Murray set to miss rest of tour

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Murray suffered a sprained ankle during a bruising 20-8 victory over the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.

Together with fly-half James Hook, who took a knock to his neck and head, Murray is out of contention for Saturday's first Test against world champions South Africa.

Lions head coach Ian McGeechan will name his Test starting line-up later on Thursday, a team set to be dominated by up to a dozen players from reigning RBS 6 Nations champions Ireland and last year's winners Wales.

Murray though, is destined to reflect on a tour-ending injury that could see a replacement prop summoned by McGeechan, with three games left after Saturday's opening Test.

"Such lateral ligament injuries/sprains are very common, with one in 10,000 of us sustaining this injury every day," said Simon Moyes, who works out of the Wellington Hospital in London.

"He (Murray) will have been treated initially with RICE (rest, ice, compression and elevation).

"He has had an x-ray which has excluded a break. However, he will need an MRI scan to access the severity of the lateral ligament damage and to exclude any other internal damage to the ankle joint.

"I expect Euan will not need an operation and that he will be treated with splint immobilisation, taping and physiotherapy.

"I expect he will be out of action for six weeks."