Highlanders sign Veainu, Sopoaga, Baker and Elliot Dixon

[bobbilycious]

He is prop replacement for Wellington in the semi and I think he will stay at prop. I think they will probably just get him to bulk up, and at this early stage there is plenty of time for him to bulk up - he will probably gain at least 10kg by the time he is playing consistent Super rugby.
And yea, I reckon the IRB site was wrong too. Two other sources have said he is eligible.

 

[ranger]

Nonsense...Thomas Domingo who's France regular LH prop is 107 kgs, Bastareaud is 120. Tialata, the heaviest AB ever, is ****. Technique is everything in the scrum.

You have to see the player to make a judgment as well though, hes very mobile and athletic. He pretty much plays like a hooker as it is right down to the lines he runs. He probably got into playing prop because he was one of the bigger boys at schoolboy level, but now that hes in the big leagues he can't rely on pure size in the scrum anymore (because hes not that big). It will come down to how he plays his natural game and i see him moving to hooker permanently in the near future, quite like De Malmance.