Good to see that Gustard is flying out to meet prospective players, I would think that means more to a prospective player than working purely through agents alone.

Sounds good, big bit of Saffa beef at tight head 👍
I'm all in favour of that.
Thing is if your scrum is properly dominant then it doesn't matter how good the oppos ball handling skills are because they won't have the ball!

Great signing. Well done Gussie and Ed Spokes.

Looks very good on paper. Let’s see how he is on grass (the green kind), but have to say this looks like a great signing.

Whats the situation re Kolpak/Brexit/Overseas players relating to this? Lewies, Esterhuizen, Louw, & potentially Du Toit. How do they/will they qualify?

Potentially we'll get a lot more value for money from Louw than we have been getting from Sinckler - hopefully this means we can focus on building the squad elsewhere.

Very happy with this. The Boks do produce a beefy type pf prop, and combined with Marler and Elia we have a more than decent front row. Our pack could do some serious damage next season, and once we have a full compliment of backs, the world is our lobster. I particularly like the expression "destructive scrummager".

Another point worth mentioning is that he refers to Lewies and Esterhuizen; perhaps it's easier to get players across if they know they're not total strangers? Or perhaps the feedback from Lewies helped him make the decision?