New Edinburgh and Glasgow Teams Thread - 2013/2014

[George Carlin]

First topic message reminder :

We exhausted the other thread, so here we go with a new one for all of your pre-season banter needs.
 
1. Edinburgh   
 
Chairman: Jim Calder
CEO: Craig Docherty
Coach: Alan Solomons  
Captain: Greig Laidlaw
 
(a) Squad:
 
Props
Geoff Cross, WP Nel, Lewis Niven, Alasdair Dickinson
 
Hookers
Ross Ford, Steven Lawrie, Aleki Lutui, Alun Walker,
 
Locks
Sean Cox, Grant Gilchrist, Perry Parker, Izak van der Westhuizen, Robert McAlpine,
 
Loose Forwards
Dimitri Basilaia, David Denton, Roddy Grant, Stuart McInally, Ross Rennie, Hamish Watson,
 
Half Backs
Alex Black, Greig Laidlaw, Chris Leck, Harry Leonard, Piers Francis,
 
Centres
Ben Atiga, Ben Cairns, Nick De Luca, John Houston, Matt Scott,
 
Back Three
Tom Brown, Lee Jones, Greig Tonks, Tim Visser, Nikki Walker, Dougie Fife, Jack Cuthbert
 
(b) Transfers 2013/2014:
 
Players In
 
Nikki Walker from Worcester Warriors
Jack Cuthbert from Bath Rugby
Aleki Lutui from Worcester Warriors
Alasdair Dickinson from Sale Sharks
 
Players Out
 
Richie Rees to Newport Gwent Dragons
Netani Talei to Newport Gwent Dragons
Sep Visser released
Mike Penn to Moseley
Andy Titterrell to London Welsh
John Yapp to London Irish
Allan Jacobsen retired
James King retired
Steven Turnbull retired
 
(c) Elite Development Players 2013/2014:
 
Alex Allan (Edinburgh Accies)
Chris Auld (Gala)*
Magnus Bradbury (Boroughmuir)*
Phil Cringle (Heriot’s)
Bruce Dick (Melrose)*
Jamie Farndale (Edinburgh Accies)
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Heriot’s)
Neil Irvine Hess (Watsonians)*
Ewan McQuillin (Gala)*
George Turner (Heriot’s)
Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Accies)
 
* = new EDP player 
 
2. Glasgow  
 
Chairman: Charles Shaw
CEO: Nathan Bomrys
Coach: Gregor Townsend
Captain: Alastair Kellock
 
(a) Squad:
 
Fraser Brown, Hooker
Finlay Gillies, Hooker
Dougie Hall, Hooker
Pat MacArthur, Hooker
Michael Cusack, Prop
Ryan Grant, Prop
Ed Kalman, Prop
Moray Low, Prop
Gordon Reid, Prop
Jon Welsh, Prop
Jerry Yanuyanutawa, Prop
 
Jonny Gray, Lock
Alastair Kellock, Lock
Tom Ryder, Lock
Tim Swinson, Lock
Leone Nakarawa, Lock
 
James Eddie, Flanker
Chris Fusaro, Flanker
Rob Harley, Flanker
Tyrone Holmes, Flanker
 
Ryan Wilson, Number 8
Richie Vernon, Number 8
Josh Strauss, Number 8
 
Chris Cusiter, Scrum-half
Nikola Matawalu, Scrum-half
Henry Pyrgos, Scrum-half
 
Ruaridh Jackson, Fly-half
Duncan Weir, Fly-half
Scott Wight, Fly-half
 
Gabriel Ascarate, Centre
Mark Bennett, Centre
Alex Dunbar, Centre
Peter Horne, Centre
Byron McGuigan, Centre
 
Sean Lamont, Wing
Sean Maitland, Wing
Tommy Seymour, Wing
D.T.H. van der Merwe, Wing
 
Stuart Hogg, Fullback
Peter Murchie, Fullback
 
(b) Player Transfers 2013/2014:
 
