While there are no actual attributed quotes that see Townsend saying anything like that and so it's likely just a figment of the author's imagination, that's a really stupid thing to say. "It's a compliment to the growing strength of rugby north of the border that England are interested in two players whose development has been 100% south of it."fivepointer wrote:"Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend believes it is a back-handed compliment to the burgeoning strength of rugby north of the border that England have moved to secure the services of two age-grade Scottish players - Newcastle flanker Gary Graham and the latest acquisition, Gloucester scrum-half Ben Vellacott, whom Townsend says will be named in England’s 2018 Six Nations squad on Thursday.
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