Re: Edinburgh v Kings 05 Jan 18, 1935 Myreside
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:28 am
Cockerill has spoken...
https://scrummagazine.com/26804-2/
Edinburgh Rugby Head Coach Richard Cockerill has stated that young talent Blair Kinghorn is now ready for Test rugby with Scotland with the 6 Nations just around the corner.
Back in October, Cockerill said of the 20-year-old: “Blair shows some very, very good things in attack and he’s got a huge amount of potential, but I think the errors in his game aren’t acceptable at the moment and would be magnified at Test level.”
However, since then the full-back, a former under-20 cap, has worked very hard at his game and has been key to Edinburgh’s recent good run.
As a result when asked about his chances of a Scotland call-up when Gregor Townsend names his extended Scotland squad next week, the Head Coach said: “Blair has been our most improved player, he has matured very well, played very well and done really well with ball in hand.
“He is not making that one horrific error every game that’s is costly.
“I think Blair is good enough to play Test rugby now because of the way he has matured in the last 12 weeks. If Stuart Hogg is not fit my opinion is that he is ready to play full-back for Scotland for sure.
“He has the potential to play full-back and if not on the wing because he is young, very quick and creates opportunities. He will only get better the more he plays.
“He now realises he is an important part of the team at Edinburgh and we have a few discussions about him taking things a bit more seriously. At his age he is not young anymore.
“If he knuckles down and works hard the opportunities with Scotland and with ourselves are going to be there.
“We are a better and different attacking threat when he is on the field. He has been exceptional hasn’t he, there is no getting away from that.”
https://scrummagazine.com/26804-2/
Edinburgh Rugby Head Coach Richard Cockerill has stated that young talent Blair Kinghorn is now ready for Test rugby with Scotland with the 6 Nations just around the corner.
Back in October, Cockerill said of the 20-year-old: “Blair shows some very, very good things in attack and he’s got a huge amount of potential, but I think the errors in his game aren’t acceptable at the moment and would be magnified at Test level.”
However, since then the full-back, a former under-20 cap, has worked very hard at his game and has been key to Edinburgh’s recent good run.
As a result when asked about his chances of a Scotland call-up when Gregor Townsend names his extended Scotland squad next week, the Head Coach said: “Blair has been our most improved player, he has matured very well, played very well and done really well with ball in hand.
“He is not making that one horrific error every game that’s is costly.
“I think Blair is good enough to play Test rugby now because of the way he has matured in the last 12 weeks. If Stuart Hogg is not fit my opinion is that he is ready to play full-back for Scotland for sure.
“He has the potential to play full-back and if not on the wing because he is young, very quick and creates opportunities. He will only get better the more he plays.
“He now realises he is an important part of the team at Edinburgh and we have a few discussions about him taking things a bit more seriously. At his age he is not young anymore.
“If he knuckles down and works hard the opportunities with Scotland and with ourselves are going to be there.
“We are a better and different attacking threat when he is on the field. He has been exceptional hasn’t he, there is no getting away from that.”