Scotland's Graham to miss SA Test with concussion

Scotland winger Darcy Graham volition miss Sunday's autumn Test with South Africa owed to a concussion sustained during his four-try show against Fiji.

The 27-year-old was making his archetypal Scotland quality successful 12 months aft a bid of injuries ruled him retired of the Six Nations and summertime tour.

He scored fractional of Scotland's 8 tries successful the 57-17 triumph astatine Murrayfield connected Saturday and elevated himself to 2nd successful Scotland men's all-time apical try-scorers list, 1 down team-mate Duhan van der Merwe.

However, Graham was taken disconnected aft 65 minutes and has failed caput wounded appraisal (HIA) protocols successful the physique up to the South Africa game.

"He’ll bash thing for the adjacent 3 days, past helium starts the graduated instrumentality to play," caput manager Gregor Townsend confirmed.

"If everything goes good and he’s feeling good, he’ll beryllium disposable for Portugal [on 16 November]."

Scotland were already without Kyle Steyn, but Townsend did uncover that Kyle Rowe's hamstring wounded - which forced the winger disconnected against Fiji - is not arsenic atrocious arsenic primitively feared.

"He’s a accidental for this week," Townsend said. "We each felt aft the crippled that could beryllium him missing the adjacent fewer games, but he’s recovering well."

The squad volition besides beryllium bolstered by the availability of Toulouse full-back Blair Kinghorn and Sale Sharks winger Arron Reed, arsenic good arsenic vice-captain Finn Russell.