Magnus Bradbury

Big physical ball carrier.

and he's in and Magnus Bradbury and Freddie Douglas are not in so that is the big that's the big talking point of the day isn't it yeah there's an absolute bolter from beyond beyond left field

yeah

and two guys who've won four in a row with Edinburgh So that's a surprise.

Yeah, a lot of Edinburgh fans have been in touch already.

Pretty dismayed that their team's four from four and a lot of their players have been overlooked.

I didn't consider for one moment that Magnus Bradbury and Freddie Douglas wouldn't be on this squad.

There was a lot of chat about Hector Patterson playing really well, which he is, but you can look at the competition at nine and you thought it's going to be difficult for him to get by Ben White and Jamie Dobie and George Horne and then you've got Ali Price doing well and in France as well, so I didn't think I was going to see him, but Chris has been in touch saying, really hoping you guys ask Gregor some questions around the Douglas, Bradbury, Ollibly, Lafferty and Paterson omissions could easily be in over Leather Barrel at hard and with Dolby playing on the wing.

bench.Yes. And I think I'm, I'm actually not mad at that.

Do you know, I think the idea of, of Tom Curry, and I think Sean said this today, Tom Curry's g- has to play this game because clearly if, as we expect, Edinburgh lose Magnus Bradbury in the Scotland squad, you know, Edinburgh need to have an option there, and Tom Curry is probably the one of that back row of Liam, Freddie, and, and himself that has had the least exposure, so-

He's also the one least likely to be in the Scotland squad because there's a high chance-

Exactly

So Gilco's tackling, his carries off the ruck will be important to come on 'cause that, that front eight are gonna have to get through a fair chunk of work.

And when you look at the bench of Gilco and Ewan McVie covering the back five of the scrum, well, you're looking at a bit of flexibility there that potentially Glenn Young comes back into play six.

But it might be that we're looking at Tom Curry, Freddie Douglas, and Magnus Bradbury going 80.

Yeah, I think so.

And actually, it seems to be working in those pressure moments that they feel like a different side.

yeah obviously you know chat you have new in and uh you know getting to grips with with this squad but also that there has been support from outside it you know we've talked a little bit about jamie doby and magnus bradbury and greg laidlaw's influence on the squad and i think there were moments there where you saw you saw a bit of magnus bradbury and how a certain individual you know did something or you saw a bit of jamie doby's play or clearly something you know, an individual point that was given by one of these star coaches has been taken on by the players and there were moments where you saw it pop up alongside the larger game plan that you've put together.

I mean, it must be a great combination to have at your disposal.

Yeah, and in every school, the first 15 are everyone younger than them's heroes and it just so happens that we've got a lot of heroes who have gone on to do really special things in the game and they're also really special people who want to give back and come and get involved and what's been great about it is they've come in and been uh open-minded there's a young rakes joining us here mr michael rakes his son what does he want okay two high fives okay uh where was i yeah special people um who want to give back and contribute and that they're aware of how much this place shaped them and then i think they're just excited to be back involved and helping the next generation