Scotland approached this Six Nation.
As Sione Tuipulotu was excluded from injuries, Gregor Townsend always knew that his hands were weakened before the action progressed.
They will always be a big boots to fill. In fact, it has been the form of Tuipulotu for the last 18 months, and they are now one of the largest boots in World Rugby.
Trying to follow the footsteps of the Glasgow Warrior Center will be a grateful task. In short, there are not many players in the game to combine primitive and sublime skills.
He is a destructive runner with bulldozers, magicians and sublime artists. He is also a leader.
How do you replace such a person? Is it possible? All of these questions will be turning around Townsend in Murrayfield due to the opening conflict with Italy.
STAFFORD MCDOWALL took the position of Tuipulotu, which hosts Italy in Murrayfield in the Scottish team.
TUIPULOTU has emerged as one of the most exciting players in this country, but you will miss Six Nationals.
McDowall looks comfortable in the Scottish training session, but he does a big job in his hands.
Staffford McDowall has now emerged as a chosen person.
McDowall is his great player. He represented Scotland against Portugal in the fall.
He represented the Glasgow Warriors in numerous cases and was a key figure for them in last season’s URC victory.
McDowall also started with Ireland last year in Dublin and played well when Tuipulotu missed the game due to injury.
He is 26 years old and certainly no rookie. But in truth, McDowall can have one of the most difficult things in World Rugby.
In right and wrong, everything he does in the next few months will be seen through the prism of Tuipulotu. Can he fill a huge Zion -shaped hole in Scotland’s midfielder?
‘What are the best for the individual and team? We think that STAFOD has a good cohesion in that it has played a lot of rugby with HUW (Jones). ‘Townsend said.
‘Stafford also gained it. Sione did not play with Ireland last year. Stafford played very well. It was one of our best performances last year.
Dave Cherry
Jamie Ritchie rewards a team for a great performance on AUSSIES last fall.
Scotland hopes that the popular Darcy Graham will be able to injure for free during the tournament.
‘Every time Staffard gets a chance on a summer tour or November exam, he actually went up one step further. He is a quality test player. He will bring his strength. ‘
McDowall always seemed to be the most likely. He will bring masses and muscles into Scotland’s midfielder.
There was a suggestion that TOWNSEND could use Tom Jordan at 12 o’clock, but it wasn’t in the card.
Jordan can cover the center in an injury or emergency, but the prospect of starting with HUW Jones will look too light.
On the other hand, the McDo wall is an assault RAM with a defensive sound and ball. Growing up in the Family Farm of Dumfries and Galloway, he will add a hard beef to the backline of Scotland.
In particular, given that Italy has suffered 6-2 divisions, Townsend is well aware of the threat of Italian and power games.
The combination of Tommaso Menoncello and Juan Ignacio Brex can be fatal, and BREX scored in Italy’s 31-29 victory in Scotland last year in Rome last year. Ange Capuozzo is clearly another dangerous leaflet of the Italian class.
Townsend said, “Italy has many threats on the right side of the backline. ‘Clearly, Capuozzo has a great form for Toulus with its wings and fullbacks.
Gregor Townsend starts to find the Scottish team and win the game against Italy.
‘So, wherever he is, he passes through Brex as a true threat and a lot of games, especially BREX, especially Ball player Menoncelo. So we must actually change the defense for 80 minutes. . ‘
Townsend appears to have gambled with Scotland’s line -out while McDowall’s choice is expected.
Dave Cherry nods in Hooker and will win the first cap after the World Cup. But Cherry hasn’t cooked much since he started playing four games in Edinburgh this season.
His set -piece works are generally strengths, but in reality, he did not have a huge amount of rugby at the top.
He did not make 30 men last year. He seemed to have disappeared from the Earth’s face.
Now he is ahead of Ewan Ashman. Ashman’s work in the lineout should be said to be exactly not a star in the fall.
However, Townsend’s bold calls feel as if they are returning to a 34 -year -old Hooker, a few miles away from last year.
TOWNSEND ‘Dave is playing well in Edinburgh. ‘We think Dave’s strengths will be suitable for what we want.
‘His experience will be his NO 1 strength, set piece accuracy and experience in Scrum, and we think that’s the right harmony of what you want to achieve as a team on Saturday.
‘In relation to the selection (ahead of Ashman), as we said that Dave’s strengths would be suitable for us when we started the game, the bench would motivate it very motivated and bring other strengths, which is his strength and speed. . ‘
There are quite a few settlement on the Scottish team. After Darcy Graham returns and lost the last two championships, he will play the first six countries since 2022.
Jamie Ritchie was rewarded for performances with Australia in the fall and Jack Dem was on the back row with Matt Fagerson and Rory Darge.
Jonny Grey returned from the Lock and earned his first cap in two years and recently overcome his recent injury with Bordeaux.
Scotland knows that they will be a powerful favorite for them to beat Italy. You will only win without Tuipulotu’s talent.
McDowall is the most natural option to replace him. Heavy -class operators who will add bulks and ballasts to Scotland Midfield for Italian power games. That is at least a plan.
