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http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/qu...007ca315a4ccc3
THE Queensland Reds will stamp themselves as a genuine Super Rugby threat with the announcement that Scott Higginbotham will to return to Ballymore in 2017.
It took three years for the Reds to replace Higginbotham’s strong running game with that of Hendrik Tui’s after the former Wallaby left for the Melbourne Rebels in 2013, and the team’s attack seriously suffered as a result.
A Tui, George Smith and Higginbotham back row shapes as a line bending force for the Reds, who are expected to announce 13 new signings in the 38 man squad.
Higginbotham, star flyhalf Quade Cooper, Smith, Wallabies captain Stephen Moore, Leroy Houston and former Bronco Lachlan Maranta headline the new recruits.
Great news for Aussie Rugby.