Scarlets find cutting blade for Scotland

By PETER JACKSON
THE Scarlets have put another New Zealander on the road to an alternative international career and an early collision with Wales.
Blade Thomson, imported from the Hurricanes to fill the void left by Tadhg Beirne’s return to Ireland, is being offered the prospect of taking an ancestral route back to Scotland.
A Junior World Cup winner with the Baby Blacks in 2010, the Scarlets’ latest Kiwi is eligible through his Scottish grandparents.
“We have been speaking to Blade and we will be watching his performances with interest,’’ a Scotland source sai...

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