Players In
 
Richie Vernon from Sale Sharks
Tyrone Holmes from Petrarca Rugby
Jerry Yanuyanutawa from London Irish
Gabriel Ascarate from US Carcassonne
Leone Nakarawa from Fiji Barbarians
 
Players Out
 
John Barclay to Scarlets
Nick Campbell to Jersey
Ofa Fainga'anuku to Worcester Warriors
Taylor Paris to Agen
Graeme Morrison retired
Rory Lamont retired
 
(c) Elite Development Players 2013/2014:
 
Gavin Lowe (Ayr)
Rory Hughes (Stirling County)
Jack Steele (Dundee)
Finn Russell (Ayr)
Ali Price (Bedford Blues)
Adam Ashe (Stirling County)
Will Bordill (Sale Sharks)
Andrew Redmayne (Dundee)
Fergus Scott (Currie)
George Hunter (Ayr)
Darcy Rae (Ayr)

[nickj]

Edinburgh have signed former Stormers & Biarritz LH, Wicus Blaauw.

That surname will sound awesome on BBC Alba! Blaaaaaaauuuuuuw fur the lineeeeeeeeeeee

6ft 1 and nearly 19st. Now we're talking.

Nel, Ford, Blaauw, Gilchrist and Atkins - that's some serious beef! Stick Basilia, Rennie and Denton behind that front five and we may even win the odd game this season.....

This fella looks pretty handy.

FES - I think you're right, your pack certainly looks meaty, I hope this new guy and Atkins add the prerequisite hard edge and dare I say it 'nasty streak' our pack has been lacking for a while.

The more I think about it, the more I think Solomons, Mouneimne and a smattering of Saffer muscle (and a good kick up the a*se) are exactly what Edinburgh need.

This starting 15 looks competitive.

Nel
Ford
Blaauw
Gilchrist or VDW
Atkins
Basilia
Rennie
Denton
Laidlaw
Leonard
Walker
Scott
De Luca
Visser
Tonks

[123456789]

So Edinburgh can field the following team when Scotland are playing:

1.Blauw
2.MacInally
3.Nel
4.Atkins
5.VDW
6. Watson
7.Grant
8. Basilaia
9. Kennedy
10. Leonard
11. Brown
12. Atiga
13. Cairns
14. Walker
15. Cuthbert

Not a bad side although you are very short in the back row

Glasgow could Field

1. YanuYanutawa
2. Hall
3. Cusack
4. Ryder
5. Nakarawa
6. Strauss
7. Holmes
8. Vernon
9. Matawalu
10. Jackson
11. VDM
12. Horne
13. Ascarate
14. Seymour
15. Murchie

[tigertattie]

it was ma hi vis

Ha! Class

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Talking about rumours, Craig Mitchell just RT'ed in the tw-attosphere a tw-att from Mercedes Embra offering the Chiefs' Ben White a deal - might be reading far too much into it, but that would be a decent signing for the capital club, although he'd be breaking contract for the move to happen - curious  

[tigertattie]

Agree on the warning re: fitness. We learned a painful lesson last season regarding fitness and time to get up to speed. Still, that didn't seem such a big problem for Strauss at Glasgow. They just used him flat out for 60 minutes then replaced him.

Hopefully we can do the same. 60 minutes of Blaauw and Nel followed by 20 minutes of Dickinson and Cross should suffice.

Thats a fair comment again FES old bean!

It is widely known that Dickenson is not the best of scrummagers (though he held up fine over the summer). He is though, very good in the loose.  Dickenson coming on for the last 20 mins to run at a tiring opposition? He is almost like an extra flanker!

[123456789]

Talking about rumours, Craig Mitchell just RT'ed in the tw-attosphere a tw-att from Mercedes Embra offering the Chiefs' Ben White a deal - might be reading far too much into it, but that would be a decent signing for the capital club, although he'd be breaking contract for the move to happen - curious  

Thought you meant the New Zealand chiefs and got excited.

