Who should wear 10 for Scotland?

Who should wear 10 for Scotland?





With no SQ ten dominating at club level or really looking like they should own the ten jersey, who do people prefer to wear 10?

The possible contenders that I can think of (realistic) are in the poll above.

Given we'll have a good back division that can attack, I think we can effectively use a more attack orientated ten. Laidlaw also means we don't necessarily need a good goal kicker either.  

It'll probably be Laidlaw, X, Visser (If INJ, Seymour), Scott (If INJ, NDL), Dunbar, Maitland (or M to FB and SL to 14), Hogg that they'll play with.



*Hope this doesn't clog up the topics

The top teams play a lot of territory, so we should emulate them.

Jackson is erratic from hand but attacks well.

Heathcote has potential but very little game-time this year.

Leonard is too raw right now.

Weir has the best kicking game from hand and his distribution is fine.  With the likes of Scott & Hogg able to play 1st receiver, I think his strengths would benefit us most.  

Little point in spreading the ball to the wings if it's just outside our own 22.

If George Ford becomes England's regular stand-off or 22, then surely Heathcote will be looking to move on for game time. And if he wants a look in for the RWC I'd think he'd have to move pretty soon.

I'd like to see Hogg kick more from range as Laidlaw really struggles with some simple 35-40m kicks just scraping over.

Nematode wrote:If George Ford becomes England's regular stand-off or 22, then surely Heathcote will be looking to move on for game time. And if he wants a look in for the RWC I'd think he'd have to move pretty soon.

I'd like to see Hogg kick more from range as Laidlaw really struggles with some simple 35-40m kicks just scraping over.

Heathcote has to move anyway, barely played any rugby this season.

Give Laidlaw credit, he's definitely one of the top goal kickers in the world currently. Gets criticised for distance but I seem to remember him slotting them from half-way against Wales last year.

reallybored wrote:

Nematode wrote:If George Ford becomes England's regular stand-off or 22, then surely Heathcote will be looking to move on for game time. And if he wants a look in for the RWC I'd think he'd have to move pretty soon.

I'd like to see Hogg kick more from range as Laidlaw really struggles with some simple 35-40m kicks just scraping over.

Heathcote has to move anyway, barely played any rugby this season.

Give Laidlaw credit, he's definitely one of the top goal kickers in the world currently. Gets criticised for distance but I seem to remember him slotting them from half-way against Wales last year.

He is a great goal kicker but he islimited by range. He's great for conversions or anything up to 40m but after that the ball barely clears the crossbar.