Scots have ‘clean bill of health’

WITH just three days to go before Scotland’s first game in the World Cup the squad have put all their injury worries behind them, according to assistant coach Tyrone Holmes.

- By Stuart Bathgate

That means that Lana Skeldon and Elis Martin, the team’s first and second-choice hookers who were injured in the recent friendly against Ireland, will be free to play against Wales in Saturday’s opening Pool B game in Salford.

Holmes said: “We've got a clean bill of health. That’s a huge boost for us.