'I hadn't heard from Gregor since before the summer': Finn Russell 主張するs he 'wasn't too surprised' at 存在 left out of Scotland's squad, and says he's '冷気／寒がらせるd out' ahead of 劇の return against All 黒人／ボイコットs

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Finn Russell has 明らかにする／漏らすd he hadn’t spoken to Gregor Townsend since the Six Nations 事前の to his 劇の return to the Scotland 長，率いる coach’s squad for Sunday’s 対決 with New Zealand.

The 飛行機で行く-half was surprisingly left out of Townsend’s autumn party last month にもかかわらず his impressive 業績／成果s for French 味方する Racing 92 in the 最高の，を越す 14.

Townsend （人命などを）奪う，主張するd at the time Russell’s omission was on form grounds, but the pair have had a 緊張するd 関係 dating 支援する to the 2020 Six Nations.

Finn Russell (left) has had a 劇の return to the Scotland team for their New Zealand 衝突／不一致 having been 解任するd by 長，率いる coach Gregor Townsend

Now they are 支援する working together again after Russell received a late 召喚するs to Edinburgh に引き続いて an 傷害 to fellow Scotland playmaker Adam Hastings.

‘I hadn’t heard from Gregor since before the summer, so I wasn’t too surprised,’ Russell, a Puresport 外交官／大使, told Sportsmail of his 初期の 非，不，無-選択 for Scotland’s autumn fixtures.

‘It is what it is. It’s rugby, I suppose. I’ll see how it goes this 週末 against the All 黒人／ボイコットs. If I’m in the (match-day) squad or not, I don’t know. We’ll have to wait and see.

‘I 港／避難所’t been in the squad for a while, so I’m not sure what the vibe is.’

Asked to 述べる his working 関係 with Townsend, Russell 答える／応じるd: ‘We’ve hardly spoken since the Six Nations and that’s just how it is. We’ve not spoken much at all.

‘We’re alright, I suppose. He’ll have had his 推論する／理由s, so I’m not looking into it too much. There is no point me worrying about anything like that. I can’t 支配（する）／統制する what happens with Scotland.

Russell was a surprise omission given his impressive form for Racing 92 this year

‘There is not much I can do about the Scotland squad or who Gregor 選ぶs. That’s not my 職業. My 職業 is to keep playing 井戸／弁護士席 in フラン. I’m happy doing it, so I’ve kept that going.

‘I’m not a coach and I’m not the one 選ぶing the team, thankfully. I’ll get 支援する into （軍の）野営地，陣営 and worry about that then.’

Russell flew from Paris to Scotland on Tuesday after texting Townsend to discuss 計画（する）s for his team’s attacking approach.

‘I text him (Townsend) a few times just chatting about the attack system, 形態／調整, and a couple things around that. Nothing too much. I’ll wait and see how it is when I get in,’ Russell said.

‘It was me needing clarity on a few things from the last year-and-a-half. I had a few questions and got some good clarity 支援する. I gave my thoughts and we had a couple of texts 支援する and 前へ／外へ to discuss a few things so, we were all （疑いを）晴らす on the attacking 味方する before I go 支援する in.

‘I’m pretty 冷気／寒がらせるd, to be honest. I 港／避難所’t been in since the Six Nations, so I don’t know how the 環境 is going to be and how it’s all going.

Townsend had 最初 （人命などを）奪う，主張するd Russell's omission was 予定 to form but he's now been 解任するd

‘It will be 平易な enough to get up to 速度(を上げる） on the rugby 味方する. I’ve been playing long enough.’

Russell was one of six players disciplined by Townsend after he went on a night out に引き続いて the Six Nations 勝利，勝つ over Italy earlier this year.

He was dropped to the （法廷の）裁判 for Scotland’s next game against Ireland which was his last in a blue jersey. Russell also walked out on the Scotland squad 事前の to the 2020 Six Nations.

‘I 港／避難所’t really thought about it too much,’ Russell said of the 地位，任命する-Italy night out. ‘I went straight 支援する to the club after that and after the Ireland game, I was 支援する at the club. I forgot about it all and I thought it was blown out of 割合 a little bit.

‘I’m not too 強調する／ストレスd about it when I look 支援する on it.’

Calls for Russell to come straight in from the 冷淡な and start against the All 黒人／ボイコットs are growing.

But his return to the Scotland squad could yet be 複雑にするd by the fact his partner Emma Canning is imminently 推定する／予想するing the couple’s first child.

Calls for Russell to come straight in from the 冷淡な and start against the All 黒人／ボイコットs are growing

‘My girlfriend is 妊娠している and is 予定 to give birth at any time. Her 予定 date is November 23, so in two weeks, but the midwife said it could be two weeks or two days,’ Russell said.

‘We just don’t know. It will be good to get 支援する into （軍の）野営地，陣営 but, at the same time, it would be nice to be with her. I was happy either way.’

Russell’s arrival with Scotland was 延期するd until Tuesday as he made sure his partner had the necessary support a 一連の会議、交渉／完成する her in the French 資本／首都. He also has 計画（する）s in place to make a quick return to Paris if his first child is on the way. The couple are 自信のない of the baby’s sex.

It 複雑にするs Russell’s 可能性のある 選択 for the All 黒人／ボイコットs. But what is not in 疑問 is the 30-year-old’s ability. Russell remains, by some distance, Scotland’s best 利用できる No 10.

His 業績／成果s for Racing have made a mockery of Townsend’s 初期の 決定／判定勝ち（する） to leave him out of international 義務 this autumn.

