Summary
CHRIS Paterson is battling a foot infection with a series of antibiotics in a race to regain his fitness in time to be included in Scotland's opening autumn Test match with Fiji.
Scotland's most-capped player was withdrawn from Edinburgh's clash with Newport Gwent Dragons at Murrayfield last night and it was revealed afterwards that he had spent time in hospital at the end of the week hooked up to a drip. It was the second time in three weeks that Paterson had been a late withdrawal, the 31-year-old having missed the Heineken Cup match with Ulster a fortnight earlier due to a viral infection.See the full content of this document
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Paterson On a Drip and Struggling to Make Test Match
Edinburgh coach Rob Moffat said: "He was on a drip in hospital on Thursday, Friday and Saturday - not overnight just in each day to get antibiotics into...
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