[nickj]

Talking about rumours, Craig Mitchell just RT'ed in the tw-attosphere a tw-att from Mercedes Embra offering the Chiefs' Ben White a deal - might be reading far too much into it, but that would be a decent signing for the capital club, although he'd be breaking contract for the move to happen - curious  

Thought you meant the New Zealand chiefs and got excited.

I can't see it ASBO. Is he any good?

[funnyExiledScot]

Agree on the warning re: fitness. We learned a painful lesson last season regarding fitness and time to get up to speed. Still, that didn't seem such a big problem for Strauss at Glasgow. They just used him flat out for 60 minutes then replaced him.

Hopefully we can do the same. 60 minutes of Blaauw and Nel followed by 20 minutes of Dickinson and Cross should suffice.

Thats a fair comment again FES old bean!

It is widely known that Dickenson is not the best of scrummagers (though he held up fine over the summer). He is though, very good in the loose.  Dickenson coming on for the last 20 mins to run at a tiring opposition? He is almost like an extra flanker!

I think Dickinson will be pretty decent under the new scrum laws. He's always been useful from a technical perspective, he just struggles with the hit against usually much bigger tightheads. I think Dickinson will prove to be a very shrewd signing for Edinburgh.

Such a shame that Edinburgh don't have any pre-season games in Edinburgh!

[George Carlin]

I would trust Solomons to know his grades of Saffer prime beef.

[madmaccas]

One slight concern with Blaauw is that, despite being Namibian, he was never capped by them. They're not exactly a prestige team, so it does beg the question why not?

Yapp played pretty well for Edinburgh last year so I imagine it's probably be down to money, Blaauw must be significantly cheaper if we're loaning out an international prop and getting a bloke with a slightly bitty Super Rugby career and no international experience in his stead.

He may turn out to be a diamond in the rough, I really hope so.

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Talking about rumours, Craig Mitchell just RT'ed in the tw-attosphere a tw-att from Mercedes Embra offering the Chiefs' Ben White a deal - might be reading far too much into it, but that would be a decent signing for the capital club, although he'd be breaking contract for the move to happen - curious  

Thought you meant the New Zealand chiefs and got excited.

I can't see it ASBO. Is he any good?

I rate him, nick - he's our second best 6 and second best 7 at the same time - so v flexible. Anyhew, I would treat this as nothing more than a dodgy rumour at this stage, not atypical of the banter between Exe players in the tw-attosphere

[RDW]

Where's biltong when you need him?

[EWT Spoons]

One slight concern with Blaauw is that, despite being Namibian, he was never capped by them. They're not exactly a prestige team, so it does beg the question why not?

Yapp played pretty well for Edinburgh last year so I imagine it's probably be down to money, Blaauw must be significantly cheaper if we're loaning out an international prop and getting a bloke with a slightly bitty Super Rugby career and no international experience in his stead.

He may turn out to be a diamond in the rough, I really hope so.

Do we know if he wanted to be capped by Namibia?  As you say they’re not exactly a prestige team, so maybe he was holding out for RSA or someone else through residency.  I mean he played in RSA for several years, I’m not sure on their qualification criteria but I’m pretty sure he would be eligible for them.

[RDW]

He played 5 years in the super XV so I'm not too concerned - and as has been said he was probably holding out for SA!

[IanBru]

Personally, I'm delighted that he's called 'Wicus'. Anyone here seen District 9?

"Halllo my name is Wicus Van Der Merwe . Oh look at little prawns! Hello little prawns!! I've got some cat fooood for yooou!"

And no, befire you ask, I'm not back on the crystal meth.

[funnyExiledScot]

Personally, I'm delighted that he's called 'Wicus'. Anyone here seen District 9?

"Halllo my name is Wicus Van Der Merwe . Oh look at little prawns! Hello little prawns!! I've got some cat fooood for yooou!"

