Scots Abroad VIII (or let's spot the new messiah)

Mikey Brown · Post by **Mikey Brown** » Sat May 04, 2019 10:34 am

Dunbar gets a first start for Newcastle in the rather dodgy looking side that will probably be confirmed for relegation today.

sharvey44 · Post by **sharvey44** » Mon May 13, 2019 12:32 pm

Alex Toolis is joining LS next season

Mikey Brown · Post by **Mikey Brown** » Sat May 18, 2019 4:38 pm

Hutchinson currently massively pissing me off by keeping Harlequins from a play-off place, creating 1 try and scoring another so far.

francoisfou · Post by **francoisfou** » Sun May 19, 2019 7:58 am

No Ritchie Gray in today's Toulouse match squad away to UBB.
Maybe being rested for more serious matches to come.

Mikey Brown · Post by **Mikey Brown** » Tue May 21, 2019 10:14 am

I know I'm banging this drum pretty hard at the moment but there seems a real chance that Hutchinson could offer a blend of what Horne did for Russel as a second distributor (with Johnson nailed on at 12) and what Jones (who isn't seemingly playing [that well]) does at 13 making breaks in the outside channels.

He's making a few pundits' premiership teams of the season so far.

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Tue May 21, 2019 11:20 am

He must get a chance with the "1s" to see how he goes.

I am not a fan of throwing debutants into a mixed team as I think it tells us little. Get him outside SJ and see how they get on.

hugh_woatmeigh · Post by **hugh_woatmeigh** » Tue May 21, 2019 10:10 pm

Moray Low retiring at the end of this season.

Always felt like he could have done so much more. He never fought for a first team place at Exeter and spent more and more time on his business outside of rugby as he became more of a squad man every day. As a man, I understand, as a Scotland fan - a real shame IMO. All the best to him.

ARM · Post by **ARM** » Wed May 22, 2019 1:40 pm

RH: choo choo, all aboard.

Cameo · Post by **Cameo** » Wed May 22, 2019 4:17 pm

What's Hutchison's defence like? Jones has some serious credit in the bank but cant ignore talent like that

switchskier · Post by **switchskier** » Wed May 22, 2019 9:32 pm

Cameo wrote:What's Hutchison's defence like? Jones has some serious credit in the bank but cant ignore talent like that

He's pretty lightweight but probably makes less positional mistakes than Jones. They are very different sorts of players and Jones does cut some lovely lines with Russell putting him through them whilst Hutchinson is more of a stepper. Be nice to be able to pick depending on the opposition.

Mikey Brown · Post by **Mikey Brown** » Mon May 27, 2019 1:06 pm

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john ... -7d2wjltxk

Mikey Brown · Post by **Mikey Brown** » Tue May 28, 2019 10:04 am

Here's your weekly Hutchinson update. Only really the minute from 2:30 - 3:30 worth paying attention to.

Post by **OptimisticJock** » Tue May 28, 2019 10:15 am

That can be coached out of him.

switchskier · Post by **switchskier** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:07 am

Johnny Williams to start for England against the Barbarians. It's not a cap game but certainly seems to rule him out for the future.

Also Visser and Traynor retiring. Who else have I missed?

hugh_woatmeigh · Post by **hugh_woatmeigh** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 4:46 pm

What a weird f*cking career Traynor had. He certainly got his Scotland caps on merit at the time though.

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:31 pm

Lovely play by Skinner in one of the Exeter tries today.

Post by **Puja** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:06 pm

switchskier wrote:Johnny Williams to start for England against the Barbarians. It's not a cap game but certainly seems to rule him out for the future.

Also Visser and Traynor retiring. Who else have I missed?

Ireland have recently poached Mike Haley despite him playing for England against the Barbarians and for England A vs South Africa A, so I wouldn't be too downheartened.

Puja

Mikey Brown · Post by **Mikey Brown** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:24 pm

Big D wrote:Lovely play by Skinner in one of the Exeter tries today.

Yep, that was class. A shame it didn’t turn out to be the the play that took them to the title.

francoisfou · Post by **francoisfou** » Sat Jun 08, 2019 4:39 pm

Ritchie is on the bench for this evening's semi final in Bordeaux against La Rochelle and wee Greig is in the starting XV for Clermont tomorrow against Lyon.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » Sun Jun 09, 2019 6:29 pm

Grieg v Richie in the final on Samedi soir. Bon.

francoisfou · Post by **francoisfou** » Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:53 pm

General Zod wrote:Grieg v Richie in the final on Samedi soir. Bon.

Oui, and I believe the final is being shown live on French terrestrial tv France2, aswell as Canal+pay tv (which I don't!).

Adder · Post by **Adder** » Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:58 pm

Will be accessible for free through the French international channel tv5 monde.
http://europe.tv5monde.com/en/tv-shows/ ... p-14-final

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Cameo · Post by **Cameo** » Mon Jun 10, 2019 3:41 pm

Chris Harris has joined Gloucester from Falcons. Good for him. Don't see him as more than a back up for Scotland but the more Scots playing at a high level the better

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:25 am

Gray Snr wins battle of the Scots in France. Seen some criticism of the Clermont halves which include Laidlaw. Didn't watch it so can't comment on his performance.

Adder · Post by **Adder** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:30 am

Big D wrote:Gray Snr wins battle of the Scots in France. Seen some criticism of the Clermont halves which include Laidlaw. Didn't watch it so can't comment on his performance.

You just can't play a fast paced game with Laidlaw.

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