'My heart just broke for Darcy'

SCOTS WILL GO FOR IT

- By Graeme Macpherson

EDINBURGH head coach Sean Everitt is backing Darcy Graham to bounce back from his Lions anguish.

Having earned a late call-up, the wing suffered a tour-ending ankle ligament injury just 15 minutes into his first appearance, against the First Nations & Pasifika XV in Melbourne in July.

However, Everitt revealed 28-year-old Graham is making good progress and could be playing before the end of the month.

But he admitted it was tough to see his star man go through such an agonising ordeal.

Everitt said: “It’s actually heartbreaking because I could just imagine the hurt he had.

“First of all, by not being selected after finishing off so strongly in the URC.

“And then getting the call-up and being probably one of the best players on the field in only 15 minutes.

“And then your tour comes to an end, which was really disappointing for him.

“But he has been through a lot of adversity before and he’s got a lot of resilience.

“So I’m sure he’ll get over that and want to prove a point again because that’s just the nature of the guy. He just loves being on the field.