Exodus

[Dice]

@majorrage said in Exodus:

I'm gutted about this one. I really rate him ball in hand and think he had the opportunity to be our next Nonu, or perhaps a bench option covering wing and midfield. Remember Nonu took some serious time to be our number one.

Still, have to assume the AB brains trust were happy to let him go, and those guys do know better than me oh that's right no they don't it's Foster.

I think it's too late to wait for Laumape to be the next Nonu. Nonu turned the corner in 2008 when he was 25. Laumape is 28 and still hasn't shown much growth in the skills department.

[MN5]

@bones said in Exodus:

@machpants I feel like you're struggling to get the right vibe with your giffing there fella.

He’s no chance of winning a fernie with that effort

[Bovidae]

Josh Iosefa-Scott qualifies for England. I'll be interested to see how he develops at Exeter.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/125162141/exeter-sign-waikato-prop-josh-iosefascott-talk-up-transformation-project

[Yeetyaah]

@bovidae dang he's quite young still. Funny that he still ended up in the Chiefs.

[nostrildamus]

@mn5 said in Exodus:

@bones said in Exodus:

@machpants I feel like you're struggling to get the right vibe with your giffing there fella.

He’s no chance of winning a fernie with that effort

What about most overly confident yet least appreciated gif-fer?

[Bovidae]

@yeetyaah Iosefa-Scott didn't go to a traditional rugby school (Melville HS) so wasn't even on the radar until playing club rugby.

[Yeetyaah]

@bovidae āe I remember reading the article. One of my uni lecturers taught him at Melville back in the day.

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300312390/super-rugby-departing-blues-lock-gerard-cowleytuioti-steels-himself-for-big-finish

[Kirwan]

@tim That's a shame, he finally got good. Wish him all the best anyway.

[mofitzy_]

@tim
Glad he is going to Japan rather than Europe.

[African Monkey]

@tim A great servant for us over the last 5 seasons and sad to see him go.

Hope to see him running out for Samoa.

[Davies]

Is Sione Havili staying with the Crusaders?

[pakman]

@tim said in Exodus:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300312390/super-rugby-departing-blues-lock-gerard-cowleytuioti-steels-himself-for-big-finish BUGGER. One of Super rugby's form locks.

[Stargazer]

Taranaki's and former All Black 7s Lewis Ormond has signed with Stade Aurillacois (Pro D2) in France.

http://www.stade-aurillacois.fr/suite-et-fin-de-notre-effectif-pour-la-saison-2021-2022/

[Stargazer]

Not sure whether it has been posted before, but Cole Forbes (BOP) signed with Glasgow Warriors back in February. He is Scottish-qualified through his grandfather and was named in the Scotland squad for the July Internationals, yesterday.

Glasgow Warriors bring in Forbes - Glasgow Warriors

[ARHS]

@stargazer Wow another Papamoa boy made good. Amazingly quick elevation for Cole

[Higgins]

@stargazer Has Chris Eves turned up in Sydney as there is someone by that name playing in the Randwick First Grade side tomorrow https://www.sydneyunirugby.com.au/team-list.html

[Stargazer]

@higgins Yeah, I posted somewhere on the Fern (can't remember where) that Eves is playing club rugby in Oz. I saw it on his instagram. Could indeed be Randwick.

[Bovidae]

Departing Hurricanes and All Blacks second five-eighth Ngani Laumape says his decision to leave for France was made easy by New Zealand Rugby offering him a pay cut. “It wasn’t hard [the decision] when I was offered a contract [by NZ Rugby] that was asking me to take less income,” Laumape said. “Once that came into perspective I had to make the best decision for me and my family and my kids.”

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/125384299/pretty-disappointing-ngani-laumape-says-nz-rugby-pay-cut-decided-his-hurricanes-exit

[taniwharugby]

@bovidae while I fully understand the stance re family, kids and income and his decision to leave, but he comes across as a whinging twat in the media and makes it hard to like him.