NH club rugby
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@MiketheSnow said in NH club rugby:
@Catogrande said in NH club rugby:
Stop press: Manu Tuilagi included in wider England training squad.
Stop, stop press: Manu Tuilagi sent home for disciplinary reasons.More chances than Monopoly. Fuckwit if true.
Monopoly might be a bit too cerebral for Manu. Plus based on his injury record he might be more familiar with Operation?
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Charles Piutau has signed with Bristol for 2 years. Starting from the 2018/19 season, not this upcoming season.
http://www.bristolrugby.co.uk/news/charles-piutau-to-join-bristol-rugby-for-201819-season/
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They're spending big for a club that just got relegated...
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@canefan said in NH club rugby:
I guess Charles isn't coming back anytime soon
Entirely predictable. He wasn't going to be competitive coming back because he certainly wouldn't have become a better player while up north.
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@antipodean said in NH club rugby:
@canefan said in NH club rugby:
I guess Charles isn't coming back anytime soon
Entirely predictable. He wasn't going to be competitive coming back because he certainly wouldn't have become a better player while up north.
a million squids a year to play 2nd div rugby? fucking sign me up. Winning world cups is nice and all, but it would be a big ask to give that up for much less money and only a chance to win something
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@mariner4life 2018/19 season. They should be back up in the top division by then.
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@canefan said in NH club rugby:
I guess Charles isn't coming back anytime soon
Don't think he'll ever play for nz again. When you turn down a Rwc and a lions tour you know the bottom line will always win out. Would have been an AB great imo but he'll be wealthy anyways.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11902465
NZR criticised his decision, but less well known was that Piutau is one of 10 children and happened to be living in the garage of the family home. The same garage he had shared with four of his brothers.
Also heading to Europe at 25 is Malakai Fekitoa, who will join French giants Toulon in October. Fekitoa is one of 15 children and is thought to have been offered about $600,000 more to play in France than to stay in New Zealand.
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@Bones said in NH club rugby:
@Billy-Tell said in NH club rugby:
Would have been an AB great imo
Why?
Why not?
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@Billy-Tell because he's not one
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Would be interesting to know if piutau's agent and the NZRU even exchanged pleasantries. Quite possibly not.
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@Billy-Tell Is it still Craig Innes?
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I completely understand Charles' decision making. If someone said to me two decades ago that I could play for the All Blacks in a highly competitive position and then go north to continue playing rugby but earn millions of dollars I'd have packed my bags.
Had they mentioned it was Ulster or Bristol instead of the south of France, I may have packed slower...
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@Billy-Tell said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
@Billy-Tell said in NH club rugby:
Would have been an AB great imo
Why?
Why not?
That is a fucking long bow to draw. He is in it for the cash. Great AB's are in it for a completely different reason.
I couldn't care less that he isn't coming back.
He would have just headed back north after a failed season or two like all the rest.
Let him soak up some of the cash up north so the guys who actually want to be here don't get poached.
