The Newport Gwent Dragons centre needed an operation to repair the damage he suffered during his side’s defeat to Toulouse on 6 December.

“It is wait and see… and I’m going to see the surgeon at the end of this month and then we’ll reassess and I think it’s going to be a case of that, just reassessing as we go. At 32 years of age to come back and depending on the recovery, if it takes a long time I’d have to say that it’s doubtful to play again.”

The 32-year-old centre suffered a serious neck injury in the 27-7 defeat to Toulouse and there has been great concern over the extent of his injury.

However Dragons chief executive Gethin Jenkins was happy to report some good news, “Marc has had an operation to stabilise his neck following damage to a disc and a crack in a bone. The operation has gone well and he has movement in his arms and legs.”