The reality is there is never a point in the season when Blair will have a fully fit and available squad to pick from so the debates about what is the strongest team is interesting but moot. It is more about ensuring we have a strong squad with cover for all positions and then picking the strongest team from the pool of players available. The team we fielded last week wouldn't have been rated by some as our 'strongest' but beat a good Sharks team easily in the end.
In my eyes we have as strong a squad depth as we have ever had and a great balance between established players and youngsters fighting for a place plus a group of new players who have come in with a point to prove and have hit the ground running - Immelman, Bofelli, Moyano, Phillips, Young, etc have all increased quality and put pressure on some of the existing squad who were perhaps in cruise mode. Blair has also done a great job in developing the squad, rotating players, coping with 6Ns and keeping everyone happy and getting a chance on the pitch. The Edinburgh camp has seemed a happy one and every team we put out seems to really dig in to get a result. OK sometimes they haven't won but there has been no lack of effort from anyone.