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Anyone got predictions for this weekend?
My gut says the following:
Ireland by 3
France by 10
Scotland by 15*
*Assuming we play to our potential. To be fair if it all goes tits up I wouldn't be that upset, I don't think Gregor Townsend is the right guy for the job. The primary role of an international manager is to be an effective man manager, as they don't have the face time with their squad to bring on much in the way of player development, this limits their role to managing what they have to produce the best possible performance on the day. Alarm bells started ringing in the build up to the RWC when it was revealed that Richie Gray chose not to be selected and this debacle with Finn Russell has stepped those up a notch (Russell has not covered himself in glory here either IMHO). I'd like to see Richard Cockerill promoted to the Scotland job (or Stern Vern come back but that won't happen), he has much more experience than Townsend and has a much better track record of achievement also given what he did at Edinburgh with 0 budget shows his man management credentials. Its not that I think Toonie is not capable of doing the job but he needs more experience.