George North fit for Wales World Cup warm-up matches after concussions

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George North is fit to play in Wales’s World Cup warm-up matches after missing the final 10 weeks of last season on the advice of a specialist having been concussed three times in less than five months.

The Lions wing has taken part in Wales’s training camps in Switzerland and Qatar this month. The emphasis was more on conditioning than rugby, but when the squad, which returned from Doha on Wednesday, regathers on Sunday evening, the focus will be on the first of the warm-up matches, against Ireland in Cardiff the following Saturday.

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