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Blair Kinghorn poised for an immediate switch to the Top 14 – report
By Liam Heagney
Scotland international Blair Kinghorn is reportedly poised to seal a high-profile switch to the Top 14. It was confirmed last weekend that French Test full-back Melvyn Jaminet had secured a mid-season move to Toulon, leaving a void in the Toulouse ranks that is now expected to be filled by Kinghorn, who is four appearances into his ninth season at Edinburgh.
The 26-year-old, who debuted for his Scottish club in the 2015/16 season, played for times for his country in France at the recent Rugby World Cup and he is now set for a permanent stay across the Channel.
Rugbyrama.fr have reported: “It is a huge coup on the transfer market that Stade Toulousain will make, according to our sources, the signing the Scottish full-back/fly-half Blair Kinghorn (26 years old, 53 caps) to numerically compensate for the departure of the Melvyn Jaminet to Toulon.
“It's been official for a few days, after the reception of Clermont on Saturday evening, that the French international full-back, Melvyn Jaminet (24 years old, 20 caps), will become a player of RC Toulon, who have secured his services until 2028.
“To replace him numerically within their squad, the Stadist leaders had launched a number of avenues, one of which is about to materialise. According to our sources, Stade Toulousain will acquire the services of Scottish international full-back Blair Kinghorn (26 years old, 1.90m, 101 kg), whose signing should be made official in the next 24 hours.
“Currently a player with Edinburgh, Kinghorn (53 caps, 14 tries) will not only finish the season with Toulouse but will also sign a long-term contract with the red and black club since he should commit to at least the next two seasons. A very big pick, then, for the Haute-Garonne club.”
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Not sure I understand. Its not obvious how you prioritize URC, Champions/Challenge Cup, Internationals, and rest. And if you add player development plans (eg experience of positions, playing conditions, game plans, opponents playing styles etc) it becomes harder. Additionally, consistency of selection helps with making adjustments to systems and tactics, so that further constrains your options. Travel challenges don’t make it easier.
Jake White has effectively decided that he would rather have a chance of success in one competition, at the expense of the other competition, than a near certainty of heroic failure in both. And he has implied that over time he plans to build enough depth to give the Bulls a chance in both the URC and Champions Cup simultaneously.
Not sure what is being proposed here that is supposedly a better plan.
Go to commentsIndeed he has STARTED more test games at 8. I actually said he’s PLAYED more games at 7, though. Do you remember where he tended to play when he came on wearing #20?
He likely will select on the basis of win ratios. IRE and ENG won 4, SCOT won 2 and WAL won none. 6 Irish, 6 English, 3 Scottish seems about right for the starting 15.
Yeah, I think he’ll definitely bring Beirne to have as a utility lock/flanker. Doris’ discipline and leadership has maybe rocked a little this year but he’s still the best 8 in the game.
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