dogmc Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Notice Strauss isn’t included, on that last point. Thought I saw his name?? Bloody hell your right! He's been doing well from what I've seen down south too. Why the hell would we drop Strauss?? That's bizarre 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 30 minutes ago, dogmc said: Thought I saw his name?? Bloody hell your right! He's been doing well from what I've seen down south too. Why the hell would we drop Strauss?? That's bizarre Unless his club is refusing to release him, I don't understand either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Unless his club is refusing to release him, I don't understand either. Maybe..thought they had to be released for autumn games?? Might just be 6n n rwc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Unless his club is refusing to release him, I don't understand either. Wonder if that's right n why no Gordy Reid....ETA no visser or Taylor either though Taylor may be injured?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 No Maitland, Visser, Strauss, Reid, Scott, Taylor or Ritchie Grey... Are all these guys injured? Throw in Brown, Hardie, Bradbury and Laidlaw and that is half a good team missing. Considering the battering we will take against Samoa and the Kiwi's I dread to think what kind of team is going to be taking to the pitch against Australia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) Magnus Bradbury stripped of the Edinburgh captaincy. Still no idea what he’s supposed to have done, other than injure his head on a night out. Edited October 24, 2017 by Savage Henry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 No Maitland, Visser, Strauss, Reid, Scott, Taylor or Ritchie Grey... Are all these guys injured? Throw in Brown, Hardie, Bradbury and Laidlaw and that is half a good team missing. Considering the battering we will take against Samoa and the Kiwi's I dread to think what kind of team is going to be taking to the pitch against Australia. Presume savage henry maybe right about clubs not releasing some?? Its a lot of guys to be missing n some of squad looks well undercooked for this sort of level. Even Samoa is no gimme. Also think that guys like bhatti n turner being in squad will leave Glasgow really short of numbers. I had been under impression those guys n likes of Jackson would cover 6n n autumn international games but now they're in Scotland squad.... (Jacko is fair enough has done well this season) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 From the SRU, "Unavailable through injury: Adam Ashe (Glasgow Warriors), Mark Bennett (Edinburgh Rugby), Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Allan Dell, Alasdair Dickinson (both Edinburgh Rugby), Richie Gray (Toulouse), Rory Hughes (Glasgow Warriors), Greig Laidlaw (Clermont Auvergne), Sean Maitland (Saracens), Gordon Reid (London Irish), Matt Scott (Gloucester), Duncan Taylor (Saracens)." I get the impression that Townsend has had a falling out with Strauss, hence why he didn't get a new contract at Glasgow. I have seen Marfo play for Edinburgh, but had assumed he was some foreign import, no idea he was actually Scottish. McGuigan at 28 must have come on leaps and bounds at Sale as he was decidely uninspiring last time I saw him play. He is the leading try scorer in the Premiership though All the new caps are mid 20's, which goes to show the problem with just 2 pro teams, unless you are a standout, you dont get game time. Fagerson (21), Cummings (20) and Ritchie (21) are the only youngsters in the squad, and when you think Marfo, Bhatti, Hamilton, Fowles and Harris are all the same age as Russell, Hogg and Gray who are the established spine of the team and Burleigh is probably the oldest player in the team at 31. Given we are 3 centres down you can make a case for Harris being included, Cummings and Ritchie are solid picks and should go on to be good players. Hamilton has played pretty much every game the last 2 years for Leicester so should be solid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Here's what's left of the Warriors squad after injuries and Scotland call ups. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 From the SRU,"Unavailable through injury: Adam Ashe (Glasgow Warriors), Mark Bennett (Edinburgh Rugby), Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Allan Dell, Alasdair Dickinson (both Edinburgh Rugby), Richie Gray (Toulouse), Rory Hughes (Glasgow Warriors), Greig Laidlaw (Clermont Auvergne), Sean Maitland (Saracens), Gordon Reid (London Irish), Matt Scott (Gloucester), Duncan Taylor (Saracens)." I get the impression that Townsend has had a falling out with Strauss, hence why he didn't get a new contract at Glasgow.I have seen Marfo play for Edinburgh, but had assumed he was some foreign import, no idea he was actually Scottish.McGuigan at 28 must have come on leaps and bounds at Sale as he was decidely uninspiring last time I saw him play. He is the leading try scorer in the Premiership thoughAll the new caps are mid 20's, which goes to show the problem with just 2 pro teams, unless you are a standout, you dont get game time. Fagerson (21), Cummings (20) and Ritchie (21) are the only youngsters in the squad, and when you think Marfo, Bhatti, Hamilton, Fowles and Harris are all the same age as Russell, Hogg and Gray who are the established spine of the team and Burleigh is probably the oldest player in the team at 31.Given we are 3 centres down you can make a case for Harris being included, Cummings and Ritchie are solid picks and should go on to be good players. Hamilton has played pretty much every game the last 2 years for Leicester so should be solid. That's a brutal injury list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 59 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Here's what's left of the Warriors squad after injuries and Scotland call ups. Sarto is also in the Italy squad, Peterson might get a call up to the US squad and any players selected for the Barbarians 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 The rules for a player being tied to a country by playing at U20 level is upto 2014 play for a country's U20 if it there capture side v another country that it is there capture side. After 2014 play in the Junior World cup or Six Nations. Luke Hamilton has not played for Wales U20 since the rules changed in 2014 and did not play any other nation that had the U20s as there capture side before that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddfg Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Pretty sure I read somewhere at the weekend that Matawalu had been selected again for Fiji 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Pretty sure I read somewhere at the weekend that Matawalu had been selected again for Fiji He has 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Sarto is also in the Italy squad, Peterson might get a call up to the US squad and any players selected for the Barbarians Don't know much about right but is it worth backing Southern Kings at 16-1 given all Glasgow's unavailable players? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Don't know much about right but is it worth backing Southern Kings at 16-1 given all Glasgow's unavailable players? Nope. Glasgow will win with bonus, nap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Don't know much about right but is it worth backing Southern Kings at 16-1 given all Glasgow's unavailable players? They will still have the international players for the Southern Kings and Leinster games. The Ospreys game on the 26th of November should be the only game without them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Thanks, both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Folk on the SRU Facebook page claiming Strauss has had a falling out with the SRU/Gregor. But they don't seem to be able to substantiate the rumour more than "why else wouldn't he be there?" And "why do you think he moved to Sale?". So, might just be some yahoos reading between the lines and howling at the moon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Going back to the Scotland squad my biggest concern is how obvious the best 15 is, its like going back to the bad old days when you knew exactly who was going to play due to the lack of top quality players. Apart from who partners Grey in the 2nd row, any maybe hooker from the squad selected i dont think you can make any argument of the best 15 not being Nel, Ford, Fagerson, Grey, Swinson, Barclay, Watson, Wilson, Price, Russell, Jones, Dunbar, Jones, Seymour, Hogg Granted you could have a team of (with a couple out of position) Dell, Brown, Dickinson, Grey, Denton, Hardie, Ashe, Strauss, Laidlaw, Scott, Visser, Taylor, Bennett, Hughes, Maitland, with a bench of Reid, McArthur, Allan, Cowan, Horne, Weir, Tonks with the players missing, but would still have a squad where there are options in all positions that dont drop the quality of the team on the pitch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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