Cardiff look for wing cover after Millard injury

Harri Millard has made 52 appearances for Cardiff

Cardiff are looking to bring in a wing on a short-term deal after Harri Millard joined Mason Grady, Theo Cabango and Iwan Stephens on the long-term casualty list.

Millard has suffered a knee injury that will rule him out for at least two months.

Cardiff coach Matt Sherratt is primarily looking for a wing but also somebody who can slot in at outside centre as cover for Rey Lee-Lo, who is still performing at 38.

"We are looking everywhere but you can easily panic and get someone in," said Sherratt.

"You need to get the right type of people and right type of player as well. Hopefully, over the next couple of days, we'll see if we can get someone in short-term."

Wales back Grady is struggling to make the start of the Six Nations with a fractured ankle, Cabango is recovering from a serious hamstring problem and Stephens is set to miss the rest of the season after suffering an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury in training.

Cardiff have Josh Adams, Gabriel Hamer-Webb and 18-year-old Tom Bowen as wing options for the festive derbies against Dragons and Ospreys and remaining European Challenge Cup matches against Perpignan and Connacht next month.

Adams scored two tries in his player-of-the-match performance during the 26-10 win Challenge Cup against South African side Cheetahs, while Bowen impressed with a score on his debut.

"We're pretty bashed up in a couple of positions," said Sherratt.

"It always seems the way, that you get two or three in a couple of positions.

"Harri has done his MCL (medial collateral ligament). We don't have an exact date on that. It's probably going to be a couple of months.

"So we probably need a bit of cover around wing. We've got Gabe, Josh and Tom so we've got enough to get by but we could do with strengthening that area."