It can be dangerous to read too much into these things, but it was still easy to detect a certain note of frustration in Johnnie Beattie's voice as the Scotland No.8 ran the rule over the man who will be his direct opponent at Murrayfield this afternoon.
It can be dangerous to read too much into these things, but it was still easy to detect a certain note of frustration in Johnnie Beattie's voice as the Scotland No.8 ran the rule over the man who will be his direct opponent at Murrayfield this afternoon.
Scotland's Johnnie Beattie familiarises himself with an Italian rugby shirt again. Picture: SNS
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Alasdair Reid
After all, most critics lapse into the lexicon of fawning adulation when they discuss Sergio Parisse, the 92-times-capped Italy captain who has been his country's most celebrated player since he made his debut against New Zealand as an 18-year-old almost 11 years ago. Parisse, by general consensus, is one of the outstanding players of the age, a man about whom no bad things may be said.
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