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<blockquote data-quote="Easdon" data-source="post: 372870" data-attributes="member: 47263">Thing is, Hook is a liability at 10 but if Robbo decided to keep De Luca at 12 then Gatland&#039;s missed a big mismatch there. Although De Luca can be a powerful runner and fairly strong in defense, he just isn&#039;t ready for international rugby in my opinion. He always looks under a huge amount of pressure, especially against France and he caused knock on after knock on the last time he was given a chance in a Scotland shirt. With someone like Hook on his case, he would really struggle trying to defend against such a talent.&nbsp;Lamont should definitely get the nod ahead of Nikki Walker - he proved in the France game that he&#039;s still got that hunger and try scoring instinct and shouldn&#039;t be kept out the starting lineup. Maybe him at 12 and Rory at 14? &nbsp;This one could go absolutely either way though, Scotland will deservedly go into this with a great amount of confidence and Murrayfield will be absolutely jumping but you can never discount Wales - they got beaten by a truely on form English side and did well to put 19 points past them. Can&#039;t wait for this one though - Scotland v Wales is always a cracker!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Easdon, post: 372870, member: 47263"] Thing is, Hook is a liability at 10 but if Robbo decided to keep De Luca at 12 then Gatland's missed a big mismatch there. Although De Luca can be a powerful runner and fairly strong in defense, he just isn't ready for international rugby in my opinion. He always looks under a huge amount of pressure, especially against France and he caused knock on after knock on the last time he was given a chance in a Scotland shirt. With someone like Hook on his case, he would really struggle trying to defend against such a talent. Lamont should definitely get the nod ahead of Nikki Walker - he proved in the France game that he's still got that hunger and try scoring instinct and shouldn't be kept out the starting lineup. Maybe him at 12 and Rory at 14? This one could go absolutely either way though, Scotland will deservedly go into this with a great amount of confidence and Murrayfield will be absolutely jumping but you can never discount Wales - they got beaten by a truely on form English side and did well to put 19 points past them. Can't wait for this one though - Scotland v Wales is always a cracker! [/QUOTE]

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