But these guys are, to Canada for the Churchill Cup next month:
Backs: Scott Barrow (Glasgow Warriors), David Blair (Edinburgh), Marcus Di Rollo (Toulouse), Max Evans (Glasgow Warriors), Rob Dewey (Ulster), Colin Gregor (Glasgow Warriors), Steve Jones (Newcastle Falcons), Calum MacRae (Edinburgh), Mark McMillan (Wasps), Sam Pinder (Glasgow Warriors), Roland Reid, Mark Robertson (both Edinburgh), Gordon Ross (Saracens)
Forwards: Geoff Cross (Edinburgh), Jon Dunbar (Leeds Tykes), James Eddie, Ed Kalman (both Glasgow Warriors), Andrew Kelly, Alan MacDonald (both Edinburgh), Andy Miller (Exeter), Scott Newlands (Edinburgh), Fergus Pringle (Edinburgh), Craig Smith (Edinburgh), Stevie Swindall, Fergus Thomson, Dan Turner (all Glasgow Warriors), David Young (Leicester Tigers), plus one more player who will be selected later this month.
A few names I haven’t heard of I have to admit, but most of them are the usual suspects. Injuries to the main squad have I think weakened the A team’s potential player pool, but hopefully it will give the coaching staff (disappointingly not Robinson and Lineen?) a chance to blood some of these younger players in a more competitive international environment. Alan’s old pal Di Rollo sneaking in there is interesting, he could form a good partnership with Dewey in the midfield if either are on any sort of form…
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1 Al said...
On Di Rollo - I hadn’t realised that his absence from Toulouse had been due to a heart scare rather than the fact he is gash! Reading this mornings paper he was diagnosed with a heart murmer after only one game with the French giants and was told he wasn’t able to play. Maybe this was previously reported but I have to say it passed me by. As much as I am not a fan of him in a Scotland shirt I hope that his heart problems are past him and he can get back to playing top level rugby again. He is out of contract at Toulouse at the end of the season and I would imagine he is unlikely to get a new contract so whats the odds on him washing back up on Portobello beach in time for Edinburgh’s pre-season training?
May 9, 2008 at 8:21 am
2 Rory said...
Yeah word on the street is he may be fishing for an Edinburgh contract. I think between De Luca, Cairns, Houston and even Webster or Godman, Edinburgh may not need him though…
May 9, 2008 at 5:38 pm
3 Jenny said...
Word on the street last night was a possible move to the Weedge - they have a shortage of Scotland qualified centres….
May 10, 2008 at 10:50 pm
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