We asked for your thoughts on Gregor Townsend naming his Scotland team for Saturday’s Six Nations opener in Italy.
Here’s what some of you said:
Frazer: Not too much to argue with there, Kyle Steyn and Jamie Dobie had to start. Tom Jordan more of a surprise, I’d maybe have gone for Blair Kinghorn over him with Jordan on the bench instead of Adam Hastings. But what do I know?!
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Greg: Refreshing to see form being rewarded! Will be interesting to see the balance of this team, a lot more ball players and rugby intelligence but maybe a lack of pure speed and dynamism? I’m excited to see how it goes though.
Adam: Good to see Townsend mixing things up in selection. Scotland need to be kicking on to the top three of the Six Nations. They haven’t been able to do it yet so a slight switch could help. Keep the faith.
Andrew: Isn’t this just Townsend protecting players for a more condensed championship? Because despite Italy’s improving performances Scotland are still favourites going into this. I’d expect a similar line-up against Wales, the matches against England, France and Ireland will be what he considers his strongest team.
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Jim: No problem with the Scotland team selection. Why wouldn’t you want Darcy Graham coming on against a tiring Italy, so he can exploit more space? Townsend is the coach, his job is on the line if the team fail – no one else is qualified to offer anything other than an opinion. If he decides to hold experienced players in reserve, bearing in mind England are up next and we play three weeks in a row, managing our player resources is critical to our chances of success, then so be it. Good luck to them.
Keir: Good team that will have good continuity. It was harsh to call Graham on the bench, an awful decision but I would start him.
