Exodus

[mikey07]

@cgrant said in Exodus:

Jackson Garden Bachop has signed with Brive, a club which will play in the Pro D2 next season.

Interesting I thought he would be back to Wellington. Be interesting to see who the back up 10 for Wellington will be.

[nostrildamus]

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[Canes4life]

@mikey07 said in Exodus:

@cgrant said in Exodus:

Jackson Garden Bachop has signed with Brive, a club which will play in the Pro D2 next season.

Interesting I thought he would be back to Wellington. Be interesting to see who the back up 10 for Wellington will be.

Aiden Morgan would be first pick and then Ruben Love would probably have to jump in if Aiden got injured. Wellington is going to have a pretty strong team again but first five depth is definitely a concern.

[Stargazer]

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/131922220/wayne-bennett-hands-former-waikato-winger-valynce-te-whare-his-nrl-debut-for-the-dolphins

[Nepia]

@Tim said in Exodus:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/131922220/wayne-bennett-hands-former-waikato-winger-valynce-te-whare-his-nrl-debut-for-the-dolphins

Not sure if he's that relevant to this thread from a recency standpoint, dude has been playing league over a year now and his last rugby was with King Country. Some of the league sites over here erroneously list him as a Waikato "Chiefs" player.

[ARHS]

@Nepia what do you mean? Every time I saw him I thought he had a big future. I expected he would make nz sevens squad but never did.
Nothing wrong with big strong and fast.
He has found his destination now so this belongs here.

[Tim]

Former All Black Charles Piutau heading to Japan

Former All Black and Tongan international Charles Piutau is headed to Japan after announcing a deal for next season.

[Machpants]

@Tim said in Exodus:

Former All Black Charles Piutau heading to Japan

Former All Black and Tongan international Charles Piutau is headed to Japan after announcing a deal for next season.

Playing for Japan 2027 RWC?

[Stargazer]

Somehow I had totally missed this. Or my memory is worse than I thought.

This announcement is from 19 April 2023.

[Machpants]

It was mentioned somewhere here

[Stargazer]

Fetuli Paea has signed with Zebre. The media release doesn't say for how many years.

L'INTERNAZIONALE TONGANO FETULI PAEA FIRMA CON LE ZEBRE

Dagli Highlanders alle Zebre: l'esplosivo utility back tongano Fetuli Paea aggiunge qualità alla linea dei trequarti del XV del Nord Ovest. Tutti i dettagli

[Bones]

@Stargazer what's the bet he absolutely carves up for Landers next week.

[Stargazer]

Appointments Kobe Kobelco Steelers:

Dave Rennie - Head Coach
Wes Clarke - Assistanc Coach (Defence)
Phil Healey - Head Athletic Performance Coach

Media release:

2023-24シーズン　新加入スタッフのお知らせ｜コベルコ神戸スティーラーズ

[Bovidae]

You've got to wonder about the rationale behind selecting Clarke as one of the NZ U20 assistant coaches then. There won't be any continuity.

[sparky]

Sam Whitelock off to Pau.

[pakman]

Snakey's former shop.

[sparky]

Section Paloise, to give Pau its proper name, just finished 12th out of the Top 14 so they'll need all the help Sam Whitelock can give them next year. Luke Whitelock is already there which will help him settle. A beautiful part of the world to play Rugby and to live in.

[Canes4life]

@pakman and Ben from accounts.

[Machpants]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/132212154/highlanders-loose-forward-marino-mikaeletuu-heading-to-japan