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Ulster bid to lure Mike Blair from Edinburgh with £300,000-a-year offer
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<blockquote data-quote="cyRil" data-source="post: 300878"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (snoopy snoopy dog dog @ Jan 30 2010, 07:12 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=434458" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>I think you misread my use of the word <em>probably</em>. I'm not saying he'd struggle to beat any of the incumbants out of their spot; he'd easily be their best 9, 10 or 15 but 15 is where he'd be most needed. Schifcofske doesn't cut it, Cunningham is past it and Smith isn't ready yet. Pienaar would be a massive upgrade at fullback. The IRFU probably wouldn't allow Ulster sign a non-Irish qualified 10 so Pienaar would be restricted in his appearances in that position for that reason. At 9, Peel and Blair were linked so playing Pienaar there would be stupid, assuming one of those players signed.</p><p></p><p>That's why I thought he'd be signed as fullback. Of course now that Peel is off the market and interest in Blair is waivering, Pienaar could just as easily be brought in as Ulster's new 9. As far as I'm aware that's Pienaar's favourite position.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p>Fair enough pal! My bad!</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="cyRil, post: 300878"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (snoopy snoopy dog dog @ Jan 30 2010, 07:12 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=434458']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> I think you misread my use of the word [i]probably[/i]. I'm not saying he'd struggle to beat any of the incumbants out of their spot; he'd easily be their best 9, 10 or 15 but 15 is where he'd be most needed. Schifcofske doesn't cut it, Cunningham is past it and Smith isn't ready yet. Pienaar would be a massive upgrade at fullback. The IRFU probably wouldn't allow Ulster sign a non-Irish qualified 10 so Pienaar would be restricted in his appearances in that position for that reason. At 9, Peel and Blair were linked so playing Pienaar there would be stupid, assuming one of those players signed. That's why I thought he'd be signed as fullback. Of course now that Peel is off the market and interest in Blair is waivering, Pienaar could just as easily be brought in as Ulster's new 9. As far as I'm aware that's Pienaar's favourite position. [/b][/quote] Fair enough pal! My bad! [/QUOTE]
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