And no, befire you ask, I'm not back on the crystal meth.

I'm very lost.

[George Carlin]

He played 5 years in the super XV so I'm not too concerned - and as has been said he was probably holding out for SA!

Yes, almost certainly. All props must dream of being a Springbok and if he was playing for the Stormers, he must have thought that he was in contention. Very rare that you get a great player like Jacques Burger who would just dive into playing for Namibia without any thought to his Bok career.
 
Willem Nel hasn't been capped either and if our new boy is as good as him (I expect him to be at least that good because with all due respect Nel's Cheetahs weren't a patch on the Stormers over the period in question) then he'll be a very good squad player at the very least.

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Personally, I'm delighted that he's called 'Wicus'. Anyone here seen District 9?

"Halllo my name is Wicus Van Der Merwe . Oh look at little prawns! Hello little prawns!! I've got some cat fooood for yooou!"

And no, befire you ask, I'm not back on the crystal meth.

I'm very lost.

Top film

[Captain_Sensible]

Personally, I'm delighted that he's called 'Wicus'. Anyone here seen District 9?

"Halllo my name is Wicus Van Der Merwe . Oh look at little prawns! Hello little prawns!! I've got some cat fooood for yooou!"

And no, befire you ask, I'm not back on the crystal meth.

District 9 is a great film. Having been to Joburg myself, I can confirm that much of it is a sh*thole.

[Manky-Flanker]

If Wicus is as tough as District 9's "Wicus with Prawn battlesuit", the Edinburgh fans will be in for a treat!

[funnyExiledScot]

I'll put the film on my "to watch" list. Haven't seen a really good film in ages. Went to see the Partridge movie the other day and really struggled with it. It sort of reminded me of Edinburgh in the Heineken Cup last season, it was that disappointing.....

[madmaccas]

He played 5 years in the super XV so I'm not too concerned - and as has been said he was probably holding out for SA!

Yes, almost certainly. All props must dream of being a Springbok and if he was playing for the Stormers, he must have thought that he was in contention. Very rare that you get a great player like Jacques Burger who would just dive into playing for Namibia without any thought to his Bok career.
 
Willem Nel hasn't been capped either and if our new boy is as good as him (I expect him to be at least that good because with all due respect Nel's Cheetahs weren't a patch on the Stormers over the period in question) then he'll be a very good squad player at the very least.

A very valid point. Had a wee search and Os du Randt and Robbie Kempson seem to rate him very highly so does bode well.

[tigertattie]

A few points worth noting!
District 9 is a bloomin awful film! It is worth a watch purely due to comedy reason.

The creatures in that film and not called prawns! They are called called "fookin Prons" and they are frequesntly requested by Wicus that they "dont point those fookin tentacles at me"

Also, FES, you paid to watch a Steve Coogan production? Eejit! Steve COogan, and his alter ego Alan Partridge are about as funny as an insurance broker's conference!

[Captain_Sensible]

Embra squad to face Northampton tomorrow night

Tonks
Fife
De Luca
Scott
Jones
Francis
Laidlaw
Denton
Grant
Cox
Westhuizen
Gilchrist
Nel
Ford
Dickinson

Subs - Lutui, Niven, Cross, Atkins,Watson, Basilaia, Kennedy, Hidalgo-Clyne, Cuthbert, Brown

[IanBru]

No way TigerT, District 9 rules all.

Worth watching just for Wicus shouting "Oh Fook!" Every time something unexpected happens.

Seriously though, great film - science fiction with a compelling moral argument,

[RDW]

Embra squad to face Northampton tomorrow night

Tonks
Fife
De Luca
Scott
Jones
Francis
Laidlaw
Denton
Grant
Cox
Westhuizen
Gilchrist
Nel
Ford
Dickinson

Subs - Lutui, Niven, Cross, Atkins,Watson, Basilaia, Kennedy, Hidalgo-Clyne, Cuthbert, Brown

Pleasantly surprised at how strong a team that is - the backs are pretty much first choice except Visser. Would have expected the Scotland guys to have come back later on.

