Williams has tried not to 'dwell' on Lions injury

Tomos Williams was one of only two Welshmen in the Lions' 38-man touring squad

Wales and Gloucester scrum-half Tomos Williams says he has tried not to dwell on the disappointment of leaving the British and Irish Lions tour through injury this summer.

Williams left Australia after scoring a try and then sustaining a hamstring injury in the 54-7 win over Western Force on 28 June.

The 30-year-old, who had been named Premiership Player of the Year at the end of his first club campaign for Gloucester, was in contention for a spot in the 23-man squad for the first test in Brisbane before his injury.

"I try not to dwell on anything that goes wrong, you can get bogged down in that, I don't think it's healthy from my point of view anyway," Williams told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

"I think I'm similar in a game, if I make a mistake you've got to move on quickly. Rugby in general - professional sport - is like that. You've always got another game on the weekend.

"I'm proud to get selected for the squad in the first place, proud to play for the Lions. I've done that. I think of the positives rather than get bogged down in the negatives."

Williams joined Gloucester from Cardiff last summer and had an outstanding first season with the club, scoring nine tries in 19 appearances.

The 65-cap Wales international was earlier this month named the Cherry and Whites' new captain for 2025-26.

Yet Williams said he is still "a few weeks" away from being available to play due to the injury and has only recently started running again.

Gloucester opening their Prem Rugby campaign at Sale on Thursday, 25 September.

"I'm just thinking about my hamstring at the moment, as long as I get that right that's my main priority at the moment. Get myself fit. Then I can worry about playing and training," he said.

"I'm not quite sure how close [to a return], hopefully not too far away."

'World-class players everywhere'

Williams spent 10 years with Cardiff before joining Gloucester in 2024

Williams was one of only two Welshmen selected for the Lions this year along with forward Jac Morgan.

He said the experience of his first tour was "pretty surreal".

"I don't mean to sound disrespectful to my teams, but the quality around you, there's world-class players everywhere," he said.

"Boys just make jobs easier for boys around them - the training standard and the skill level in training was pretty decent.

"That was kind of cool to be a part of."

With a new responsibility at club level this season, Williams said he hopes the time he spent in the Lions set-up will add more to his game when he returns to the pitch.

"There's a lot of voices in those kind of environments, but a lot of good voices as well. If I think back I'm pretty sure I could take a few pointers from a lot of the boys," he added.

Williams takes over the captain's armband at Gloucester from Lewis Ludlow, who held it for the past five seasons.

Director of rugby George Skivington took Williams for dinner to ask him to take on the role which he said was an "easy decision" and a "real honour".

"I couldn't say no to that. I don't think it's anything you can turn down," he said.