JTA is a real character, you gotta love his spirit! He’s blessed with world class soft hands and a gifted ability to offload at the right time. So remarkable in the loose.
However, it’s obvious he’s been a penalty machine as a prop and this has often knocked the stuffing out of our momentum in a game. Reckon he has been working really hard on his scrummaging as he’s improved a lot since he’s been here but he’s still giving away too many costly penalties.
Back in the day, I was lucky enough to hv played with and against a raft of International props - with Fran Cotton probably the pick of the bunch. Although the skills a prop needs now in the Premiership are greater than in those days, first and foremost you’ve got to be able to scrimmage.