Toulouse and Scotland star Blair Kinghorn sustained an early injury in the Top 14 derby against Castres on Saturday.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 28-year-old is in doubt for Toulouse\u2019s crunch Investec Champions Cup semi-final clash against Bordeaux-Begles next weekend after being forced off after just nine minutes.<\/p>\n
Kinghorn sustained a knee injury in the early knockings of the emphatic 52-6 victory over their rivals.<\/p>\n
Blair Kinghorn update<\/p>\n
The Scotsman<\/a> suffered the injury in an aerial duel, making knee-on-knee contact with the Castres player and was unable to return to the pitch. He was later seen on the sidelines sitting amongst the replacements.<\/p>\n Despite the setback, Toulouse ruthlessly put Castres to the sword, running in seven tries through Dimitri Delibes, Simon Daroque, Malachi Hawkes, Alexandre Roumat, Julian Marchant, Pierre-Louis Barassi and Mathis Castro-Ferreira.<\/p>\n The result cements Toulouse\u2019s<\/a> place at the summit of the Top 14 table ahead of the Champions Cup<\/a> break, holding a 10-point buffer over Bordeaux ahead of the latter\u2019s clash against La Rochelle this weekend.<\/p>\n Speaking after the match, assistant coach David Mele wasn\u2019t too concerned about Kinghorn\u2019s<\/a> injury.<\/p>\n \u201cBlair Kinghorn suffered a direct blow to the knee,\u201d the former scrum-half said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t know if there\u2019s a twist or not. We\u2019ll see what the tests do. But it didn\u2019t seem too serious.\u201d<\/p>\n British and Irish Lions hopeful suffers freak \u2018scratch and sniff\u2019 injury ahead of pivotal audition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Ex-England pair float \u2018first reserve\u2019 idea as they wade into Owen Farrell Lions tour selection debate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Lions hopes<\/p>\n