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AAP Sports News (Australia)
11-10-2009
Rugby Union: Cusiter wins scrum-half battle for Fiji opener



EDINBURGH, Nov 9, 2009 (AFP) - Chris Cusiter will lead Scotland in former
England coach Andy Robinson's first Test in charge, against Fiji at Murrayfield
on Saturday, with co-captain and scrum-half rival Mike Blair on the bench.

Earlier this month Robinson took the unusual decision of not only naming
co-captains but splitting the role between players in the same position.

However a clearer idea of who really is Robinson's first-choice scrum-half
will come, provided both Cusiter and Edinburgh captain Blair are still fit,
when he names his side to play Australia at Murrayfield on ...

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