8th Ed. slann placement in saurus unit vs temple guard

[lambobolt]

Greetings
I couldnt find this answered already, so apologize if it was and I missed it. I just noticed under the guardians rule of the slann, 6th line of that paragraph states "when joined to a unit of temple guard, a Slannis always placed within the second rank." so my question is, if he joins a regular saurus unit, does he have to be in the front rank then?
thanks in advance for any help

 

[Arli]

Yes, he has to go in the front rank....If there is room. You can avoid this by running the unit 5 wide and putting a scar-vet or two in the unit. That will effectively push him to the second rank. If you give either the slann or one of the scar-vets the crown of command, you have a stubborn unit that is essentially the same as TG.

You really should try that build, it works really well. I almost prefer it to a normal TG bunker.