Agreed. He could be very exciting. However, I do have some reservations ...

To Banstead Quins’ point, I’m not sure how helpful Cooper would be for Marcus and if it’s a choice between Cooper or a marquee lock, I’d go with the latter every single time.

In fairness to Cooper, theres nothing to suggest he would have a negative impact on Smiths development.  No more than us bringing Cipriani in would.  There might be reservations about him but his ability as a player would win it for me.  I actually think he would be great for Smith (and Lang) to learn from.  Training with a bloke like that every day.

Re the lock, Im going to stick my neck out and say that with the above rumour, The Cat is def off. Add to that the rumour off Visser also going,  we will bring in a lock to replace Horwill.  Despite the announcements the club made of the incomings, I think  there were always going to be one or two more.