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The Waratahs' Lote Tuqiri looks for a gap in the Blues defence - AAP Image/Dean Lewins
You read it here first, or maybe second, if you’ve already covered Paul Ackford’s article. Lote Tuqiri admits that he’s not crazy about the kind of rugby they play in England, and can’t stand constant drizzle and gray skies.
He likes the people, but the weather is something else.
So he may not sign with Leicester next year, a club that, while it beat the touring Boks, is only 5,1 and 4 in the black stuff Premiership.
His goal?
To make it back into the good books of the ARU and be a contender for a spot on the Wallaby RWC squad.
There’s no guarantee they’d have him back, but I think Dingo would like to have a “reformed” Lote available to him as a centre, a position many people feel he should have been playing permanently years ago.
One of the problems is that there’s no other Wallaby spot that’s going to be as intensely competed for. Add up the incumbent, the established, and the up-and-coming midfielders and it’s a long list.
But who knows?
Once back under clement skies, and behaving responsibly, Lote, age 32 in 2011, could turn out to be the kind of big, hard-running 13 the Wallabies are going to need
in the squad to make it to the final in Auckland.
Join The Roar rugby editor Christy Doran, former Wallaby Matt Toomua and a cast of regular and special guests as they look at the biggest issues in the game on The Roar Rugby Podcast. If you’re looking for great odds on the next game check out Aussie bookmaker PlayUp. Chances are you’re about to lose. Set a deposit limit.