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Agreed. Only, as a backup, which he did successfully last year before injury.
Gareth Chilcott after his last game for Bath in 1993
“I thought I would have a quiet pint… and about 17 noisy ones.”
Saw Gordon was having a squiz at NRL …..
I think Tupou would benefit from a year or two in the NH, in the same way that Skelton has. Learned how to really look after his body (including losing ~10 kg but not losing any strength!) and being away from home and what he learned were bad influences from childhood friends. I'd hoped that moving to Melbourne would do something similar for Tupou, but I'm not sure if that happened.
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon
Gareth Chilcott after his last game for Bath in 1993
“I thought I would have a quiet pint… and about 17 noisy ones.”
Skelton has said he doesn't want to return to Sydney, as he did return to Australia briefly (probably on international duty) and found he fell back into his old habits too easily. I'm not sure if he'd be interested in playing for the Reds, the Brumbies don't need him, and RA would never spring the cash for us to sign him.
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon
Seven Western Force players are in contention for new Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt’s inaugural squad as coach ahead of his first Tests against Wales. Oh dear The West really has numbnuts. "In contention" Do some work and find out what is really going on.
Hang on Burgs.I get that he's a bit of a one trick pony, and does reduce our lineout because he doesn't jump but it happens that one trick is exactly where our deficiency is.The games we played well, we established clear dominance in the contact zone, pushing the opposition back in both attack and defence. The games we lost that was the opposite.Now, while thats a pretty obvious metric, skelton would certainly help on both sides of that metric.The real question? Would the benifits outweigh the costs.
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Are you talking about Skelton or Tupou here?
Skelton's issue of not jumping in the line-out isn't so much of an issue if we have Williams at 6 (and possibly Anstee at 8!) Any player who can hold down a starting lock position for the European Champions is going to improve the Force.
If you are talking about Tupou, I agree. I've always thought he's overrated, as he can't scrum properly (continually bores in) and his tackling is a liability. A year to two in the NH would solve his technical issues, and if he gets the right coaching team should solve his weight and injury issues. However, I do wonder if what's really holding him back is the top 4" (cf Nemani Nadolo)
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon