Rugby-Scotland talisman Russell on the mend before Nations Championship


FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Scotland v France - Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain - March 7, 2026 Scotland's Finn Russell scores a conversion after Pierre Schoeman scores their third try REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo

MADRID, June 23 (Reuters) - ⁠Scotland flyhalf Finn Russell is back ⁠in training after calf injury concerns ‌and preparing with Scotland at their training camp in Spain ahead of next month’s start of ​the new Nations Championship.

The talismanic ⁠back missed his ⁠English club Bath’s final three games of the ⁠season, ‌including their Prem semi-final defeat to Exeter, having aggravated the ⁠calf in training.

"We'll have him on the ​field sooner ‌rather than later,” Scotland assistant Lee ⁠Radford told ​reporters in a virtual call on Tuesday.

“He was due to play in the semi-final ⁠against Exeter. Unfortunately, he just ​tweaked it slightly in the build-up to that, but he’s on the mend today.”

Scotland ⁠are preparing in Spain for their trip to Argentina where they play their first Nations Championship fixture in Cordoba on ​July 4, followed by a ⁠test in Pretoria against South Africa and ​then a return to ‌Murrayfield to face Fiji ​on July 18.

(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Atlanta; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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