He played 12, Worcester’s Finn Smith played 10 (and played very well too - nice partnership with JVP).
Lancaster carried well, tackled well. Can’t specifically remember any kicking but having watched him previously his kicking out of hand and from the tee is strong also.
Both Smith and Lancaster impressed me in that game would be happy with either/both
Agreed!! Can’t see us tempting Smith away though now he’s getting some first team chances though. Can almost see Lancaster and Matthews coming though - or at least one of them
RagingBull wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:40 am
Brugnara club
Riccardo got a bit of game time on loan with Zebre again this season which was good to see. I certainly think he's good enough to be a Pro 14 prop.
Earlier in the season I thought Tiz Pasquali could have been a good fit at Tigers as a 3rd choice TH behind Cole and Heyes as he was out of contract and Treviso have some depth at TH. He re-signed with Treviso for a couple more years though. Great on him too. Tiz kicked on so well to become a solid squad player for Italy with 20 caps under his belt.
Hope we sign a younger 10 as well, just feel like replacing two relatively young fly half’s with two 10 who are 30+ isn’t really planning for the future
RagingBull wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:22 pm
Lewis Chessum(lock)
Jacob Cusick (Centre)
Tim Hoyt (Tighthead)
Seb Smith (Loosehead)
All promoted to the senior academy.
First Centre to be promoted in a while.
Not surprised by those selections, although only 4 with how depleted the dev squad could be next season is a little surprising
Well phoenix Laulu-Togagae was saying he was got a contract through a partnership with Lough along with 5 others.
So could potentially be 11 in total just 4 full time.
Hope we sign a younger 10 as well, just feel like replacing two relatively young fly half’s with two 10 who are 30+ isn’t really planning for the future
TBF we have some interesting 10 options coming
Meredith
Woodward
Loose
Grobler
Granted the later have been more utility backs
I'm not 100% sold on this signing, but IMO we do need 4 players that can play 10 and he plays 12 just as much.
RagingBull wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:22 pm
Lewis Chessum(lock)
Jacob Cusick (Centre)
Tim Hoyt (Tighthead)
Seb Smith (Loosehead)
All promoted to the senior academy.
First Centre to be promoted in a while.
Not surprised by those selections, although only 4 with how depleted the dev squad could be next season is a little surprising
Well phoenix Laulu-Togagae was saying he was got a contract through a partnership with Lough along with 5 others.
So could potentially be 11 in total just 4 full time.
Forgot about that RB, with the ones likely to stay in the dev squad from the current group it would be around the same number total
Hope we sign a younger 10 as well, just feel like replacing two relatively young fly half’s with two 10 who are 30+ isn’t really planning for the future
Its not a signing to make you jump out your seat but as long as he's not on silly money as a 3rd choice 10 he's not terrible, It does strike me as a signing that is probably a 1 year contract just to tide us over till we can get somebody else maybe?
“Juan is a player with positional flexibility, who adds strong depth to our backline and will also be a great addition to our young, inexperienced squad as an experienced professional.”
TigerFeetSteve wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:56 pm
We also have to remember the first signings tend to be the ones least likely to make us sit up and say wow, big ones later in the day methinks...
I agree with the sentiment but I'm not sure we'll be getting anymore today, the lack of any popcorn references makes me think this is a one-off
