Evans Was Millimetre From Death or Paralysis, Reveals Team Doctor

The ScotsmanMarch 01, 2010

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SCOTTISH rugby internationalist Max Evans has said that his brother Thom - who was seriously injured in a match against Wales - should not play the sport again, even if he makes a full recovery.

Max, a fellow internationalist who played in the Six Nations championship match at the Millennium Stadium in which his brother was stretchered off with a spinal injury, believes it is too dangerous for Thom to return to the pitch and so wants him to quit.

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Evans Was Millimetre From Death or Paralysis, Reveals Team Doctor

The player spoke as Scotland team doctor James Robson revealed that Thom's vertebra was knocked so badly out of alignment that he was just one millimetre from paralysis or even death.

After 12 days in hospital and two operations, Thom, 24, has now retur...

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