Scottish Premiership

They're going to learn what it's like to play men's rugby and you can't just chuck the ball around and as the winter goes on, they're going to have to learn maybe a bit more tactical play and slowing the game down a wee bit and not just trying to attack from everywhere but it's just great education you're going to get from being a young guy getting thrown into the top level of amateur rugby and they're going to be playing the likes of Herriots and Ayr and they're going to learn a lot of lessons from that even if they suffer results wise

This guy Max Erasmus he's one of them isn't he? He's a Henry Pollock of the Scottish Premiership with the big blonde hair back row.

Is he like Henry Pollock in terms of does he like the attention?

I don't know.

Now to domestic news, and we'll start in the Americas.

In USA Club Rugby, Chicago beat Chicago North Shore 30-12, and Pittsburgh beat Columbus 28-14 in the Midwest Premiership.

The biggest scores came in the lower divisions, with Morris winning 132 over Village Lions and Empire D3, Harrisburg winning 93-0 over Reading, and York and Lancaster beating South Jersey 90-5 in Eastern Pennsylvania.

The closest finish were Chuckanut's Bay's 12-10 win over Stellar in the Pacific Northwest, South Shore's 27-24 win over North Shore in New England D3, and Akron's 29-24 win over Toledo.

Castaway Wanderers have four, and the Winless Ravens have one, while Seattle has yet to play.

Over to Europe.

In Scotland, Hillhead Jordan Hill won 46-36 away at Bigger in the meeting of two of the three unbeaten sides in the Arnold Clark Premiership.

Stirling County beat Christophe in 87-12 and Watsonian won 63-24 at Giriots.