His arrival with Scotland was 延期するd until he made sure his partner had necessary support

As one of rugby’s most talented players, Russell is someone 支持者s 支払う／賃金 to watch. His passing game and out-of-the-box thinking is unique, certainly in a Scotland 状況.

It was enough to earn Russell a Lions 実験（する） 屈服する in South Africa in 2021. He is also valued 高度に by Racing, who have 支持する／優勝者s Cup glory as their big 的.

Russell, who moved from Glasgow to Paris in 2018, said: ‘I think there should be more made of the individuals. A lot of nations have put the 指名するs on the 支援する of the 最高の，を越すs.

‘I think that’s good and 促進するs the players a little bit more 個々に. If you look at football, people come to watch the players because of who they are and what they do on the field.

‘If we can do that in rugby, hopefully, it can grow the sport. It can get kids into the game if they know the players because they want to be like them.

‘That’s part of the 推論する／理由 why football is so successful. Look at (Lionel) Messi going to PSG and the 量 of 歳入 he brought in for them just by going there as an individual player. I’m not sure rugby is going to get to that size.

Russell pointed に向かって PSG 星／主役にする Lionel Messi as 証拠 for football's 商業の success

‘But if it could do it a little bit, it could make a big 衝撃. From the players’ point of 見解（をとる）, coaches have to be able to manage individuals rather than 推定する／予想するing everyone to be under the same umbrella and 説 it’s their way or no way.

‘They’ve got to be able to adapt to individuals to get the best out of t 相続人 players and then the best out of the team. It’s good for rugby to have the best players playing all the time.’

It certainly is. Scotland are undoubtedly worse off without Russell. Both he and Townsend must find a way to 確実にする the pair have a working 関係 which enables the team to 利益.

Gloucester’s Hastings and Blair Kinghorn of Edinburgh are 罰金 players, but neither 所有する Russell’s ability to keep an 対立 defence guessing.

Whether or not he gets the chance to trouble the All 黒人／ボイコットs remains to be seen. It all depends on whether he and Townsend can bury the hatchet and quickly.

‘It’s been hard to watch Scotland because I’m usually playing,’ Russell said.

Townsend will be hoping his 味方する can follow on from their 28-12 勝利，勝つ over Fiji

‘Last 週末, I wasn’t able to watch because I was 負かす／撃墜する in Brive and I saw 30 minutes of the Fiji game because I had Perpignan at home. In the summer, I was on holiday. To be honest, in the last five games I’ve not played, I 港／避難所’t watched much because of other かかわり合いs.

‘Fiji played really 井戸／弁護士席 against Scotland and left a couple of tries out there. Every 実験（する） is 堅い but it’s always good to play against one of the best teams in the world.

‘I’ll try my best to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 New Zealand at the 週末.’

Should Russell get the nod on Sunday, he’ll be 補佐官d by using Puresport’s medicinal mushroom 要約する／（宇宙ロケットの）カプセル 補足（する） 範囲 to 改善する his 回復.

Having 以前 投資するd in the 商売／仕事 himself, he has taken the proactive step to use the mushroom 補足（する） as the sport 戦う／戦いs with how best to 保護する its players from the 衝撃 of 長，率いる 傷害s and concussions.

‘The 関心 around brain 傷害s の中で rugby players is impossible to ignore,’ said the British & Irish Lions playmaker.

Russell would make a welcome 新規加入 to the Scotland squad for their New Zealand 衝突／不一致

‘We have a 義務 to ourselves and our families to 確実にする we’re doing everything we かもしれない can to 保護する ourselves both during and after our careers are over.

‘I still have many years left on the pitch, but I’m a big 信奉者 in taking any steps necessary to 確実にする my brain and 団体／死体 are in the best 形態／調整 possible once I hang up my boots, 特に now I have a kid on the way.

‘Medicinal mushroom 補足（する）s are a new 部類, but the results are noticeable. I feel 詐欺師, faster, and healthier.

‘I don’t know what 衝撃 my rugby career will have had on my 団体／死体 when I retire, but I want to do everything I can to 確実にする I have a long and healthy 退職. These 補足（する）s are a big part of that. As players we spend time in the gym working on our muscles, so why not do the same for the brain?’

Russell 認める to 疲労，（軍の）雑役 after the 2021 Lions 小旅行する of South Africa. But he is now 支援する 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing on all cylinders after a summer off where he did not feature for Scotland.

Russell is in 会談 with Racing over a new 契約 as former England 長，率いる coach Stuart Lancaster 準備するs to step in as their new boss for next season.

飛行機で行く-half Russell 確認するd he is in 会談 with Racing over a new 契約 at the club

‘We’re in 交渉s,’ Russell said of his club 未来. ‘Stuart is coming in next year, so it will be a わずかに different club, but it’s a good club and I love 存在 here.

‘We’re in the 過程 of chatting around the next 契約. Mentally, it was good to have some time off over the summer.

‘My 団体／死体 is pretty much always 罰金. It’s more the mental 味方する I いつかs struggle with ーに関して／ーの点でs of having to do all the work off the field and play every week.

‘This season, I feel much better, much fresher, and more 支援する to myself 反して, last year, I struggled a bit with 疲労，（軍の）雑役 and having to play a lot of rugby.

‘I feel I’m 支援する to where I can be now, which is good. Scotland have never beaten the All 黒人／ボイコットs so it’s all to play for. They’ll be 確信して and it will be a 堅い game but a good one to play in.’

l Finn Russell is a Puresport 外交官／大使 and one of a growing number of players using medicinal mushroom 補足（する）s in a 企て，努力，提案 to 保護する cognitive 機能（する）／行事. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） on the Puresport mushroom 範囲, visit puresport.co.