Im not sure I would be brave enough to try and bully Harley!
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doedin wrote:He is a vastly underrated player for the Weegies and is one of these guys who just keeps going and going disrupting the oppo. I think we need to look at the front 5 Scotland can put out - we are blessed with Gray Jnr who is just a beast and carries non stop in every game and does the work of two players. Gray Snr also looks to have upped his workload in the breakdown due to his time in France. Both these guys are mobile and good in the line out and give us a bit more freedom in who we pick in the back row. Without them we would need another big ball carrier at 6 but given the Grays in place I think we can pick a more mobile back row but we do need a spoiler, someone to slow the oppo ball down at the breakdown and be a general nuisance, Harley does that very well. It also depends on the oppo and if we are facing a big ball carrying pack who are going to play a tight game then I would have him in my team. If we are playing oppo who are going to fling it around a bit more then he is probably not fast enough around the park and I would go for the likes of Bradbury, Wilson or Barclay at 6.
Friday Knight Lights wrote:I can't think of an international game of the top of my head where Harley really took the game by the scruff of the neck and left thinking "wow Harley was incredible" (maybe NZ 2014). But I can think of games where I've thought O'Mahony, Fardy, Robshaw, Lydiate have (this is ignoring Kaino and Dusatoir because they're just ridiculous). Harley doesn't have their intensity, physically or athleticism. That's not saying that he isn't a very fine Glasgow player. He is and I disagree he's underated for them as I believe everyone knows how effective he is for them. Scottish rugby needs club men the quality of Harley and our own former ginger giant Roddy Grant
Scotland does have an issue with the 6 & 8 shirt and that's because guys like Harley just aren't international quality.
Jockybadger wrote:I've always thought Harley was a better lock than back row (where is is too heavy footed). I assume this heralds the end of Hugh Blake as a Scotland international prospect?
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