TAYLOR Poole made a shock return from injury - to compete in Saturday night's Australian Under 21 Final.Poole, who suffered back damage in a crash at Gosford earlier this month, was expected to be out for at least a month.

TAYLOR Poole made a shock return from injury - to compete in Saturday night's Australian Under 21 Final.

Poole, who suffered back damage in a crash at Gosford earlier this month, was expected to be out for at least a month.

But he rode at Mildura, scoring five points to finish 14th overall in a meeting won by Poole's Darcy Ward.

Fellow Panther-to-be Dakota North was joint seventh with seven points, finishing in front of fellow 2010 Premier League newcomers Jake Anderson (Birmingham) and Todd Kurtz (Newport).

He just missed out on a place in the semi final on countback, Sheffield's Hugh Skidmore getting the spot.