Injured Scottish stand-off Craig Chalmers makes a quick phone call
with fiancee Lucy Fleming yesterday after arriving at Edinburgh airport.
Chalmers, whose arm was broken in two places during the 26-12 defeat by
England at Twickenham, was then taken to the city's Royal Infirmary. He
will be out for three to six months and his summer dreams of touring New
Zealand with the British Lions are over. He said: ''Gavin Hastings
dropped the ball and I went down for it. The next thing, Dewi Morris was
on top of me and I heard the awful snap. I knew right away what had
happened. I am pretty devastated, but this is a game where you sometimes
get injured and I will be back as soon as I can.'' Meanwhile, Scotland
football manager Andy Roxburgh was yesterday coming to terms with the
news that Aberdeen striker Eoin Jess is out of the next three World Cup
ties. Jess broke an ankle in Saturday's Tennent's Scottish Cup tie with
Clydebank at Pittodrie. Roxburgh said: ''Eoin is a gift which has been
snatched away from us.''
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