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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 442286" data-attributes="member: 24910">I hadn&#039;t heard that Rob has signed with Glasgow - great news for him.&nbsp; I can actually tell you quite a bit about him, as my younger brother went to school and played a lot of basketball with him.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think Rob played rugby at all before he left school; he was a very promising basketballer (he played for Otago as a 19 year-old), but when he moved to Christchurch for uni he took up rugby.&nbsp; It&#039;s taken him a few years to break into the Canterbury team (which he did last year), and he moved down and played a season with Otago this year.&nbsp; He looks like he is still learning as a rugby player - probably because he hasn&#039;t been playing since he was 4 years old like most New Zealand rugby players! He seems a little unsure as to what to do at the breakdown at times, and probably lacks a bit of physicality.&nbsp; He&#039;s perhaps a wee bit undersized for a lock (he&#039;s about 1.95m), but is very athletic, so is good in the lineout despite not being as tall as many locks.&nbsp; He certainly gets around he field well, and seems to have a big work-rate.&nbsp; He&#039;s probably not a finished product yet; I expect he still has a bit of improvement to make, but he certainly seems to have all the tools to be a quality lock.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 442286, member: 24910"] I hadn't heard that Rob has signed with Glasgow - great news for him. I can actually tell you quite a bit about him, as my younger brother went to school and played a lot of basketball with him. I don't think Rob played rugby at all before he left school; he was a very promising basketballer (he played for Otago as a 19 year-old), but when he moved to Christchurch for uni he took up rugby. It's taken him a few years to break into the Canterbury team (which he did last year), and he moved down and played a season with Otago this year. He looks like he is still learning as a rugby player - probably because he hasn't been playing since he was 4 years old like most New Zealand rugby players! He seems a little unsure as to what to do at the breakdown at times, and probably lacks a bit of physicality. He's perhaps a wee bit undersized for a lock (he's about 1.95m), but is very athletic, so is good in the lineout despite not being as tall as many locks. He certainly gets around he field well, and seems to have a big work-rate. He's probably not a finished product yet; I expect he still has a bit of improvement to make, but he certainly seems to have all the tools to be a quality lock. [/QUOTE]

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