European Club Rugby
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@tim said in NH club rugby:
Nonu close to Toulon exit - reports
but mounting cashflow concerns at a club that is very much in economy mode...
Comic book sales a bit slow this year?
Stay over there Ma'a - suck up a few more of those spare Euros!
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@tim said in NH club rugby:
@chris-b said in NH club rugby:
Comic book sales a bit slow this year?
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Wiki tells me the owner of the club, Mourad Boudjellal, is the proprietor of comic publisher Soleil Productions.
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On the subject of costs, I was perusing the Exeter Chiefs website and counted up the numbers in their squad. That is squad, not including academy players. 59 blokes. I'm not sure about how things are for you guys in the SH but that seems a lot to me. The Chiefs are one of the few Aviva Premiership sides to turn a profit too but that has to be one hell of a salary bill.
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Watched that Leinster/Glasgow game last night. James Lowe looks to have fitted in well and has added a bit of creativity down the flank. One attack was looking very Chiefs like but then he forgot it wasn't DMac and co he was with and made one pass too many. They all looked to have lifted their unstructured play around him though and I'm not knocking skill levels just instinct.
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@crucial said in NH club rugby:
Watched that Leinster/Glasgow game last night. James Lowe looks to have fitted in well and has added a bit of creativity down the flank. One attack was looking very Chiefs like but then he forgot it wasn't DMac and co he was with and made one pass too many. They all looked to have lifted their unstructured play around him though and I'm not knocking skill levels just instinct.
Lowe is making a good impression with coaches and players. Lancaster says he’s focusing on his defence - a work in progress and the main point of criticism to date. Only 2 NZ/Aus players allowed in European squads so it remains a toss-up between Lowe and Gibson-Park as to who gets picked. Nick McCarthy is coming up the rails steadily as backup to Luke McGrath as is James Ryan to partner Toner instead of Fardy so choice should be more flexible next season.
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@pot-hale said in NH club rugby:
Thought this was interesting. Does it compare well with the approach in NZ schools?
It sounds like they're better resourced than most NZ schools and they train a bit more than the couple of schools whose training I know about.
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Stephen Donald won’t be joining Ulster after getting an injury in his last game in Japan. Given Ulster’s shite performances, the wags have already been guessing the headlines:
Donald ducks Ulster.
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Watching Pat Lams Bristol against Bedford and boy will they need to improve to be competitive in the prems (if they make it back)
Scrum is weak, kicking is very average and breakdown work is terrible.
With the latter, I'm not sure if it is a product of the new laws which have removed all desire to compete unless in a position to do a perfect Pocock like jackal from behind the tackle. It's like a poor mans version of Brumbie ball from the late 90s.
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@pot-hale
Looks standard for any NZ school hoping to play in the big leagues. I would think there's forty schools at least training to that sort of routine, although they won't all have the specialist facilities.
Not every school would have weekly video sessions, but most would have them quite often.
Specialist weights/fitness for different positions is standard.
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New Northampton Saints head coach named. This might not please everyone.
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@catogrande No, it doesn't!
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James Lowe enjoying himself at Leinster - post match interview after getting MOTM and two tries in their win against Scarlets at the RDS. The end of interview is funny.
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Finally, good news for Adam Thomson.
Former All Black Adam Thomson checks out of Japanese hospital after two-month stay
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Watched Scarlets take down La Rochelle. Inexplicably Kerr-Barlow was on the bench. The LR starting 9 was pure gash
