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Well-travelled Scotland scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne has revealed first impressions of his new life in Italy, the soon-to-be 29-year-old explaining that the heat has been his biggest obstacle so far since joining Benetton.
The top of the table Premiership meeting between Exeter and Bristol struggled for first-half momentum due to a malfunctioning scrum.
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne's odyssey of loans, medical joker contracts and short-term deals was a voyage he willingly embraced in a bold quest for game time.
The Scotland scrum-half has moved from Edinburgh to Scarlets to Harlequins to Racing and on to Lyon in recent years but he has now secured a two-year Premiership deal.
The 17-times Scottish international has been having a transient time since leaving Edinburgh in summer 2018 with stints in Wales and England followed by a switch to France.
It's been quite a year of movement for Sam Hidalgo-Clyne... he left Scotland for Wales last summer, found himself in England in the spring and is now packing his bags for France.
The Scarlets have announced that Scotland international scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne will be leaving the club by mutual consent.
Harlequins has signed Scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne on loan from Scarlets for the rest of the season.
