Easterby breaks nose
24/10/2005 - 15:35:50Ireland and Llanelli flanker Simon Easterby could miss all of Ireland's November international series with a broken nose.
He left the field of play in The Scarlets Heineken Cup loss to Toulouse after just eight minutes. He was taken to a local hospital whre he underwent an operation.
"It was a nasty break," said Scarlets director of rugby Gareth Jenkins.
"I don't know exactly what happened, but when he came off it was clear that Simon was in a really bad way.
"It is a great shame because he is a player who has hit real form - he will be missed by us and by Ireland in their autumn internationals."
