European Club Rugby
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London Irish are goooooonnnneeeee.
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Speaks volumes for the state of English Rugby that every time this thread gets a new post, I start wondering if another England Club is about to go tits-up
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It’ll be interesting to see if the proposed governmental
interferenceinitiative will influence the outcome. My guess will be that measures will be put in place too late to save Irish but just in time to hamstring the rest oh English rugby.And people call me a cynic.
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@sparky said in NH club rugby:
London Irish are goooooonnnneeeee.
Horrible news I think. I don't wish this on any club, and in long run not good for our game.
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@Derpus said in NH club rugby:
@Dan54 three clubs in one year. Championship isn't looking very viable moving forward.
On the plus side, that's one less nation pillaging Aus and NZ talent. Part of me thinks fuck them, for overpaying and going broke.
They spent 900000 pounds per year on Adam Coleman, yeah some poor financials in there!
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@Derpus said in NH club rugby:
@Machpants it can't have been that much? Maybe dollars. It was reported that Arnold earning 1.5m dollars in Japan made him the highest paid Aussie. 800 pounds is about the same no?
It was in the Guardian article, so it could be wrong. But that is the number they used
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Yep. Peak Retallick or peak Whitelock would not have been available. Wrapped up comfortably by the NZRFU, nationally lauded, great career prospects and part of the legend. Never gonna happen. Post peak (by quite some way) is another matter.
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
@Derpus said in NH club rugby:
@Machpants it can't have been that much? Maybe dollars. It was reported that Arnold earning 1.5m dollars in Japan made him the highest paid Aussie. 800 pounds is about the same no?
It was in the Guardian article, so it could be wrong. But that is the number they used
There are a myriad of reason for LI's implosion and overspend in the season prior to covid (when they were trying to avoid a third successive relegation) is certainly one of them.
That said, I would be stunned if Coleman was on that much. It was a figure thrown out there at the time by the Ruck or Rugbypass and reported as fact ever since.
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