Exodus 2018
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Very, very shrewd move.
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@tim Some out-of-the-box thinking that should probably be applauded.
Presumably the idea is that someone like, say, Sam Cane could go to Harlequins for a season in 2020 - have some time away from NZ Rugby, pick up some cash, and hopefully come back and carry on through the 2023 RWC.
Harlequins is an interesting choice - not a team I'd have immediately thought of as having strong links to NZ.
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@tim said in Exodus 2018:
@chris-b Evans is a coach and Fitzpatrick is on their board.
Yeah - I saw that - but, neither have been in NZ for a long time.
Plenty of clubs in Europe (and Japan) with NZ Head Coaches and more NZers on their playing staffs (only Frances Saili at Quins from my cursory glance).
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I wonder whether they'll try negotiating a deal with a French club as well. The last few years, AB coaches have attended and assisted at training sessions from ASM Clermont; not sure whether there are connections with other French clubs.
Or maybe a Welsh or Irish PRO14 club?
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Stunning arrogance. The most powerful rugby clubs in the world must be part hysterically amused, part affronted that New Zealand Rugby believes it can appoint itself as some kind of regulatory force in the global transfer market.
The arrogance of this sits on multiple levels. The first and most galling part is the notion of NZR determining which clubs meet their approval. Surely diversity is to be celebrated in rugby and is the sport's major strength? NZR, though, appear to feel some need to homogenise the game, have everyone adopt a 'Kiwi' approach to training, skill development, workloads and culture.
The bit that is hardest to stomach is this subliminal message that New Zealand doesn't have anything to learn from any other nation.
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@milk said in Exodus 2018:
The bit that is hardest to stomach is this subliminal message that New Zealand doesn't have anything to learn from any other nation.
Yeah, I didn’t get quite nearly as wound up, but then I’m not a mind-reader and people tell me I have a cast-iron stomach.
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@bones said in Exodus 2018:
@chris-b good spot, potential welcome back to Mr Saili. Well worth the deal.
Winston Stanley is at harlequins aswell I believe
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@milk said in Exodus 2018:
Stunning arrogance. The most powerful rugby clubs in the world must be part hysterically amused, part affronted that New Zealand Rugby believes it can appoint itself as some kind of regulatory force in the global transfer market.
The more affronted they are the happier I will be.
Those "pass the chequebook" clubs are wrecking Southern Hemisphere rugby for their own self-aggrandizement, so they can go fuck themselves!
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@milk said in Exodus 2018:
Stunning arrogance. The most powerful rugby clubs in the world must be part hysterically amused, part affronted that New Zealand Rugby believes it can appoint itself as some kind of regulatory force in the global transfer market.
The arrogance of this sits on multiple levels. The first and most galling part is the notion of NZR determining which clubs meet their approval. Surely diversity is to be celebrated in rugby and is the sport's major strength? NZR, though, appear to feel some need to homogenise the game, have everyone adopt a 'Kiwi' approach to training, skill development, workloads and culture.
The bit that is hardest to stomach is this subliminal message that New Zealand doesn't have anything to learn from any other nation.
You sound like Gregor Paul (see his article in the ferald that was posted 23 days ago in this thread and the following discussion).
I still fail to see the arrogance.
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@stargazer That was a direct quote from the Gregor Paul article.
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@family-man said in Exodus 2018:
@bones said in Exodus 2018:
@chris-b good spot, potential welcome back to Mr Saili. Well worth the deal.
Winston Stanley is at harlequins aswell I believe
Midfield issues post WC solved in the stroke of a pen!
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@family-man said in Exodus 2018:
@bones said in Exodus 2018:
@chris-b good spot, potential welcome back to Mr Saili. Well worth the deal.
Winston Stanley is at harlequins aswell I believe
He is, but he's a Samoan!
