AN emotional Chris Latham is expected to bring the curtain down on his glittering Super 14 career when he plays in Queensland Reds' final two matches of the season in May.
The 73-Test veteran has almost completed his rehabilitation from the medial ligament injury - on the same knee which was reconstructed last year - he sustained against the Cheetahs in South Africa on April 5 and is relishing the prospect of finishing his Queensland career on home turf in Brisbane with two games on May 10 and May 17.
"The scan confirmed straight away that it was a grade two medial ligament tear so I knew I would be right to come back ahead of schedule against the Crusaders on Saturday week," Latham said.
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"I always like to test myself against the best and the Cru-saders are the best - so that's the game I was aiming for next week.
"The Crusaders on May 10 and the Waratahs game the week after are the last two matches of my Queensland and Super 14 career - then I'm proud to say that I will be a Worcester player.
"The surgeon is very happy with my knee and he told me that he's never seen a knee heal so well after reconstruction surgery so I'm relieved that I've got the opportunity to say goodbye' to Queensland in front of the Reds fans in Brisbane next week."
Latham has also been making the headlines for altogether different reasons in New Zealand recently.
Two years ago he branded Hamilton a "boring city" and claimed some of the Chiefs players were "pansies" so before the Chiefs inflicted a 12-point defeat on the Reds on Saturday the local media responded with jibes of their own against Latham.
The local paper displayed an uncharitable mock memo to Latham on the back page.
"Visit the gardens. Plenty of pansies there, like our team bus really.
"Go to the casino.a good way to get in the right frame for losing."
But Latham claimed he had been badly misrepresented.
"Holiday in New Zealand is a must for me after I finish playing for skiing and jet-boarding but you can't exactly do that adrenalin-junkie stuff as a rugby player 24 hours out from a game in Hamilton," he said.
"It can be a place where it's very hard to get right mentally but the Hamilton people will be happy to know I gave the coaches a to-do list with a steel sculptures exhibition and a motor racing photo display on it."
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