A slips on stairs and training ground injuries has given Gregor Townsend a hooker headache
He received the emergency call to come to Nice because hooker Dave Cherry was forced out after he sustained a concussion falling at the team hotel. The 32-year-old slipped on some stairs and was taken to hospital and held overnight as a precaution.
“I was hoping I had an outside chance of making it into the original training squad,” said Matthews. “But it’s a pretty settled group and there have been the same three, four or five hookers in the last X-amount of squads so I knew I’d have to do pretty well to get in. I was disappointed but it wasn’t a shock that I didn’t get in.”
“I’m buzzing to be here,” said the 30-year-old Matthews. “I was very shocked to get the call. But I’m obviously delighted and just looking to throw my hat into the ring to try to get some games while I’m here.
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