Wales captain Sam Warburton has revealed that he has been left "devastated" by the news that Cardiff Blues teammate Owen Williams has suffered damage to his spinal cord.

The 22-year-old centre sustained the injury while playing for Wales in the inaugural World Cup 10s in Singapore last weekend.

Reflecting on the incident, Warburton is quoted by the Belfast Telegraph as saying: "Everyone is devastated. The training ground was not a very nice place to be on Monday when we found out. It was horrible because Owen is someone who I have been training with every day for the last four years.

"Physically, he was a specimen and an amazing athlete. We have our fingers crossed, and all the boys have sent personal messages already to his family out in Singapore. Hopefully, he knows all of our thoughts are with him."

Williams underwent an operation on his neck three days ago.