Okay the next paragraph will drip with sarcasm.
So Scotland 0 - 28 South Africa. Yeah well I think its been proven without any shadow of doubt that Scotland are in rude health and will positively flourish with only Glasgow playing in a European cup. Having roughly 50 players playing in the northern hemisphere's elite club competition is obvious overkill. I think The English and French clubs are obviously in the right by insisting Scott Johnson pick his national team from about 26 players instead. I mean whats so stupid about that? I'm sure Scottish rugby will go from strength to strength and win the next world cups in a row!
OR...
Just maybe, getting nilled by a South African side that got bored after about 50 minutes means that Scotland are continuing to limp long in professional rugby, barely keeping their heads above the water line AND NEED AS MANY PLAYERS EXPOSED TO TOP FLIGHT RUGBY AS POSSIBLE!
This "I'm alright Jock" attitude that PRL and LNR have adopted isn't what rugby is about. Any Englishman who values a hard fought Calcutta cup win might want to think about what they've got to lose. Rugby may be a business but its a business that must be run in spirit of the game, not to the accountant's tune. We don't let BP get away with pumping oil into the Mexican gulf "because they are a business". I won't stand quietly by and let PRL and LNR ruin the international game. The "We're a business" excuse is as feeble as it comes. How far does that attitude get companies that are being prosecuted by the HSE for negligence after an injury in the work place??? It doesn't wash. It never has and it never will and people get a wake up call pretty quick because people should give a damn about everyone else.
Was Scotland vs SA a good test match? No. What can be done to give Scotland the best chance of competing? Dumping Edinburgh into a European competition where they'll face the likes of Bucharesti and Worcester isn't it, is it.
He always struck me as a small guy.
