Thought it would be something like that. It'll be interesting to see if he continues as regular second choice over Macleod. I guess Cips being away more with England might give him some more game time as well.

I really hope he does. He's been given a proper contract and hasn't gone out on loan so I'd suggest he's going to be asked to step up the way Sinkler was last season/ We've got some big boots to fill in the back row. I've said for a while now that I can see him being a bit part of both the Quins and England settup in the future so it'll be interesting to see how he takes to (hopefully) a full season of rugby in and around the 1st XV.

As for out pack, I'm not sure. A lot depends on how the back row performs without Mo and the strength of our second row partnerships. I can't see us actively going after confrontations in the forwards, that really isn't our thing, but I think we'll hold our own against most times and look to get quick ball and use the loose forwards in the backline a lot.