Scotland's preparations for next month's Six Nations have been handed a blow, with the news that centre Graeme Morrison could miss the whole tournament with a knee injury. The 28-year-old suffered a knee ligament injury playing for Glasgow against Edinburgh just after Christmas and is facing an eight week lay-off.
With Scotland's opening match in the tournament coming on February 5th and their final match on March 19th against Italy, Morrison will struggle to play any part in his country's campaign. The centre has an optimistic view on his chances however and is confident of returning to action in time.
"I like to think of myself as a quick healer. I've done this on the other knee before and I was back before they predicted," he told the BBC.
Scotland will be hoping Morrison is correct in his prediction and that they get the hard-working centre back for the final part of the Six Nations. After an impressive year, Scotland will be going into this tournament thinking they have a real chance of doing better than their token single victory that they usually come with and the Six Nations betting odds reflect this.
Andy Robinson has got this side believing in themselves and Scotland have had a successful year under the former England head coach. In the past 18 months under Robinson, Scotland have recorded back-to-back away wins in Argentina as well as famous victories over Australia and current world champions South Africa.
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