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Adam Hastings switches positions for Glasgow Warriors

Adam Hastings. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Scotland stand-off Adam Hasting is switching position as Glasgow Warriors name their side to take on the Dragons in this Sunday’s crunch match in the PRO14.

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The flyhalf – who is set to switch to Gallagher Premiership club  Gloucester this summer – is to be run at fullback. Hastings is returning from his three-match suspension for the must-win tie and his new back field position allows young playmaker Ross Thompson to continue his development in the high-pressure 10 role.

Hastings’ switch comes as Gregor Townsend opts to give Stuart Hogg a run at flyhalf against Italy this weekend in the Guinness Six Nations.

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Elsewhere, co-captain Fraser Brown will make his first appearance for the club in five months this weekend. The 31-year-old has not played for club or country since sustaining a neck injury while playing for Scotland in the Autumn Nations Cup, with his last outing for the Warriors having been in the 20-7 win over the Scarlets at Scotstoun back in October.

“After two wins on the bounce, we go away to an inform and almost full strength Dragons, with only a couple players away to Wales,” Head Coach Danny Wilson told glasgowwarriors.org. “Our destiny is in our own hands this weekend and a win on Sunday will give us a chance to qualify for the European Champions Cup next season.

“We reward form and once again this weekend’s team includes a number of our young players who have been going well as well as a number of experienced players coming back to us.”

GLASGOW WARRIORS TEAM:
1. Aki Seiuli (25)
2. Fraser Brown (102)
3. Enrique Pieretto (13)
4. Richie Gray (55)
5. Kiran McDonald (31)
6. Rob Harley (245)
7. Thomas Gordon (31)
8. Ryan Wilson (C) (185)
9. Sean Kennedy (16)
10. Ross Thompson (6)
11. Lee Jones (88)
12. Robbie Fergusson (10)
13. Nick Grigg (83)
14. Rufus McLean (5)
15. Adam Hastings (48)

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REPLACEMENTS:
16. Grant Stewart (43)
17. Dylan Evans (3)
18. D’arcy Rae (82)
19. Leone Nakarawa (77)
20. Fotu Lokotui (7)
21. Jamie Dobie (18)
22. Pete Horne (179)
23. Ollie Smith (4)

Unavailable for selection: Alex Allan, Scott Cummings, Cole Forbes, Chris Fusaro, George Horne, Paddy Kelly, Johnny Matthews, Tommy Seymour, Kyle Steyn.

International duty: Matt Fagerson, Zander Fagerson, Sam Johnson, Huw Jones, Oli Kebble, Ali Price, George Turner.

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That's Cron's job though. Australia has had one of the most penalised scrums in international rugby for a long time. Just look at the scrum win loss percentage and scrum penalties. That is your evidence. AA has been the starter during that period. Pretty simple analysis. That Australia has had a poor scrum for a long time is hardly news. If bell and thor are not on the field they are woeful. So you are just plain wrong. They have very little time for the lions so doing the same old things that dont work is not going to get them there.


Ainsley is better than our next best tighthead options and has been playing well at scrum time for Lyon in the most competitive comp in the world. Superstar player? No. But better than the next best options. So that is a good enough guide. The scrummaging in the Prem is pretty good too so there is Sio's proof. Same analysis for him. Certainly better in both cases than Super, where the brumbies had the worst win loss and scrum pen in Super. Who plays there? Ohh yes... And the level of scrummaging in Super is well below the URC, prem and France with the SA teams out.


Nongorr is truly woeful. He's 130kg and gets shoved about. That just should not be happening at that weight for a specialist prop who has always played rugby cf pone with leauge. He has had enough time to develop at 23. You'd be better off with Pone who is at least good around the field for the moment and sending Nongorr on exchange to France or England to see if they can improve him with better coaching as happened with Skelton and Meafou. He isn't going to develop in time in super if he has it at all.


Latu is a better scrummaging hooker than BPA and Nasser. and he's the best aussie player over the ball at ruck time. McReight's super jackling percentage hasnt converted to international level but latu consistently does it at heniken level, which is similar to test level in the big games. With good coaching at La Rochelle he's much improved though still has the odd shocker. He should start the November games.

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