They might like it physical at Thomond Park, but there will be few in the Munster ranks who relish the prospect of making the first tackle on Netani Talei if, as expected, the Fijian forward returns to the Edinburgh starting line-up in Limerick's storied rugby roughhouse on Sunday.
They might like it physical at Thomond Park, but there will be few in the Munster ranks who relish the prospect of making the first tackle on Netani Talei if, as expected, the Fijian forward returns to the Edinburgh starting line-up in Limerick's storied rugby roughhouse on Sunday.
Netani Talei came into his own during Edinburgh's Heienken Cup campaign last season. Picture: SNS
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Alasdair Reid
Talei was an unwilling spectator for 62 minutes of Edinburgh's 45-0 demolition by Saracens at Murrayfield last weekend, but it was clear from his storming cameo as a replacement in the final quarter that the Heineken Cup refreshes parts of him that other competitions can't quite reach. Talei can blow a bit hot and cold at times, but you could almost hear him pawing the ground before he took over from Ross Rennie.
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