AB squad for the Rugby Championship
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@taniwharugby said in AB squad for the Rugby Championship:
@canefan I wonder if the franchises add education as an incentive to sign as well?
I reckon they should be, help these guys study/train for somethign post-rugby, if rugby doesnt pay off or they get a career ending injury.
Not sure. I think they give them financial advice now
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@taniwharugby If by franchises you mean Waikato, Taranaki etc. I know of one. Bradley Slater who was the hooker called into the Chiefs was on a scholarship to the University of Waikato from the TRFU and that had him go stay in the halls of residence and study, not sure what, but also part of the agreement was he had to come back and play for Taranaki and not move to Waikato. I know this because my old flatmate was in the halls with him and. If you mean the Chiefs, I'm pretty certain ALB was on a scholarship with Waikato and the Chiefs to go to uni and play rugby. Also, considering the the University of Otago is a major sponsor of the Landers, I'd say there would be some kind of scholarship.
Edit: Tagged the wrong person.
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@Yeetyaah said in AB squad for the Rugby Championship:
and not move to Waikato. I know this because my old flatmate was in the halls with him and. If you mean the Chiefs, I'm pretty certain ALB was on a scholarship with Waikato and the Chiefs to go to uni and play rugby. Also, considering the the University of Otago is a major sponsor of the Landers, I'd say there would be some kind of scholarship.
Edit: Tagged the wrong person.well yeah I expect the provincial unions and the franchises could (should?) all be involved in that side of things
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Was talking with a mate who has more knowledge of the situation than me. Said the Blues are considering getting their young players accommodated in a purpose built facility near their Alexandra Park base, especially those who grew up in AKL. It is a problem that some of these young guys continue to live at home, hang with the same mates and this enables continued bad habits. Housing them together, teaching them good work, nutrition, training habits might help
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face it, Auckland is where professional sports go to die
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@reprobate said in AB squad for the Rugby Championship:
@canefan gotta be a big part of why the guys who leave do better. new place, no mates except professional teammates, better focus.
why does that not hold true anywhere else?
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@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Rugby Championship:
face it, Auckland is where professional sports go to die
They are the Knicks of NZ rugby at the moment
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@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Rugby Championship:
@reprobate said in AB squad for the Rugby Championship:
@canefan gotta be a big part of why the guys who leave do better. new place, no mates except professional teammates, better focus.
why does that not hold true anywhere else?
I don't know if I can answer that without making a racial generalisation
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@canefan said in AB squad for the Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Rugby Championship:
face it, Auckland is where professional sports go to die
They are the Knicks of NZ rugby at the moment
fair, it's a real struggle to remember when either were last relevant
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@canefan said in AB squad for the Rugby Championship:
Was talking with a mate who has more knowledge of the situation than me. Said the Blues are considering getting their young players accommodated in a purpose built facility near their Alexandra Park base, especially those who grew up in AKL. It is a problem that some of these young guys continue to live at home, hang with the same mates and this enables continued bad habits. Housing them together, teaching them good work, nutrition, training habits might help
This is a good idea but why the heck is this only happening now!?
I realise the Alexandra Park facility is relatively new but this sort of stuff should have been done years and years ago.
I like a lot of the new moves the new Board are making but with a lot of them it's stuff that should have been done years ago.
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pretty sure most of the guys that are form outside the Auckland region usually live together...Lachie Munro always found it amusing he got paid more to play for the Blues when he was contracted form Northland than he would if he was contracted form Auckland due to getting the accommodation allowances.
Northland rugby have a few houses where some of the less local contracted players live in the season...I expect these would have both positives and negatives...
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@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Rugby Championship:
@reprobate said in AB squad for the Rugby Championship:
@canefan gotta be a big part of why the guys who leave do better. new place, no mates except professional teammates, better focus.
why does that not hold true anywhere else?
i think it largely holds true unless people are moving to the blues, and that's cause they then don't have professional teammates. canes were whinging about it a few years back.
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This has to be linked to the distinct lack of strong leaders in the playing group. Standards are set by those leaders, not by coaches. The other teams have guys who would be driving those standards, and setting the tone in terms of prep.
Cane and Retallic at the Chiefs would definitely be model pros. I have no doubt TJP, the Barretts, and Savea are at the Canes. You could throw a stone blindfolded in the Crusaders dressing room and hit one. Even the Landers on the back of at the very least Ben Smith.
Who are the guys you can easily see driving that at the Blues?
That's no excusing Akira though. He's 24 years old, and has no doubt been told what the expectation. Failing to meet those standards is entirely on him. It seems a shame, but lets hope a very public dressing down is what was needed.
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With Akira , it’s hard to know exactly his problem , is it booze , junk food , or maybe he’s just a lazy prick ?
But I’ve been watching him for a few years thinking he doesn’t look quite right physically, carries a lot of body fat , think of our best players in recent times with similar roles , jerry , Rodney , kaino , read , messam . They looked so lean and fit .
Then you look at akira , chubby face ,fat arse, , I thought maybe it’s genetics , but his brother is nothing like that .
If I was him I would be looking at a different franchise
Crusaders would be my pick , it will either make him or break him.
