He looks to be decent. Admittedly I don't watch them at all really but I thought for Scotland recently he looked good against poor opposition. And let's face, other than possibly games against Hayes for Aberdeen, he was probably defensively untroubled in most games last season.
I am looking forward to seeing candieas up against him as I suspect in our previous meetings he hasn't had much to contend with. Certainly in the last game our lack of an effective outlet on the right allowed him, Sinclair and thumb head to bully tav and win every second ball.
That said, I expect Brendan knows this and will switch the pressure down the other wing. We need to be prepared for this.