Exodus 2018
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So Biarritz have now in a timespan of just over two weeks signed three Kiwis!
First, Tyrone Elkington-MacDonald (Auckland), then Joseph Penitito (Hawke's Bay via Club Sportif Beaunois), and now Adam Knight. Not bad for Mitre 10 Cup players to play for one of the better Pro D2 clubs at the moment, who's still playing for promotion to the Top 14.
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They will join Joe Bloggs to bring to 4 the number of Kiwis togging out for the French club.
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@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
They will join Joe Bloggs to bring to 4 the number of Kiwis togging out for the French club.
That's 4 kiwis blocking the development of 4 French players
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@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
They will join Joe Bloggs to bring to 4 the number of Kiwis togging out for the French club.
Why do you bother if you aren't interested in rugby?
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@bones said in Exodus 2018:
@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
They will join Joe Bloggs to bring to 4 the number of Kiwis togging out for the French club.
Why do you bother if you aren't interested in rugby?
Probably more interested than you bones. Even still actively play the game.
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@billy-tell wow that's amazing! I wouldn't have the first clue about rugby and definitely don't play it at all. Guess it should be me coming on making shitty, snide, jealous sounding remarks on this thread huh.
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@billy-tell what an odd comment...
You are on a Rugby forum, where you probably don't even know people outside of the internet and make assumptions about their rugby interests/participation?
You aren't in NZ right, so it'd be fair of me to assume you know jack shit about grass roots rugby in NZ?
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probably as good a place as any...
Brad Shields cleared by the RU to be selected to play for them in June, and return to NZ to finish super rugby...
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@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2018:
probably as good a place as any...
Brad Shields cleared by the RU to be selected to play for them in June, and return to NZ to finish super rugby...
Just like Ben Teo and Piers Francis.
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@taniwharugby Just what they need, another blindside flanker...
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@rapido don't think they went back and played super rugby though did they...
@antipodean apparently their injuries was the reason Steddie got permission to select him if required.
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@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2018:
@rapido don't think they went back and played super rugby though did they...
I mean they were selected while playing overseas, as they had contracts for the following season with Prem teams.
Francis came back last year to SR. don't know if he played any games, don't follow Blues. But he played for England in the June window. Before SR was over.
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@rapido @taniwharugby From memory I think Francis got injured whilst playing in that June series for England and so didn't play for the Blues after the June window - but he was still part of the Blues squad and would have/could have played if fit.
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@kiwimurph said in Exodus 2018:
@rapido @taniwharugby From memory I think Francis got injured whilst playing in that June series for England and so didn't play for the Blues after the June window - but he was still part of the Blues squad and would have/could have played if fit.
Yeah that's what the article says
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@tim If it got to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Tribunal arbitral du sport), I'd expect the NZR to lose.
I'd let him go, I don't see the point in keeping him.
What would be interesting is having World Rugby responsible for insuring players on international duty, as FIFA now does.