Good to see they've learnt the mistakes of last year though, and suggests the players are all keen to get going ASAP!

[George Carlin]

Is Cox playing blindside then? Nice to see Dougie Fife getting a start.
 
Lee Jones' professional career is surely a wobbly spinning plate at the moment. With Fife, Brown, Farndale and Walker all currently looking a better bet for the shirt, he's going to need a big season to keep it.

[George Carlin]

Nice piece about a Warriors/Glasgow Rocks co-charity event:
http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/13/08/21/warriors-help-launch-inaugural-yorkhill-walk

This link significant in itself because Ickle Jonny Gray seems to be about the same size as Al Kellock.

[RDW]

Yeah Cox is at 6 - suspect we'll see him there a lot this season. Not such a bad thing now we've got some units in the front 5. With a front row of Blaauw, Ford, Nel and the likes of VDV and Gilchrist / Atkins in the 2nd row you can get away with not having such a powerful 6.

[George Carlin]

Yeah Cox is at 6 - suspect we'll see him there a lot this season.  Not such a bad thing now we've got some units in the front 5.  With a front row of Blaauw, Ford, Nel and the likes of VDV and Gilchrist / Atkins in the 2nd row you can get away with not having such a powerful a 6 who isn't very good at rugby.

No charge big feller.

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Yeah Cox is at 6 - suspect we'll see him there a lot this season.  Not such a bad thing now we've got some units in the front 5.  With a front row of Blaauw, Ford, Nel and the likes of VDV and Gilchrist / Atkins in the 2nd row you can get away with not having such a powerful a 6 who isn't very good at rugby.

No charge big feller.

[funnyExiledScot]

Very encouraging to see a close to 1st XV playing the opening friendly. It seems Edinburgh are going to try and hit the season running, rather that the total chaos we had at the start of last season.

Some interesting selections for me:

1. Cox at 6. My least favourite selection. Out of position, not mobile enough. Basilia should be handed the 6 jersey for the start of the season.

2. Fife on the wing. Delighted. Impressed me last season and I think he'll be hugely important for us this season covering wing and outside centre.

3. Hidalgo-Clyne on the bench. Very pleased that we are bringing him on, although I always thought of him as a 9 rather than anything else, and we already have Kennedy covering 9 on the bench. Where is Harry Leonard?

4. Cuthbert on the bench. Best place for him.

5. Lee Jones?? Is RDW injured after last weekend.....

[VinceWLB]

Yeah Cox is at 6 - suspect we'll see him there a lot this season.  Not such a bad thing now we've got some units in the front 5.  With a front row of Blaauw, Ford, Nel and the likes of VDV and Gilchrist / Atkins in the 2nd row you can get away with not having such a powerful 6.

That's a very strong front 5 that shouldn't fear anyone imo.

Cox would be more effective at 6 than at lock, those who said he isn't mobile enough i disagree, he is no slower than a Lydiate.

[funnyExiledScot]

Did you watch the games at Murrayfield where Cox played 6 last season? I did. He doesn't get the the breakdown quickly enough, isn't massively effective when he gets there and doesn't have the speed of thought or reading of the game to get into the right position to make big tackles. For a big aggressive bloke he sure falls off a lot of tackles.

He's not a bad lineout player, and he's passionate about Edinburgh winning. He's very much our version of Al Kellock at Glasgow. Big heart, decent lineout caller, limited player. He's a 5 every day of the week and twice on Sundays though, not a 6.

The comparison to Lydiate is a bit silly. One is a top class specialist blindside who has just secured the Lions 6 jersey. The other is an average lock who plays the odd bit of flanker stuff when Edinburgh, the 2nd worst side in the Rabo, have injuries to their preferred flankers. I know you were only referring to speed, and to be honest I have no data or straight comparison upon which to make this assertion, but I'd wager a few notes that Lydiate is quicker. He's certainly in a completely different league to Sean Cox as a blindside flanker.

