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HENRY PYRGOS is set to land in Japan tomorrow after Ali Price became the second Scotland player in as many days to see their World Cup come to an end.
Scrum-half Price was spotted on crutches as the team boarded a bullet train to Kobe after Sunday’s dismal defeat to Ireland.
Now an X-ray has confirmed the Glasgow Warrior’s campaign is finished due to the foot injury sustained in Yokohama. The news emerged just a day after flanker Hamish Watson was ruled out of the tournament with a knee injury.
Edinburgh’s Pyrgos is scheduled to touch down tomorrow to take SKIPPER Chris Vui says Samoa are gunning to make World Cup history after sending Scotland a warning.
The Pacific Islanders ran in six tries in a bonus-point win over Russia ahead of facing Gregor Townsend’s troops on Monday. Vui said: “We’re here to create a legacy.”
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Dark Blues boss Gregor Townsend said: “We’re disappointed for Ali to have to return home so early in the tournament.
“Both Ali and Hamish had invested a lot of effort into being in their best physical shape for the World Cup and it’s a shame they’ve only been involved in one game.
“However, we have a lot of belief in our wider group and the two new players, Magnus Bradbury and Henry Pyrgos, who have been given this opportunity.”
Bradbury, in for Edinburgh club-mate Watson, had already been in Japan on standby after Jamie Ritchie had suffered a facial injury.