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@pakman said in NH club rugby:
Stuart Barnes has written a eulogy on how TKB’s fizzing pass and Ihaia West’s gain lane attack has set European Rugby alive at La Rochelle.
Was TKB previously known for his passing?
I recall he used to be able to throw some very wide cut out passes, usually in general play rather than general halfback play. None of the Smith precision bullets though.
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@machpants said in NH club rugby:
@bones sadly nope
It's a pretty cool period of play, which in a nutshell is a series of errors by teams with terrible finishing abilities, but half to half running play for a good 3 minutes or so. Sale versing Gloucester.
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For want of a better place to post it -
The World’s highest-paid players by position
Fullback: BEAUDEN BARRETT £780k (Goliath)
Wing: CHARLES PIUTAU £1m (Bristol Bears)
Wing: STUART HOGG £550k (Exeter Chiefs)
Centre: VIRIMI VAKATAWA £780k (Racing 92)
Centre: OWEN FARRELL £750k (Saracens)
Flyhalf: HANDRÉ POLLARD £1m (Montpellier)
Scrumhalf: FRANCOIS DE KLERK £600k (Sale Sharks)
Number eight: KIERAN READ £800,000 (Verblitz)
Openside flank: Michael Hooper £750,000 (Verblitz)
Blindside flank: STEVE LUATUA £650k (Bristol Bears)
Lock: MARO ITOJE £825k (Saracens)
Lock: EBEN ETZEBETH £900k (Toulon)
Tighthead prop: TADHG FURLONG £480k (Leinster)
Hooker: GUILHEM GUIRADO £500 (Montpellier)
Loosehead prop: MAKO VUNIPOLA £450k (Saracens) -
Hogg and Piatau are basically full backs though 🤷♂️
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@catogrande Yeah its a bit dismissive of the actual regular wingers I thought. I wonder who those wingers might be?
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@daffy-jaffy said in NH club rugby:
@catogrande Yeah its a bit dismissive of the actual regular wingers I thought. I wonder who those wingers might be?
I'd think Penaud in France would be on a tidy sum. Maybe Johnny May in England and Keith Earls in Ireland?
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I do find it funny the furor against the Soccer Super League, mostly on it being a 75% closed shop. Fan protest, promises of govt action, bans on international representation. Yet Premiership Rugby is getting ready to fuck over all but 13 clubs in England, at the same time as English Rugby is starving them of income. Body old boys club there, bending over to millionaires who can't even run their clubs at a profit, or even within their own rules
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@machpants said in NH club rugby:
I do find it funny the furor against the Soccer Super League, mostly on it being a 75% closed shop. Fan protest, promises of govt action, bans on international representation. Yet Premiership Rugby is getting ready to fuck over all but 13 clubs in England, at the same time as English Rugby is starving them of income. Body old boys club there, bending over to millionaires who can't even run their clubs at a profit, or even within their own rules
Mate this is the hot topic every year, but it has not yet happened. Rugby is not a financially viable sport, certainly in comparison to soccer, so the arguments for ring fencing are so much more valid.
Look at the situation in, ooh, let us say Ireland, Wales. Scotland, NZ. Australia. The top end in these places is completely ring fenced. England and France, not so much. Maybe that is right, maybe not, dunno. But a comparison to soccer is not really valid IMO.
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@machpants said in NH club rugby:
I do find it funny the furor against the Soccer Super League, mostly on it being a 75% closed shop. Fan protest, promises of govt action, bans on international representation. Yet Premiership Rugby is getting ready to fuck over all but 13 clubs in England, at the same time as English Rugby is starving them of income. Body old boys club there, bending over to millionaires who can't even run their clubs at a profit, or even within their own rules
Also that the everyday fans are coming to the defence of a bunch of corrupt billionaires battling against another group of corrupt billionaires
