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BigD163 wrote:Friday Knight Lights wrote:Very disappointed that Shiel has been dropped. Poor decision.
I think we perhaps need to look at any selection decisions over a number of weeks rather than one off selection decisions.
Pyrgos has only made 1 competitive appearance this season off the bench for Scotland. It probably wasn't great for him heading out to Japan knowing he was going to get minimal game time and being part of a pretty poor all round world cup effort. RC has possibly decided that he needs Pyrgos as one of his senior players "back on the horse" as soon as possible and the easiest way is off the bench.
I agree it would be great to keep Shiel involved but rugby is a squad game now and hopefully there will be plenty of opportunities coming up.
dolf_lundgren wrote:Surprised Toolis isn't involed, he hasn't played many minutes
Really gutted we haven't seen Steenkamp much, he was a great short term signing on paper.
Friday Knight Lights wrote:BigD163 wrote:Friday Knight Lights wrote:Very disappointed that Shiel has been dropped. Poor decision.
I think we perhaps need to look at any selection decisions over a number of weeks rather than one off selection decisions.
Pyrgos has only made 1 competitive appearance this season off the bench for Scotland. It probably wasn't great for him heading out to Japan knowing he was going to get minimal game time and being part of a pretty poor all round world cup effort. RC has possibly decided that he needs Pyrgos as one of his senior players "back on the horse" as soon as possible and the easiest way is off the bench.
I agree it would be great to keep Shiel involved but rugby is a squad game now and hopefully there will be plenty of opportunities coming up.
Yes that's true I hadn't thought of it that way.
I hope Shiel is given gametime though. So far my biggest concern with Cockers is poor squad management and not picking the form men!
Martin Bell wrote:Short summary at: http://www.edinburghgunners.org.uk/matchday/reports
Decent effort.
Pitfitter446 wrote:Really pleased with that result, nobody had a bad game, although some a better night than others, Sledgehammer looks a serious addition to the squad giving more options, nice place to be.
Pretty good crowd too, even some noise!
macdone wrote:We have a set of backs! First time in 7 years. I'll admit I didn't think we'd ever see Bennett in full flow for Edinburgh. No more Andries Strauss and Sam Beard.
In the forwards Willemse with Rambo will be a great pairing. Pleased for Ally Miller too.
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