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John Barclay set for return to Scotland
By Peter Thompson
Scotland captain John Barclay will return to his homeland to join Edinburgh from Pro14 rivals Scarlets at the end of the season.
The experienced back-row has signed a two-year deal with Richard Cockerill's side after a five-year spell in Wales.
Former Glasgow Warriors man Barclay, capped 64 times by his country, lifted the Pro12 title with Scarlets last season but is looking forward to heading home next year.
The 31-year-old, who will skipper Scotland against New Zealand on Saturday, said: "Edinburgh as a club, and as a city, has a huge amount of potential and I can see what they are trying to do, so I’m looking forward to being a part of it.
"Scotland is home, so it'll be great to come back and play at one of my home clubs."
Edinburgh head coach Cockerill said: "We're delighted that a player of John's calibre has chosen to join Edinburgh.
"He's a terrific player, with a proven track record and his leadership values will only add to the strong culture we're building at this club. John is committed to taking Edinburgh forward and his ambition to create a winning environment will benefit our squad immensely."
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Steve 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
Go to commentsBut still Australians. Only Australia can help itself seems to be the key message.
Blaming Kiwis is deflecting from the actual problem.
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