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Glasgow Warriors injury blow as forward pairing ruled out for the season
By PA
Glasgow Warriors have been hit with a double injury blow after back-row pair Chris Fusaro and Gregor Brown were both ruled out for the rest of the season.
Former Scotland flanker Fusaro has undergone surgery on a knee injury while Brown has also been told his campaign is over after sustaining a knee injury against Zebre last weekend.
Warriors boss Danny Wilson still has Fiji star Leone Nakarawa and Scotland cap Rob Harley, who will form the back row along with skipper Ryan Wilson as they welcome Ospreys to Scotstoun on Friday night.
Wilson said: “Last weekend we created a lot in attack and looked dangerous throughout the game – we will need more of the same this weekend against Ospreys.
“We have lost a few boys to injury and international duty, however lots of boys have put their hand up for selection in training this week and have named a strong side.”
Aki Seiuli returns to the matchday 23 to start at loose-head prop, joining Grant Stewart and Enrique Pieretto in an otherwise unchanged front row.
Nakarawa partners James Scott in the engine room, while Sean Kennedy is promoted from the bench to make his first start since December’s meeting with the Dragons, partnering fly-half Ross Thompson in the half-backs.
Robbie Fergusson and Nick Grigg form the midfield, while Lee Jones starts on the wing in place of the injured Cole Forbes, with Rufus McLean and Ollie Smith retaining their places in the back-three once more.
Wilson added: “Nick [Grigg] has earned his start after his performance off the bench last weekend and we’re looking for him to bring that same energy and enthusiasm on Friday night.
“Ospreys’ also have players away on international duty. They’ve had a good season and they are the team for us to chase.”
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oh ok, seems strange you didn't put the limit at 7 given you said you thought 8 was too many!
Why did you say "I've told you twice already how I did it but your refuse to listen" when you had clearly not told me that you'd placed a limit of 8 teams per league?
"Agreed with 4 pool of 4 and home and away games?"
I understand the appeal of pools of 4, but 6 pool games might not go down well with the French or the South Africans given already cramped schedules. I do still think that you're right that that would be the best system, but there is going to be a real danger of French and SA sides sending b-teams which could really devalue the competition unless there is a way to incentivise performance, e.g. by allowing teams that do well one year to directly qualify for the next year's competition.
Go to commentsFoster should never have been appointed, and I never liked him as a coach, but the hysteria over his coaching and Sam Cane as a player was grounded in prejudice rather than fact.
The New Zealand Rugby public were blinded by their dislike of Foster to the point of idiocy.
Anything the All Blacks did that was good was attributed to Ryan and Schmidt and Fozzie had nothing to do with it.
Any losses were solely blamed on Foster and Cane.
Foster did develop new talent and kept all the main trophies except the World Cup.
His successor kept the core of his team as well as picking Cane despite him leaving for overseas because he saw the irreplaceable value in him.
Razor will take the ABs to the next level, I have full confidence in that.
He should have been appointed in 2020.
But he wasn’t. And the guy who was has never been treated fairly.
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