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Another Scottish international leaving Glasgow Warriors? Possible exit for Nick Grigg
By Jamie Lyall
Glasgow could be set to lose another Scotland international with clubs across Europe and in Japan chasing the signature of centre Nick Grigg.
Wasps and La Rochelle are among the leading contenders to recruit the 27-year-old, whose contract expires in the summer.
Warriors have opened discussions with New Zealand-born Grigg, who has been one of their most important and effective players in the past two seasons under Dave Rennie.
He now faces a huge decision over his future, and could follow Scotland colleagues Stuart Hogg, Finn Russell and Jonny Gray, who is close to agreeing a move to Exeter Chiefs, out of Scotstoun.
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The centre was named in the Pro14 dream team of the 2017-18 campaign and nominated again last term after helping Glasgow to the Celtic Park final, where they lost narrowly to Leinster.
Grigg, eligible for Scotland through his grandfather, was signed by Rennie’s predecessor Gregor Townsend in 2015 after sending over a showreel from his time in New Zealand club rugby.
He broke into the Glasgow team following strong performances for Stirling County, and became a mainstay of Rennie’s backline with his explosiveness, dynamism and footwork.
Capped nine times, his defence – arguably the weakest aspect of his game – improved markedly last season, particularly during his three Six Nations starts. But alongside Huw Jones and Rory Hutchinson, Grigg missed out on a place in Townsend’s Rugby World Cup squad.
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The England backs can't be that dumb, he has been playing on and off for the last couple of years. If they are too slow to keep up with him that's another matter.
He was the only thing stopping England from getting their arses handed to them in the Aussie game. If you can't fit a player with that skill set into an England team then they are stuffed.
Go to commentsSteve Borthwick appointment was misguided based on two flawed premises.
1. An overblown sense of the quality of the premiership rugby. The gap between the Premiership and Test rugby is enormous
2. England needed an English coach who understood English Rugby and it's traditional strengths.
SB won the premiership and was an England forward and did a great job with the Japanese forwards but neither of those qualify you as a tier 1 test manager.
Maybe Felix Jones and Aled Walter's departures are down to the fact that SB is a details man, which work at club level but at test level you need the manager to manage and let the coaches get on and do what they are employed for.
SB criticism of players is straight out of Eddie Jones playbook but his loyalty to keeping out of form players borne out of his perceived sense of betrayal as a player.
In all it doesn't stack up as the qualities needed to be a modern Test coach /Manager
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