want to win because we want to go through as group winners. I think the focus for us is on a week Saturday.”