Porteous at his best is comfortably as good as either Rocky or Iredale and probably significantly better. The question is whether we could get him back to his best - and improving.

Downsides for me - questionable judgement and temperament at times, slightly risky signing in terms of direction of career and performance and referees just LOVE to book him up here.

Upsides - unquestionably plays for the jersey, potential to be an absolute steal of a signing, on his game would be a pretty seamless replacement for Rocky should we lose him, requires next to no settling in time in terms of the club, Edinburgh and the Scottish game. And he's a Scotland internationalist, so there's clearly quality there.

VAR decision: sign him.