Lions: Taylor devastated by Lions injury blow

Injured Lion Simon Taylor has admitted that he will not be able to watch the rest of the Australian tour.

The Edinburgh Reivers back row forward has returned to Scotland after a knee injury cruelly cut short his involvement in the tour.

Taylor made a big impression as a substitute in the 116-10 demolition of Western Australia on Friday.

Now the 21-year-old is struggling to come to terms with the injury which ended his Lions dreams.

‘‘To be on the tour was a dream come true. To have to go home after half a game is very hard to take,’’ said Taylor. ‘‘It’s going to be difficult to watch the rest of the games.

‘‘I’ll be crying into my pillow for a few days but Edinburgh is not a bad place to be in the summer especially when it comes to drowning your sorrows.

‘‘I am pretty devastated. I had a terrible day Saturday travelling home. To be honest, I couldn’t quite believe it and still can’t.

‘‘It just feels like the worst possible thing that could happen and now it feels surreal as if I was never really going there.

‘‘I must have been playing for about 20 minutes when someone fell on my knee.

‘‘I ran it off and thought nothing more about it until after the match. I’ve never had a bad knee in my life.

‘‘It wasn’t even sore after the match but I thought I’d better get the doctor to look at it just to be on the safe side. On reflection, I should have kept my mouth shut.

‘‘The doc thought I should see a surgeon. I had a scan the next morning and they said it would be six weeks before I could do anything vigorous.’’