NH club rugby
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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
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Just looking at the latest update on Irish senior squad provincial hires, transfers and releases for 2018/19.
Ulster
In
Moore - Irl capped
Murphy Irl capped
Addison (Eng) IQ uncapped
Out
Piutau (NZ) - Bristol - capped
Herron (Eng) - Jersey Reds - uncapped
Bowe - ret.
Black (IQ) - Worcs - uncappedConnacht
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Claffey, Gallagher, O'Donnell (Irl) - Academy
Copeland (Irl) capped
Godwin (Aus) capped
Horwitz (Aus) uncappedOut
Heenan (NZ) uncapped - Bristol
Pita Ahki (NZ) uncapped - released
Ilii (NZ) uncapped - released
Deegan (Aus) - Brumbies - capped
Dawai (Fij) - capped - released
Muldoon (Irl) - ret.
Coulson (Irl) - released
Brennan (Irl) - released
O'Toole (Irl) - released
Crosbie (Irl) - releasedLeinster
In
Larmour (Irl) Academy - capped
Out
Murphy (Irl) - Ulster - capped
Heaslip (Irl) ret.Munster
In
O'Connor, Wycherley, Nash (Irl) - academy
Beirne (Irl) uncapped
Haley (Eng) - IQ uncapped
Out
Zebo (Irl) - Racing - capped
Copeland (Irl) - Connacht - capped4 NZ leaving
1 Aus leaving
1 Fiji leaving
1 Eng leaving
2 Irish leaving Ireland
2 Irish transfer between provinces
2 Irish retired
4 Irish released2 Irish returning
2 Aus NIQ
2 Eng IQ
7 Irish academy
2 Irish transferringThe foreign player contingent seems to be changing - so far anyway
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Connacht having a cleanout.
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@antipodean said in NH club rugby:
Connacht having a cleanout.
Aye - and there’s more to leave apparently.
And up in the north, once the IRFU/Ulster Rugby complete their review of the Jackson/Olding case, I expect a few more of the lead-swingers in the squad to be gone too.
