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Started at loosehead in the January A team game against Leinster.

Excellent information, thank you. I have to make the obvious comment that this record is hardly inspiring and makes the renewal of his contract difficult to understand. Am I missing something?

for dog and ulcer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:54 pm Excellent information, thank you. I have to make the obvious comment that this record is hardly inspiring and makes the renewal of his contract difficult to understand. Am I missing something?

Current prop contract situation:

Unsure - Ross Kane, Kyle McCall

2022 - Tom O’Toole, Jack McGrath, Marty Moore, Eric O’Sullivan

2023 - Andrew Warwick, Gareth Milasinovich, Callum Reid

An embarrassment of riches. Maybe not. Is Joeli Veitayaki available? Same weight as Milasinovich. Apologies for misspellings of his name.

There are not many 20st props around so big G will be given time. He had a bad knee injury and these big lads take a lot longer to get into match shape than a backline player. Some never do.

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He’s a big lad who plays both sides of the scrum so handy enough to have around, especially when it’s unclear which, or how many, props Farrell is likely to draw out of his beanie.

You can never have enough tight heads so if Dan rates him he should be kept. Otherwise you have to hunt for another IQ tight head while Munster sign him and he turns into a worldie.

Dave wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:26 pm You can never have enough tight heads so if Dan rates him he should be kept. Otherwise you have to hunt for another IQ tight head while Munster sign him and he turns into a worldie.

Correct Dave

Rumours Kyle McCall is retiring and Kane would be backup to the backups so when you reach that level, and need to cut numbers, someone who can play both sides is more likely to be retained.

So the question marks remain Faddes and McBurney ?

jean valjean wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:27 pm There are not many 20st props around so big G will be given time. He had a bad knee injury and these big lads take a lot longer to get into match shape than a backline player. Some never do.

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Nail on head.

Covers both sides of the scrum.

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jean valjean wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:27 pm There are not many 20st props around so big G will be given time. He had a bad knee injury and these big lads take a lot longer to get into match shape than a backline player. Some never do.

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Nail on head.

Covers both sides of the scrum.

That's great. We have had props who covered neither side of the scrum.

any update on our Bull Marcel ?

Have not heard a thing. I only hope for his sake if it's bad news that the bulls look after him.

Marcel out for the foreseeable it seems

https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/coetzee-up ... y-setback/

However, as a positive, Coetzee’s latest setback will not require an operation, meaning that there is a chance he could still prove his fitness in the Rainbow Cup.

‘This is obviously not something that someone wants to overcome,’ Coetzee told Sunday newspaper Rapport. ‘But I am very positive that I will be ready by mid-June, depending on how the recovery process goes.

‘I will play a few games in the Rainbow Cup. That way I can throw my name into the hat [for Springbok selection].

‘I have had a similar injury to my left leg. With good rehabilitation and rest, it will recover nicely.’