Monye back from the brink

ON a wing and a prayer, Ugo Monye will complete a remarkable journey tomorrow when he makes his Lions Test debut against South Africa in Durban.

Eighteen months ago, Monye was lying flat on his back on the floor of a friend’s flat unable to go to the toilet and being fed like a baby.

For five days he could not walk as a bulging disc, suffered while jogging, put pressure on his sciatic nerve leading to “horrible messages” being sent to his hamstrings.