Exodus 2018
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Assuming that the French media didn't completely make up negotiations between Taufua's agent and Lyon, it's more likely that someone from Lyon was told "something" by Taufua's agent (which may have included a reference to a conversation with Hansen) and that that person from Lyon misinterpreted it and talked to the French media. I seriously doubt Taufua or his agent have talked to French reporters directly.
Anyway, IMO he's a very good SR player and I hope he'll stay in NZ for a bit longer. It's no secret I do rate the guy (more than the 2017 version of Ardie and Squire) and I think he should (and hope he will be) considered in the way suggested by @Crucial.
As nobody knows for sure whether a conversation has taken place between Taufua and Hansen, and even less what has been said and in which wording, I'm not going to put words in Hansen's mouth. Everything is pure speculation.
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Funny, it is usually articles claiming 'I've never heard from the AB coaches' that circulate when players (or coaches) head off...
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@tim said in Exodus 2018:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12001280
And so it continues!
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According to NRL facebook pages ( that means its true
)SBW is returning to the Roosters after the Super rugby season , apparently the ABS have told him he isnt needed for the WC ,
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@jauzy019 said in Exodus 2018:
Jerome Kaino to Toulouse will be official on thursday (in the evening for you i suppose).
They are getting a bit of a lemon. One of the great AB 6s, but his career has gone rather Rodney So'oialo in the last few months.
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Wyatt Crockett off to Ta$man...those poaching bastards.
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@billy-tell just a tad of an overstatement. Pretty sure they'll be happy and he's in nothing like the state Rodders was. Hasn't even dropped as far as Messam.
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@jauzy019 said in Exodus 2018:
@bones Toulouse will also announce the signing of midfield Pita Ahki currently playing for Connacht, and maybe his wife Kayla Ahki-McAlister for the women's team.
Excellent news. Foreign-born numbers keep dropping.
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@pot-hale while the French just keep signing more!
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@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
Wyatt Crockett off to Ta$man...those poaching bastards.
Return of a prodigal son!
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@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
@jauzy019 said in Exodus 2018:
Jerome Kaino to Toulouse will be official on thursday (in the evening for you i suppose).
They are getting a bit of a lemon. One of the great AB 6s, but his career has gone rather Rodney So'oialo in the last few months.
I'm not too sure about that. He was still good for the Blues last year, and then had two long lay-offs before joining the ABs before the Lions and the EOYT, so he had no match fitness and no chance to build into form. I still thought he went well in the first 2 Lions tests though, especially the 2nd test where he looked set for a big one had SBW not been sent off.
He also looked quite good in the pre-season game against the Canes. Seemed like everyone who ran at him got smashed.
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@dice said in Exodus 2018:
I'm not too sure about that. He was still good for the Blues last year, and then had two long lay-offs before joining the ABs before the Lions and the EOYT, so he had no match fitness and no chance to build into form. I still thought he went well in the first 2 Lions tests though, especially the 2nd test where he looked set for a big one had SBW not been sent off.
Kaino has always been a guy that needs time to build up his form. Players like McCaw and Read are rare that can play a quality Test match straight off an injury. Even when he was young, Kaino always needed a month to wind up.
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@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2018:
@pot-hale while the French just keep signing more!
Just doesn’t make sense because they’re dropping players as they have to contract down their foreign stocks for match day squads under new agreement.
Lealiifano (already left), and Piutau, Heenan, Grobler, Ahki leaving Ireland at season end.
Nacewa will retire, as will Payne likely. (Both might coach). Also possible McCartney, Dawai and Ilii could depart Connacht.
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@jauzy019 said in Exodus 2018:
@bones Toulouse will also announce the signing of midfield Pita Ahki currently playing for Connacht, and maybe his wife Kayla Ahki-McAlister for the women's team.
The French Top 8 is a (semi)-professional competition, isn't it? So Kayla could become the first NZ female XVs player on a professional contract, albeit in France?
