Scotland and former Lions team doctor James Robson had encouraging news today for Scotland's management and fans.
Although two players missed training, number 8 Simon Taylor is set for a much quicker return than was initially thought.
"Two people didn't train today, Jon Petrie who was confined to his room with a stomach upset and Bryan Redpath who was out at the training today but didn't take any part in the session. He will be taking full part in training tomorrow," said Robson.
"Simon Taylor, who perhaps is the most pressing injury this week [swollen knee], has made excellent progress and is a couple of days ahead of where [physiotherapist] Stuart Barton thought he might be today.
"So he let him complete some 30 minutes of training today. He did 20 minutes of warm up and 10 minutes of team work at the end, so we're actually quite pleased about that. I anticipate he will play against Australia on Saturday.
"The rationale behind his treatment has been to reduce the swelling in his knee and that's involved half a dozen dips in the very icy pool we have out the back.
"It's ideal for therapy but it's not so good for the physiotherapist, who froze his nether regions off working with Simon, but it's worked wonders with Simon's leg and that's all to his credit."
Career highlight
Meanwhile Redpath was effusive in his praise for the Tournament as a whole and in his excitement ahead of the quarter final against hosts Australia.
"It's probably one of the highlights of my career to play at the World Cup against the home nation," he said. "It's one of the biggest stages you can have and I certainly feel like that, it's just one of the best weekends we're going to have atmosphere wise, and in the build up towards the game.
"I think this has probably been the best event that I have been at. 1995 was a special occasion with South Africa being brought back into rugby internationals, that was certainly special.
"But the attendances, the people supporting, the organisation of all the games and the venues have been exceptional in Australia and obviously the [Sydney] Olympics helped in some respects to prepare for this."