Lions sweat on Williams' injury after victory in Australia tour opener

British and Irish Lions face an anxious wait over the fitness of Tomos Williams after the scrum-half suffered a hamstring injury in their commanding 54-7 win over Western Force in Perth on Saturday.

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The Lions started their nine-game Australia tour in ominous fashion in front of 46,656 fans at Optus Stadium, with Williams and Elliot Daly bagging braces.

But Williams, a veteran of 65 Tests with Wales, clutched at his left hamstring early in the second-half after he acrobatically dived over the corner.

He limped off the field and did not return.

"It’s too early to have an exact kind of diagnosis on that," Lions head coach Andy Farrell told reporters after the game.

"There were plenty of cramps last week(against Argentina). Let’s hope it’s one of those.

"I'm sure there’s a little bit of concern there, but you can only deal in the here and now, so fingers crossed.”

If Williams misses significant time then the Lions might be tempted to seek emergency cover in the scrum-half position that they have limited depth in.

Scotland scrum-half Ben White was deemed unlucky to miss out on the Lions’ 38-man squad.