[George Carlin]

Yeah Cox is at 6 - suspect we'll see him there a lot this season.  Not such a bad thing now we've got some units in the front 5.  With a front row of Blaauw, Ford, Nel and the likes of VDV and Gilchrist / Atkins in the 2nd row you can get away with not having such a powerful 6.

That's a very strong front 5 that shouldn't fear anyone imo.

Cox would be more effective at 6 than at lock, those who said he isn't mobile enough i disagree, he is no slower than a Lydiate Gavin Henson trying to complete the Times crossword.

Crikey - lots of amends required today

[VinceWLB]

I think it's a bit unfair to judge Cox on only one display at blindside, but imo he has the physical attribute of a blindside and give him some game time there and he could do a decent choice but yeah he shoudn't be 1st choice there in any team. At lock i would have Parker ahead of him so he would be 5th choice there...

Agreed that he is very passionate, really hate losing, wish more players were like him.

[tigertattie]

5. Lee Jones?? Is RDW injured after last weekend.....

does RDW stand for Really Deadly Winger?

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Talking about rumours, Craig Mitchell just RT'ed in the tw-attosphere a tw-att from Mercedes Embra offering the Chiefs' Ben White a deal - might be reading far too much into it, but that would be a decent signing for the capital club, although he'd be breaking contract for the move to happen - curious  

Thought you meant the New Zealand chiefs and got excited.

I can't see it ASBO. Is he any good?

I rate him, nick - he's our second best 6 and second best 7 at the same time - so v flexible.  Anyhew, I would treat this as nothing more than a dodgy rumour at this stage, not atypical of the banter between Exe players in the tw-attosphere

RDW went for the direct tw-atter route and I'm afraid its just Exe player banter - sorry!

[Tramptastic]

Agree on the warning re: fitness. We learned a painful lesson last season regarding fitness and time to get up to speed. Still, that didn't seem such a big problem for Strauss at Glasgow. They just used him flat out for 60 minutes then replaced him.

Hopefully we can do the same. 60 minutes of Blaauw and Nel followed by 20 minutes of Dickinson and Cross should suffice.

Baring in mind Nel came straight from SA - harder pitches, different kind of game etc where as Blaauw has come from Biarritz which is maybe more comparable(?) to Scotland  

[RDW]

Talking about rumours, Craig Mitchell just RT'ed in the tw-attosphere a tw-att from Mercedes Embra offering the Chiefs' Ben White a deal - might be reading far too much into it, but that would be a decent signing for the capital club, although he'd be breaking contract for the move to happen - curious  

Thought you meant the New Zealand chiefs and got excited.

I can't see it ASBO. Is he any good?

I rate him, nick - he's our second best 6 and second best 7 at the same time - so v flexible.  Anyhew, I would treat this as nothing more than a dodgy rumour at this stage, not atypical of the banter between Exe players in the tw-attosphere

RDW went for the direct tw-atter route and I'm afraid its just Exe player banter - sorry!

Yeah, he was fairly quick to quash that rumour!

[UlstermaninGlasgow]

Evening gents and the odd lady (Schiz on his day... ) Looking forward to a big season for the Weeg, some big signings and a few Academy boys making the step up hopefully! With a lot of probable Scots internationals it'll be interesting to see how they get on without them!

For the MFLs, Blauuw looks like a good signing, still don't know why they haven't gone for a proper 6 and Solly will instill some proper grit that has been sorely lacking over the past few years!

As an aside, many of you will have known me as one of the sources of knowledge on all things Warriors along with Dorothy Mantooth! Unfortunately due to my new job (where they let me stab people for a living) I'm not in Glasgow anymore. So no more insider info from me... I'll just have to make do with the good old method of hanging out on here and berating people on tw@tter!

