Re: Edinburgh Rugby Squad 2018/19
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:19 pm
Crosbie is well worth the contract, given what he has shown so far he will be a beast of a ball carrier in the future and exactly the sort of 6 we have needed for some time now. Him and Bradbury covering the 6 position would be solid for a few years to come. For me CdP offers something different at 8 and him and Mata are good 8s. Watson and Ritchie cover 7 and Barclay can play across the back row. We look strong in the back row.
Hardie has not really been value for money for us and whilst a cracking player we are well covered in the back row. I suspect the money freed up from Hardie not having his contract extended has already been spent or committed. I want CdP to remain, he is just getting back to his form of old.
For me I would use the budget elsewhere. We have already committed money to the 10 position and with Freaun gone we need some cover at centre and another we still look thin in back 3. It doesn't look like Bryce nor Harries have convinced Cockerill so perhaps we should be looking at trying to get the likes of McGuigan to come north, he didn't look out of place during the autumn.
Of the wider squad I would suspect we will see Bryce, Turner (stays at Weegies), Bressler, Hardie, SHC (swap him for Steele at LI?), Tovey, Rasolea, Bryce (off to 7s?) and Harries leaving us.
Hardie has not really been value for money for us and whilst a cracking player we are well covered in the back row. I suspect the money freed up from Hardie not having his contract extended has already been spent or committed. I want CdP to remain, he is just getting back to his form of old.
For me I would use the budget elsewhere. We have already committed money to the 10 position and with Freaun gone we need some cover at centre and another we still look thin in back 3. It doesn't look like Bryce nor Harries have convinced Cockerill so perhaps we should be looking at trying to get the likes of McGuigan to come north, he didn't look out of place during the autumn.
Of the wider squad I would suspect we will see Bryce, Turner (stays at Weegies), Bressler, Hardie, SHC (swap him for Steele at LI?), Tovey, Rasolea, Bryce (off to 7s?) and Harries leaving us.