Quote: carl_spackler "Surely we must have some sort of recall clause? Otherwise what's the point of a 1 year contract & farming him out for the entire length of it?'"
Not sure, but that was exactly my question when it was announced.
Quote: carl_spackler "Agree about the beaten pack, and that's essentially the point. Heremaia was at least as ineffectual as Seymour, and as ineffectual as any half will be without space in which to work. That's exactly why I'd question Gentle if he does it again, because it should be clear now that whoever he picks out of Seymour and Heremaia will not work until he sorts the PTB out, and moving Heremaia just gives us an additional problem elsewhere. It really is a no-brainer to keep Heremaia away from the halves except in dire emergency, so I'll be worried if he can't see that. Incidentally, it's not that early, either. He's been here over a year now, with a good few months of evidence of Heremaia at both hooker and scrum half.'"
See what you mean, why lose out in two positions? One thing I notice is that Heremaia plays a lot closer to the line than Seymour does, I think that's how Gentle wants his seven to be. Seymour looks a broken man.