Reflecting on his brother Thom's serious injury for the first time, Max Evans tells Stuart Bathgate in The Scotsman that his brother's focus was not on a return to the game but simply a steady return to ordinary fitness.
"The story of the past 14 days has been one of gradual improvement – a graphic contrast to the frightening picture which steadily became clear to Max on the day of the game. "At half-time I knew he had been concussed and there might be something to do with his neck, but it was very vague," he recalled. "We (Scotland] were in a good position and I was really focused on the game. It wasn't made out to me like it was anything major, so I didn't think much of it. I just thought the best.
"...Although his present tendency is to advise his brother against playing again, Max does not blame either rugby in general, or the Welsh players who tackled Thom in particular, for the injury. "How many guys do you see running flat out into contact? James Robson has been amazing and has been very close to me. He has told me it is the worst injury he has ever been involved in, and that from a man who has been involved in several Lions tours and Scotland tours. To say that shows that he was very unlucky."
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