Exodus 2017
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The official media release from Connacht about the appointment of Keane:
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@Margin_Walker said in Exodus 2017:
Being reported that he'll be on £650,000 a season. That's set your family up for a long time money and probably pretty difficult to say no to for someone not currently in an All Black shirt. No doubt some would turn it down, but it gives a bit of perspective.
Yep - and at Luatua's age and situation I can't say I definitely would have turned it down, myself.
But, that's not going to stop me criticizing or noting that he's making off with 17 cents worth of my contribution to NZ rugby's intellectual property.
@Bovidae No surprise that KK is off. He can even have my 17 cents.
Doesn't seem to be one of NZ rugby's favoured sons and, in fact, seems to have been dealt the arse card, possibly by more than just the Chiefs.
Be interesting to see how he goes at Connacht.
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Callum Gibbins to Glasgow.
Canes fans is he any good, I genuinely can't recall?
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@Billy-Tell said in Exodus 2017:
Callum Gibbins to Glasgow.
Canes fans is he any good, I genuinely can't recall?
Excellent NPC player and a very good back up to Ardie, good buy for Glasgow
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@mimic said in Exodus 2017:
@raznomore said in Exodus 2017:
@mimic Im samoan - Im razbra. I wanted to know how it had entered the discussion
Chris didn't buy his "Supporting the family" claim. Some people think it's just a line, but for Samoans, supporting the family is very true. It's not just providing for your family like normal, but also with faalavelaves that us Samoans have to deal with.
Shit! I hope Reiko follows his Maori side and gives koha on the odd occasion (hui, tangi etc) and doesn't go off shore for faalavelaves reasons.
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aren't all top players being chased by top French clubs?
You would think he is in the top echelon of NZ rugby players so could pretty much get what he wanted written into his contract to stay.
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Well if there's one thing we learnt last year it's that BBBR and S Whitelock are our two most important players.
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French clubs can waste all the time and energy they want on chasing a player like Whitelock.
The media can waste all the ink or internet space they want on writing about it (and collect coin for the click bait).I don't believe for a second that Whitelock is even considering a move overseas now and don't even think he needs all this to be in a good negotiation position. As @taniwharugby says, he can practically get what he wants (except that top $$ that NZR doesn't have). He'll collect the €€ after the RWC2019.
Next one?
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Leinster apparently looking at James Lowe.
TBH, I'm not sure how much longer we can hold onto that guy if he doesn't progress further than Super Rugby level. He's a very good player, who must be close to selection, but tends to make the odd high profile error which would make Shag (and more importantly me) uneasy. He would cut it up in Europe IMO.
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@MajorRage said in Exodus 2017:
They just signed Scott Fardy too. That is a great signing for them, he will go well in Europe, aska Rocky Elsom style.
Loss for Wallabies in my opinion, good player, adds a bit of steel.
They've signed him as lock though, which is weird.
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@Billy-Tell One thing they're not short of is backrow.
Fardy was huge for the Wallabies in 2015, but hasn't hit that form since. The EofY tour he seemed to be Chicka's second choice too.
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@Crash said in Exodus 2017:
They can keep their filthy thieving hands to themselves and away from Lowe...
But lowe's dream has always been to play international rugby for Ireland...
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Stuff's saying Lowe's gone:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/90126907/james-lowe-to-join-leinsterFFS
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Media release from Leinster about signing James Lowe:
http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/leinster-sign-maori-all-blacks-james-lowe/
Chiefs media release:
http://www.chiefs.co.nz/news/news/latest-news/397-james-lowe-to-join-leinsterAfter only 4 Super Rugby seasons:
But for this stage of my life and with an eye to the future, I have to set myself and my future family up so they can have every opportunity in life to succeed” said Lowe.
"this stage of my life"? Seriously! So now 24-year-olds are already giving up on their All Blacks aspirations for their future family? Sorry, but then the AB's jersey didn't mean too much to him, or he genuinely thinks he's not going to be good enough. What a difference with guys like Crotty, Todd, Parsons etc
I am not ruling out returning to NZ rugby.
Yeah right.
