Exodus 2018
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TRANSFER NEWS: ALL BLACK LOCK DOMINIC BIRD WAS UNVEILED AS ONE OF EIGHT NEW RECRUITS BY BEATEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CUP FINALISTS RACING 92.
Bird, 27, will leave the Chiefs and comes in to replace retiring Argentinian veteran Patricio Albacete.
Racing, surprisingly beaten by Castres in the Top 14 semi-final, also announced the signatures of Fijian flyhalf Ben Volavola from Bordeaux-Begles and a second No 10 in Raphael Lagarde from second division club Bayonne.
The duo will vie for a starting place with Scotland's Finn Russell, the big-name replacement for the departing All Black legend Dan Carter and France international Remi Tales, with Springbok Pat Lambie out with a long-term injury.
Club president Jacky Lorenzetti confirmed the arrival of Ireland back Simon Zebo from Munster and twice-capped France flanker Fabien Sanconnie from relegated Brive.
Also signed up are Dax centre Olivier Klemenczak and 17-year-old Massy flank Jordan Joseph, currently on duty with France at the under-20 world championships.
Yannick Nyanga, who has retired at the age of 34 after 46 caps for France at flanker, has been incorporated as the club's sporting director under the leadership of co-coaches Laurent Labit and Laurent Travers, Lorenzetti said.
Nyanga will join forces with former Racing teammates Chris Masoe and Casey Laulala, two former All Blacks who also saw out the end of their respective careers at Racing but have been taken on as coaching assistants.
Agence France-Presse
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Bird made the ABs based on his stats on paper. In reality he never lived up to the billing. We see how he goes in Paris.
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@billy-tell Not sure whether that's entirely fair. He's had a horrendous number of injuries over the years.
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@stargazer said in Exodus 2018:
@billy-tell Not sure whether that's entirely fair. He's had a horrendous number of injuries over the years.
Plus being behind probably the best AB locking pair in history.
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Today the Fern hangs its head in shame...
5 posts into a discussion about Dominic Bird, and not a single pun? Unless @Billy-Tell 's "billing" was a superbly subtle one. -
@kruse said in Exodus 2018:
Today the Fern hangs its head in shame...
5 posts into a discussion about Dominic Bird, and not a single pun? Unless @Billy-Tell 's "billing" was a superbly subtle one.Shame to hear that he's flying the coop.
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@kruse said in Exodus 2018:
Today the Fern hangs its head in shame...
5 posts into a discussion about Dominic Bird, and not a single pun? Unless @Billy-Tell 's "billing" was a superbly subtle one.He should have been a Magpie.
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@crucial said in Exodus 2018:
Sadly he has spent too much time with the quack recently and an ABs gig is cloud cuckoo land stuff. Deserves a chance to migrate north and feather his nest.
Nice.
I guess the question is - will he soar to new heights, or will it turn out the NZ system was the wind beneath his wings. -
@kruse said in Exodus 2018:
@crucial said in Exodus 2018:
Sadly he has spent too much time with the quack recently and an ABs gig is cloud cuckoo land stuff. Deserves a chance to migrate north and feather his nest.
Nice.
I'll sent you the bill. (It won't be cheep)
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@crucial said in Exodus 2018:
@kruse said in Exodus 2018:
@crucial said in Exodus 2018:
Sadly he has spent too much time with the quack recently and an ABs gig is cloud cuckoo land stuff. Deserves a chance to migrate north and feather his nest.
Nice.
I'll sent you the bill. (It won't be cheep)
I revoke the "Nice".
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@kruse said in Exodus 2018:
@crucial said in Exodus 2018:
@kruse said in Exodus 2018:
@crucial said in Exodus 2018:
Sadly he has spent too much time with the quack recently and an ABs gig is cloud cuckoo land stuff. Deserves a chance to migrate north and feather his nest.
Nice.
I'll sent you the bill. (It won't be cheep)
I revoke the "Nice".
That's ren-egging!
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@rapido said in Exodus 2018:
@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
Before jauzy blows his load.
Sevu Reece to Connacht.
I've actually heard of this guy.
Good. Means he'll probably play for Fiji, assuming IRFU don't do the project player contract anymore now it's extended to 5 years?
No such thing as a project player contract.
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@pot-hale anymore..?
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@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2018:
@pot-hale anymore..?
Never was. Plenty of uncapped players have come and left. Some have stayed 4, 5, 6 years. They left again. There’s no special contract. It’s a contract same as any other. Reece is most likely on a one year with option to renew. Even three year contract didn’t necessarily make a player resident e.g. Aki with Connacht. And Connacht aren’t in the Player Succession Strategy anyway so don’t have project player dispensation.
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Candyman, Projectplayer, Candyman, Projectplayer, Projectplayer
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@rapido said in Exodus 2018:
Candyman, Projectplayer, Candyman, Projectplayer, Projectplayer
No idea what that means, sorry.
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@pot-hale said in Exodus 2018:
@rapido said in Exodus 2018:
Candyman, Projectplayer, Candyman, Projectplayer, Projectplayer
No idea what that means, sorry.
whew, it's just an urban legend then.
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@pot-hale He means if someone says "
CandymanProject Player" three times you'll show up.
