European Club Rugby

[Tim]

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[Stargazer]

Isaia Toeava not retiring just yet! He has signed a contract for the 2021-2022 season with Bayonne!

https://www.abrugby.fr/article/25/06/2021/un-champion-du-monde-a-bayonne-3443

[sparky]

Exeter Vs Harlequins in the English Premiership final was a very good game:

[Stargazer]

@sparky That clip is strangely enough geo-blocked. Here's one that works in NZ.

[sparky]

Marcus Smith really coming on under the tutelage of Quins Attack Coach Nick Evans. I suspect he will be England's first choice 10 by the November tests.

[pakman]

Quins backs very slick. Terrible missed tackle in lead up to their penultimate try.

[Kiwiwomble]

again @tim?

[Tim]

@kiwiwomble Yup. head desk

[Daffy Jaffy]

More Kolbe genius, a 50m drop goal this time -

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Stargazer]

[Daffy Jaffy]

Ben Franks isn't quite retired, he's playing back row for Welsh Division 1 West club Hendy

Simon Thomas  /  Aug 9, 2021  /  Rugby News

Welsh rugby club players stunned as All Blacks World Cup winner turns up to play local derby | Wales Online

All Blacks propping great Ben Franks lined up for Hendy against local rivals Pontarddulais at the weekend

[Stargazer]

Vaea Fifita to make his Wasps debut this weekend in a preseason game. At lock.

[Machpants]

@stargazer said in NH club rugby:

Vaea Fifita to make his Wasps debut this weekend in a preseason game. At lock.

The hooker is really short

[Higgins]

@stargazer Not much change there. An All Black, rightly or wrongly, still ranked behind someone unable to crack the ABs but who managed to scrape together a limited number of games for the Poms.

'Proper athlete': Wasps' first impression of All Black Vaea Fifita

Ex-All Blacks forward Vaea Fifita has been making waves at pre-season training with Wasps since his recent arrival in England.

[Tim]

Watch: Former All Black centre lays out French flyhalf Matthieu Jalibert

Former All Black and Blues midfielder Francis Saili has opened the Top 14 season in bruising style, delivering a crunching cover tackle on French flyhalf Matthieu Jalibert in Biarritz Olympique's upset win over the Bordeaux Begles.

Le centre biarrot Francis Saili découpe Matthieu Jalibert

[Machpants]

@tim said in NH club rugby:

Watch: Former All Black centre lays out French flyhalf Matthieu Jalibert

Former All Black and Blues midfielder Francis Saili has opened the Top 14 season in bruising style, delivering a crunching cover tackle on French flyhalf Matthieu Jalibert in Biarritz Olympique's upset win over the Bordeaux Begles.

Le centre biarrot Francis Saili découpe Matthieu Jalibert

Not much use of arms in that clean out!