Will Stuart

This year we'll get our depth back in the, in the front row.

Will Stuart's back from his Achilles injury.

Finn Baxter's back fro- from, from his injury.

So we can now potentially see the bomb squad come back.

So you could have a front row of Jamie George, Joe Hayes, Ellis Genge, and then you've got Finn Baxter, Will Stuart, and Luke Cowan-Dickie.

That is top tier across 80 minutes.

That was such a feature for England when they went on their run.

You know, I think that these are players, um, with a bit to prove and some, some ceilings still to reach.

But broadly speaking, I'm feeling, you know, this isn't the Junior Tipoku, uh, Will Stuart type of signings that were kind of George Martin signings, where you feel like you're getting big names whose best years are still ahead of them.

I don't think we've signed many players in that camp.

So from, just from that perspective, it doesn't make you excited about the future, but it can still make you hopeful for this season.

So not to say that, you know, the, this recognition won't happen, but I think one, one kind of slight benefit of some of these signings we've made is that you're not gonna lose them for big chunks of the season to mandatory rest periods and that kind of thing.

We are gonna have them available and be able to, you know, your Xavier Rowe is gonna be available all year round, you would assume, unless, you know, there's a crisis at nine in the All Blacks.

So it, it does feel like they're not exciting, like you say, and they're not those big names like your George Martins, Will Stuarts who kind of, you know...

Courtney Lawes is still gonna put some bums on seats, don't get me wrong.

Yeah.

So, but, well, Ben O'Beirne and Will Stuart's was the same weekend, and then Ollie Holmes-

I thought you said they had a joint wedding.

[laughs]

Oh, mine, obviously, aside from yours.

Um, who was the best? Um, they were very different weddings.

Um, Will Stuart's was down in Cornwall, um, and then Will Muir's was back at the farm, so.

Okay.