Tom Robinson doesn’t mind starting ahead of Adrian Choat against the Brumbies. In fact, he wants to get the legs pumping after a prolonged hiatus from on-field action.
Shorn of competitive game time since leading the Northland Taniwha in their loss to Waikato last September, Robinson can’t wait for the Blues Super Round clash at AAMI Park in Melbourne tomorrow afternoon to start.
The Blues flanker has been bracketed alongside Choat at blindside and the coaches are excited to have two quality sixes competing for the starting spot. A call on who gets the nod will be made closer to game time. The team was scheduled to fly out to Melbourne yesterday afternoon.
Robinson was hoping to get game time for Northland towards the business end of last year’s Warehouse Bunnings NPC campaign, but the coaches opted to give him sufficient time to recover from vertigo.
His influential, workaholic presence at set piece would be gold, even if he comes off the bench - especially when the game looks to open up in the second half against arguably Australia’s most successful Super Rugby franchise.