Phil Godman is considering playing club rugby in Australia or New Zealand this summer in a bid to prove his fitness and form for inclusion in Scotland's World Cup squad. The Scotsman's David Ferguson reports.
"The 28-year-old stand-off suffered a cruciate ligament injury in Edinburgh training in September.
"Jason White, Simon Taylor and Nathan Hines, are other high-profile victims of similar injuries who experienced seven to nine-month recovery spells and, having undergone surgery in late October and now been given the all-clear to return to running, Godman is hopeful that he could be fit enough to play in May. Unfortunately, Edinburgh's season is set to end on the first weekend of that month.
"I would like to get back to playing for Edinburgh, but only if that was realistic," he said. "With the World Cup coming up I'd have to have played games to have a chance but, rather than play before I'm ready, I might go to the southern hemisphere, Australia or New Zealand probably, to get games.
"It was talked about when I had the injury, and is being talked about again now. All the (Scotland] guys will be in camp in June and July doing fitness work, but I'll have done that so my priority will be match fitness and sharpening up and, with no tours and only two World Cup warm-ups, I have to look to the south. But I'm happy with that. I obviously want to get back playing for Scotland again, and would love to be part of a World Cup, because I missed out on the last one, but I have to prove I am fit and in good form to achieve that."
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