[George Carlin]

Evening gents and the odd lady (Schiz on his day... ) Looking forward to a big season for the Weeg, some big signings and a few Academy boys making the step up hopefully! With a lot of probable Scots internationals it'll be interesting to see how they get on without them!

For the MFLs, Blauuw looks like a good signing, still don't know why they haven't gone for a proper 6 and Solly will instill some proper grit that has been sorely lacking over the past few years!

As an aside, many of you will have known me as one of the sources of knowledge on all things Warriors along with Dorothy Mantooth! Unfortunately due to my new job (where they let me stab people for a living) I'm not in Glasgow anymore. So no more insider info from me... I'll just have to make do with the good old method of hanging out on here and berating people on tw@tter!

Clyde - several important questions present themselves:
1. Are you now working 100 hours a week?
2. Have you intubated anyone yet?
3. Are the nurses hot?

[UlstermaninGlasgow]

GC

Firstly not quite. I'm in a district general so life is slightly less hectic than say the Western Circle of Hell - I mean Infirmary in Glasgow so I'm probably averaging 50 hour weeks. Not bad for a JHO.

Secondly not yet, although no arrests yet! But I fully expect some next weekend when I'm on nights.

Third, there's a few alright!

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

I was born in the WI - that place has a lot to answer for!! Sharesies on point 3 pls, UiG

[21st Century Schizoid Man]

Aaaah Clyde - I had you down for a White Coated Wonder in the GWI. More importantly than all that schieze who the hell is in the bloo coo ?

[jimbopip]

Schiz, shouldn't that be... who the hell is in the bloo coo noo ?
GC and ASBO, I have a colleague whose 16 year old son is a hefty second row and he wants to become a doctor. School sorted it for him to do two weeks experience at Southend Hospital (motto "overdoses here: stabbings to Basildon, please). At the end of week one mummy asked Big Lad how he was getting on. "They're all really friendly mummy. One of the nurses asked me if I wanted to go for a drink on Friday after work, but I had to tell her I'm too young to go into pubs." Sixteen! A nurse!! He said NO!!! 
 UIG International weeks
1. Yayuyayu (get a nickname quick)
2. Hall
3.Coo
4. Niko's mate
5. Ryder/Wee Jonny
6.Harley
7. Fozzy
8. Bluto with Vernon covering all three (plus 11,12,13,14)
9.Niko
10. Ruaridh/Wee Dunky
11.DTH
12 Ascarti (spelling?)
13  
14. Seymour
15 Murchie
That's a pretty good fifteen with about nine of them looking to be first team regulars rather than squad players. I'm thinking 13 to 15 there must looking at this season as their "Dunbar year": make the step up or we'll give you the train fare to Embra. If Toonie can get them to build on last season's performances it could be the best season for sport in Glasgow since 1971. (Thistle won the League cup)

[RDW]

Started a match thread for the Edinburgh game tonight

https://www.606v2.com/t47383-northampton-saints-v-edinburgh-rugby-pre-season-friendly#2247068

p.s. I'm off work today, before InjuredYetAgain starts mouthing off about me skiving! 

[tigertattie]

why you not starting on the wing for the Burgh RDW?

[George Carlin]

Schiz, shouldn't that be... who the hell is in the bloo coo noo ?
GC and ASBO, I have a colleague whose 16 year old son is a hefty second row and he wants to become a doctor. School sorted it for him to do two weeks experience at Southend Hospital (motto "overdoses here: stabbings to Basildon, please). At the end of week one mummy asked Big Lad how he was getting on. "They're all really friendly mummy. One of the nurses asked me if I wanted to go for a drink on Friday after work, but I had to tell her I'm too young to go into pubs." Sixteen! A nurse!! He said NO!!!)

Brilliant story. Just goes to show that there are Academics. Then there is Intelligence.

[RDW]

why you not starting on the wing for the Burgh RDW?

They're saving me for the big Heineken games

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