Earls’ recovery ‘phenomenal’

KEITH EARLS has been praised for his phenomenal powers of recovery in overcoming an injury that could have ended his Lions tour.

Lions head doctor, Dr James Robson, yesterday revealed the pain and drama that went on behind the scenes between Earls’ error-strewn debut in Rustenburg and his try-scoring second appearance a week later against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.

“Keith Earls and Riki Flutey are two players who, in the past, would almost certainly have been off the tour. I really thought they were going to be the first players out of Africa,” said Dr Robson.