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Hooker Mesu Dolokoto the latest Fijian to agree terms with a Scottish club

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Glasgow Warriors have signed hooker Mesu Dolokoto on a two-year contract, subject to visa and medical. The Fiji international, whose full name is Mesulame, will arrive at Scotstoun from Fijian Drua, the current champions of the National Rugby Championship in Australia.

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The 24-year-old has nine caps for his country and was last month named in the Fiji Rugby World Cup training squad. He came off the bench in the autumn Test against Scotland at Murrayfield in November and captained Fiji A against Uruguay, Argentina and Italy last summer.

Dolokoto, who had a spell with Super Rugby side the Brumbies in 2015, will join up with his new team-mates at Scotstoun following his commitments with the Fiji national side. He will become the latest Fijian to pull on a Glasgow Warriors jersey and will join fellow new recruits, Andrew Davidson, Jamie Dobie, Charlie Capps and George Thornton at Scotstoun next season.

Mesu Dolokoto said: “I’m very happy to be joining Glasgow Warriors and I’m looking forward to playing in two of the best rugby competitions in the world.

The opportunity to learn from such an experienced coaching team and play in such a successful team is very exciting for me. The club has a strong Fijian history and I hope I can be a big part of it going forward.”

Glasgow assistant coach John Dalziel, added: “Mesu is an exciting talent who will bring even more international experience to our front row.

“He isn’t your traditional front-row forward, he likes to bring a bit of Fijian flair to his game, but he can also do the basics very well and we’re excited to work with him when he shows up following international duty.”

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Glasgow’s capture of Dolokoto comes two days after country rivals Edinburgh confirmed their latest Fijian acquisition, sevens star Mesulame Kunavula.

He had visited the club earlier in the year and had discussions over a move before returning to the sevens circuit. The 22-year-old can operate across the back five and is equally adept at both flanker and lock.

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Rieko took literally years to turn from a defensive liability at 13 into a guy, who’s defensively sound as it befits the position. And it all came at the cost of him being much less of an offensive threat, than what he used to be. Proctor is a natural 13, he handles, passes, and kicks way better than Rieko ever will, he just isn’t as fast.


It’s unfair to judge Tupaea on the handful of games he’s had in 2022 before he got nearly crippled by a Wallaby lock. What could Tupaea/Proctor pairing be, if they got the same amount of chances as Jordie/Rieko?


Because no matter how you spin it, playing a player outside of his natural position is a poor asset management. No matter how talented he is, he still competes against players who had years and years of practice at the position. And if said guy is so talented that he actually CAN compete against specialists, imagine how much better still he could have been, if he had all those years to iron the toothing issues at the position. It just drives me mad.


Two things I hate in rugby union beyond description: aping after league, and playing players outside of their natural position. Especially considering, that they all admit they hate it, when they’re allowed to speak freely. Owen Farrell spent 80% of his international career at 12, saying every time when asked, that he is a 10 and prefers to play at 10. Those players are literally held at a gunpoint: play out of position, or no national jersey for you.

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