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Gloucester snap up another recruit from Scotland, this time Edinburgh's Andrew Davidson
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Gloucester have confirmed the signing of Andrew Davidson from Edinburgh ahead of the 2021/22 season. Davidson will link up with the Cherry and Whites following a spell in the Scottish capital.
The 6ft 7in lock came through the ranks of Glasgow Warriors before signing for Gallagher Premiership side Newcastle Falcons in 2016. After an impressive string of performances, Davidson returned to the PRO14 in 2019 with Glasgow before signing with Edinburgh.
Davidson has also represented Scotland at age-grade level, playing at U16 level through to U20.
Alex Brown, the Gloucester chief operating officer, said about Davidson: "Andrew is a towering lock and a very powerful presence on the pitch. His signing adds to the strength we have in our pack for next season.
"He’s also still only 24 and has plenty of rugby ahead of him as we build our squad for the longer term under the stewardship of George."
The signing of Davidson is Gloucester's latest recruitment from Scotland ahead of next season. Last month they revealed they had signed Adam Hastings following the departure of Danny Cipriani from the club.
Beaten last Saturday in the dying minutes by Sale, Gloucester are currently bottom of the Premiership after just a single win in five matches. They are two points behind next-best Worcester and head to Newcastle next Saturday, the club promoted from the 2019/20 Championship.
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I think Italy were always targetting this match and intended to win. They needed to exorcise the 2023 RWC. I think they could have done with a bit more help from other 6Ns particularly from Ireland to knock more holes in NZ and their confidence.
Mentioned before the Italy Argentina match was a virus that ripped through the Italy camp early that week. In general play Italy were competitive albeit with a high error count and crucial missed tackles.
Ive said it before the era of NZ turning up unprepared for all comers and triumphing is definitively over. If a Tier1 team target NZ and NZ do not prepare accordingly they are in with a major chance of losing. It used to occur the odd time in RWCs against France, now it can occur v any Tier1. The competition has improved. NZ can still be at the top but their talents must be deployed sufficiently into dismantling teams as with their attack then allowed to exploit.
They dismantled Ireland pretty well in Dublin which went largely unnoticed. That allowed them scoreboard advantage and attacking opportunities of which one was enough.
That Italian team beat Wales and significantly Scotland last year. They used the loss to NZ in the most positive way possible. No doubt NZ prepared but I would assume it was similar to versus Argentina: 3/4 arsed at best. These test matches are rare and this was another chance to practice dismantling a determined and prepared opponent which was lost. If Italy had scored a 7 pointer at 17-6....an Italian win was on.
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Nothing to stew son.
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