Adam Hastings appears to be like set to overlook the Six Nations as Scotland proceed to be affected by damage issues within the lead-up to the match.
The fly-half broken his shoulder whereas enjoying for Gloucester of their Gallagher Premiership defeat away to Leicester on Christmas Eve.
A press release on the membership’s web site on Thursday revealed that Hastings would require surgical procedure, whereas head coach George Skivington mentioned earlier this week “he will not be back any time soon”.
The match towards Leicester was the 26-year-old’s first outing since he suffered an damage whereas enjoying for Scotland towards Fiji on November 5, paving the best way for the much-hyped recall of Finn Russell who had been controversially omitted from Gregor Townsend’s preliminary autumn sequence squad.
Hastings’ absence for the Six Nations leaves Scotland skinny on the bottom for choices at stand-off, with Blair Kinghorn now the one back-up choice to Russell who has notable worldwide expertise at quantity 10.
Glasgow’s Ross Thompson, who has featured in latest squads, is battling his manner again from ankle surgical procedure, so Munster fly-half Ben Healy, who’s Scottish certified and on account of be part of Edinburgh subsequent season, has been touted in some quarters as a possible candidate to be known as up.
Hastings’ lay-off is an extra blow to Townsend as he prepares to call his Six Nations squad this month, with key trio Zander Fagerson, Darcy Graham and Hamish Watson – all of whom can be anticipated to begin if totally match – at present working their manner again from accidents and deemed uncertain for the beginning of the match, which will get underneath manner with a Calcutta Cup showdown towards England in 4 weeks.
Edinburgh wing Graham sustained medial ligament injury at the beginning of December and is ready to be out till February, whereas his club-mate Watson has been sidelined since struggling a head damage in Scotland’s defeat by New Zealand in mid-November.
Glasgow revealed final month that Fagerson can be “out for the foreseeable” with a hamstring damage, whereas the prop’s Warriors team-mates Scott Cummings and Rory Darge are additionally in a race to be match for the Six Nations as they battle to recuperate from the accidents that dominated them out of the autumn Tests.
However, Warriors assistant head coach Nigel Carolan offered an encouraging replace on the progress of the trio this week when – referring to Fagerson, Cummings and Darge – he mentioned that “it might be too late for us (Glasgow) this block of games, but hopefully Scotland will benefit from their return.”
