Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones is in danger of missing the Six Nations and Lions after it was announced he could be absent for at least 10 weeks.
The 35-year-old suffered the medial ligament problem during Wales’ final Autumn Nations Cup game against Italy at Parc y Scarlets on 5 December.
“We’ve spoken to the powers that be in relation to his knee,” said Booth.
“We think he’ll be double-figure weeks at the very least. If I said it to Alun, he’d say: ‘I’ll be back in eight. That’s the nature of the beast.
“He’s probably going to be somewhere around that sort of time frame, but it could be even longer which is disappointing for him and obviously for us.
“If anyone’s going to get back early, it’ll be him.”
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