Exodus 2018
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Jordan Taufua won't join Lyon OU. He should stay in NZ. He's been promised by S Hansen that he will have a chance to show he's a contender for the RWC in 2019.
RUGBY. LOU : le Néo-Zélandais Jordan Taufua ne viendra pas
En contact depuis plusieurs semaines avec le LOU, le troisième ligne des Crusaders, Jordan Taufua, a finalement décliné l’offre lyonnaise.
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@jauzy019 said in Exodus 2018:
Jordan Taufua won't join Lyon OU. He should stay in NZ. He's been promised by S Hansen that he will have a chance to show he's a contender for the RWC in 2019.
RUGBY. LOU : le Néo-Zélandais Jordan Taufua ne viendra pas
En contact depuis plusieurs semaines avec le LOU, le troisième ligne des Crusaders, Jordan Taufua, a finalement décliné l’offre lyonnaise.
Interesting. Maybe they really are rethinking the options at 6 and Squire/ Fifita aren't ringing the bell hard enough?
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@bones said in Exodus 2018:
Great that he's staying...but I find it hard to fathom he's in the reckoning...
Then again if Ardie is considered good enough and eight cover, I wouldn't see too much difference between him and Taufua.
Apart from about 2 feet in height.
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Assuming that the French media didn't completely make up negotiations between Taufua's agent and Lyon, it's more likely that someone from Lyon was told "something" by Taufua's agent (which may have included a reference to a conversation with Hansen) and that that person from Lyon misinterpreted it and talked to the French media. I seriously doubt Taufua or his agent have talked to French reporters directly.
Anyway, IMO he's a very good SR player and I hope he'll stay in NZ for a bit longer. It's no secret I do rate the guy (more than the 2017 version of Ardie and Squire) and I think he should (and hope he will be) considered in the way suggested by @Crucial.
As nobody knows for sure whether a conversation has taken place between Taufua and Hansen, and even less what has been said and in which wording, I'm not going to put words in Hansen's mouth. Everything is pure speculation.
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Funny, it is usually articles claiming 'I've never heard from the AB coaches' that circulate when players (or coaches) head off...
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@tim said in Exodus 2018:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12001280
And so it continues!
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According to NRL facebook pages ( that means its true
)SBW is returning to the Roosters after the Super rugby season , apparently the ABS have told him he isnt needed for the WC ,
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@jauzy019 said in Exodus 2018:
Jerome Kaino to Toulouse will be official on thursday (in the evening for you i suppose).
They are getting a bit of a lemon. One of the great AB 6s, but his career has gone rather Rodney So'oialo in the last few months.
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Wyatt Crockett off to Ta$man...those poaching bastards.
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@billy-tell just a tad of an overstatement. Pretty sure they'll be happy and he's in nothing like the state Rodders was. Hasn't even dropped as far as Messam.
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@jauzy019 said in Exodus 2018:
@bones Toulouse will also announce the signing of midfield Pita Ahki currently playing for Connacht, and maybe his wife Kayla Ahki-McAlister for the women's team.
Excellent news. Foreign-born numbers keep dropping.
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@pot-hale while the French just keep signing more!
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@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
Wyatt Crockett off to Ta$man...those poaching bastards.
Return of a prodigal son!
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@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
@jauzy019 said in Exodus 2018:
Jerome Kaino to Toulouse will be official on thursday (in the evening for you i suppose).
They are getting a bit of a lemon. One of the great AB 6s, but his career has gone rather Rodney So'oialo in the last few months.
I'm not too sure about that. He was still good for the Blues last year, and then had two long lay-offs before joining the ABs before the Lions and the EOYT, so he had no match fitness and no chance to build into form. I still thought he went well in the first 2 Lions tests though, especially the 2nd test where he looked set for a big one had SBW not been sent off.
He also looked quite good in the pre-season game against the Canes. Seemed like everyone who ran at him got smashed.
