Ellis Jenkins' recovery from a serious knee injury last season remains on track as he bids to return to fitness in time for the Rugby World Cup.
Reports elsewhere have suggested that his rehabilitation had hit a snag after requiring a second operation on the knee he injured against South Africa last November.
The flanker had major knee surgery last year to repair damage to his knee ligaments and the long road back began.
Three weeks ago, Jenkins did require a second operation but two separate sources at the Cardiff Blues and Wales have confirmed to WalesOnline that it was only a minor one 'to aid recovery'.
No fresh repair work was required and claimss that there is a renewed fear among the Wales hierarchy that his World Cup prospects had suffered a fresh blow have been firmly dismissed.
The 26-year-old has been working closely with Wales' medical team to give himself the best possible chance of proving his fitness in time for the Rugby World Cup in Japan later this year.
The feeling is that his rehab is progressing well and both camps remain upbeat about his chances, though the reality is that he has always been in a real race against time to get fit by September.
Having co-captained Wales on their summer tour of Argentina last summer with Cory Hill, Jenkins was in the form of his life last November when the injury cruelly struck in the final moments of the win over South Africa.
He was quickly became a favourite to make Warren Gatland's 31-man squad for the global gathering and there is still hope.
Jenkins will continue his work with the medical teams at Wales and the Cardiff Blues but his chances of playing in the warm-up matches against England and Ireland have always been slim.
Should he prove his fitness in time, it would add to the sizeable headache Gatland already has when it comes to picking the back row squadron.
