George North and Ross Moriarty free for Wales tour

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By Jake Jones

and Ross Moriarty are eligible to go on Wales' summer tour, says backs coach Rob Howley.

Fellow -based players Luke Charteris, Tomas Francis and Josh Adams were withdrawn from the trip after the English clubs enforced rules over Test match windows.
Wales play in Washington and then twice in June in San Juan and Santa Fe respectively.
Howley confirmed: “North and Moriarty are available for selection for all three games and will be playing.”
The game between Wales and the Springboks takes place on 2 June, outside the global dates in World Rugby's calendar.
Clubs based outside Wales are under no obligation to release players for games that fall outside those dates. Both and have been fined in recent years for releasing North and Taulupe Faletau to play for Wales outside of the international window.
The Union has an agreement with Wales' four regions to ensure their players are available to the national team.
North is joining from Northampton for the 2018-19 season while Moriarty is heading to to play for the Dragons from Gloucester.
Saints have been involved in talks aimed at releasing North early from his contract to make the tour.
Charteris, Francis and Adams were replaced by Aaron Wainwright, Rhodri Jones and Ashton Hewitt respectively for the trip to the Americas.

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