Writing in The Scotsman, Richard Bath believes Glasgow's Dan Parks has rediscovered his kicking boots this season.
"There are some rugby players, usually great players, who define a team. Naas Botha did it in South Africa, when the Blue Bulls of Northern Transvaal were completely built around his kicking game.
Lawrence Dallaglio did it with Wasps, his cussed nature allowing them to play a game built around pressure and aggression at the breakdown and in the tackle. Mid-1990s New Zealand were constructed almost entirely around the aim of unleashing Jonah Lomu.
Yet few teams have ever been more reliant on one player than Glasgow have been on Dan Parks since the little Aussie was lured to Hughenden from Eastern Suburbs, via a three-month trial with Leeds, by Kiwi Searancke back in 2003. Almost from day one, the Warriors have been the Dan Parks Show: when he plays well, the team plays well."
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