THE SCOTSMAN REPORTS
Scotland prop in race to be fit for autumn Tests



Published Date: 07 July 2009
By Gareth Black
SCOTLAND prop Euan Murray faces a race to be fit for Scotland's autumn Tests with Australia, Argentina and Fiji.
The player revealed yesterday that a broken leg had forced him to cut short his involvement in the British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa.

As he recovered from an operation to have two pins inserted in the injury, Murray said: "I am not putting a timetable on my recovery – it will take as long as it takes. I had surgery last week and hopefully that has done the trick. The whole business has been very frustrating and I am now just focussing on getting back to rugby as soon as possible."

It had been thought that ligament damage sustained in the build up to the first Test in Durban had been the reason behind the decision to send Murray home from the trip.

However, it was only when he arrived back in the UK that he discovered his lower shin had been fractured. The new lay-off is the latest setback in a miserable year for Murray, who was sidelined for a large part of the Six Nations campaign.

This article was posted on 7-Jul-2009, 07:20 by Hugh Barrow.