Exodus 2017
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@Bones said in Exodus 2017:
@Stargazer Six weeks for an Achilles? Sounds like wishful thinking to me.
It was an ankle tendon apparently. It just looked like an achilles the way he clutched the back of his lower leg as he went down while running.
World Cup winning All Black Conrad Smith is facing ankle surgery just as he helps unfashionable Pau push for honours in France.
"The club confirmed Smith will go under the knife and face at least six weeks out with an ankle tendon injury suffered in their 32-27 win over Montpellier in the latest round of the French Top 14 championship."
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And now it's confirmed: Mathewson has signed a short-term contract (until the end of the 2016/17 season) with Bristol.
http://www.bristolrugby.co.uk/news/mathewson-arrives-until-end-of-season/
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Aaron Cruden has signed for french club Montpellier. He will join them after the Lions Tour.
Rugby / Montpellier : Aaron Cruden a dit "oui" au MHR !
L'ouvreur néo-zélandais, champion du monde 2011 avec les All Blacks, évoluera la saison prochaine au MHR, qui a signé un très gros coup sur le marché des transferts.
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@Stargazer said in Exodus 2017:
And now it's confirmed: Mathewson has signed a short-term contract (until the end of the 2016/17 season) with Bristol.
http://www.bristolrugby.co.uk/news/mathewson-arrives-until-end-of-season/
I'm not sure if his departure from the Force has been news for a while but it's a big blow regardless. They're doing it tough as it is, losing one of their few good players will see them struggle even more.
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@jauzy019 said in Exodus 2017:
Aaron Cruden has signed for french club Montpellier. He will join them after the Lions Tour.
Rugby / Montpellier : Aaron Cruden a dit "oui" au MHR !
L'ouvreur néo-zélandais, champion du monde 2011 avec les All Blacks, évoluera la saison prochaine au MHR, qui a signé un très gros coup sur le marché des transferts.
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In any case it will be no surprise despite all the Chiefs fans telling us how loyalty would win out and it would be flaky fekitoa to depart and not Cruden.
Sopoaga will step up behind Barrett and mounga or McKenzie will be 3rd spot.
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@Frye Yes, it is a big loss for the Force, but - if I remember it correctly - he was their international marquee player and they had already had dispensation to extend his contract at least once, so they probably wouldn't get another dispensation even if he had wanted to stay (not sure he wanted to). His brief stint with Canterbury in Mitre10 Cup already indicated that he wasn't likely to return to the Force.
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@Billy-Tell Eh? I've said all along that Cruden would be going. Ben Smith will too.
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@Bovidae said in Exodus 2017:
@Billy-Tell Eh? I've said all along that Cruden would be going. Ben Smith will too.
Ok some chiefs fans...
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@Billy-Tell said in Exodus 2017:
@jauzy019 said in Exodus 2017:
Aaron Cruden has signed for french club Montpellier. He will join them after the Lions Tour.
Rugby / Montpellier : Aaron Cruden a dit "oui" au MHR !
L'ouvreur néo-zélandais, champion du monde 2011 avec les All Blacks, évoluera la saison prochaine au MHR, qui a signé un très gros coup sur le marché des transferts.
Question Jauzy. T'es français et tu viens exprès nous faire chier toutes les x semaines...?
In any case it will be no surprise despite all the Chiefs fans telling us how loyalty would win out and it would be flaky fekitoa to depart and not Cruden.
Sopoaga will step up behind Barrett and mounga or McKenzie will be 3rd spot.
You know, I can't think I have read one comment on here about Cruden and Loyalty to The Chiefs? Where do you get that from?
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@Crucial said in Exodus 2017:
The Cruden thing doesn't quite ring true. I think Cruds is an honest enough bloke that he would have given Shag a heads up instead of playing silly buggers (unless he honestly told him no decision had been made and the offer was made after the game and was too big to refuse).
I can see Fekitoa taking the money. Way too much movement in the AB midfield to come. Also has a likely desire to go for as much money as he can to repay his family. Wouldn't blame him at all.
Maybe Crucial isn't a Chiefs fan I can't remember.
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@Billy-Tell i suggest before you quote me to make your point you check the context of the post. I never said Cruden wouldn't go. The post was to do with an assertion that he had already agreed terms during the week of the Paris test and the implication he was holding out on the truth.
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@Stargazer said in Exodus 2017:
Video statement from Aaron Cruden on the Chiefs FB page:
Devlin going off at Cruden about the bit at the start of Crudens statement where he said about incorrect facts.
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Yeah the video is great. It would be even better if it turned out he took a pay cut in order to experience southern France... I like Cruden, very nice guy, has been a very good AB
Just be honest though. "Hey guys it's with sadness I leave nz. Montpellier offered me a fortune I couldn't resist you would do the same. As an aside it's a great club lovely part of France etc etc"
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@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2017:
@Stargazer said in Exodus 2017:
Video statement from Aaron Cruden on the Chiefs FB page:
Devlin going off at Cruden about the bit at the start of Crudens statement where he said about incorrect facts.
And were there any?
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@Billy-Tell said in Exodus 2017:
Yeah the video is great. It would be even better if it turned out he took a pay cut in order to experience southern France... I like Cruden, very nice guy, has been a very good AB
Just be honest though. "Hey guys it's with sadness I leave nz. Montpellier offered me a fortune I couldn't resist you would do the same. As an aside it's a great club lovely part of France etc etc"
How do being sad about leaving and being excited about going to France exclude each other? I don't see how he's not being honest.
