Varndell to Bedford

A small point; he was not dropped in the conventional sense, Tigers wanted to give others players game time against good opposition and at the same time felt Varndell should not be left twiddling his thumbs due to the lack of A games; he would be picked if it was an HC game. Another point overlooked, and I give credit to Tigers, is that there is a little more space in ND1 and there is nothing better for sharpening your attacking tools than a run in space. It is hard to practice game breaks in the premiership, and Tigers had pinpointed a specific problem for Varndell, that he wasn't backing his pace as he had last season. A consequence of Tuquiri dumping him in to touch perhaps? That 80m try for Bedford should get the feeling back! A few of Tigers youngsters are getting a chance to play week in week out for Bedford, and developing there rugby brain in a way I don't think they can always do in the A league.