Exodus

[sparky]

Tom Christie to Newcastle Red Bulls confirmed.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360789306/red-bull-moves-rugby-taking-full-ownership-english-club-newcastle

[pakman]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/all-blacks-sevens-star-etene-nanai-seturo-poised-for-european-move/

[hikastags]

@pakman said in Exodus:

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/all-blacks-sevens-star-etene-nanai-seturo-poised-for-european-move/

Damn, that sucks.

[cgrant]

Big loss for NZ rugby.

[Higgins]

@pakman It's not official until @jauzy019 lets us know.

[Bovidae]

Damn. I was wondering why Pyrenees Boyle-Tiatia hadn't been playing for the Waikato U19s. He has signed for Bayonne.

[Mauss]

@Bovidae said in Exodus:

Damn. I was wondering why Pyrenees Boyle-Tiatia hadn't been playing for the Waikato U19s. He has signed for Bayonne.

Bayonne have also already signed the Australian winger Declan Minto so perhaps they had some scouts at last year’s Global Youth Sevens, as both he and Boyle-Tiatia played in the tournament.

I have mixed feelings about the signing. I think Boyle-Tiatia is a player with great potential so you’d hope he isn’t lost to NZ rugby for good. Then again, with question marks about the NZR player pathways at the moment, this should be a good test case to see whether the French academy system can get more out of its players.

Best case scenario is he adds some more strings to his bow, gets early exposure to the Top 14 and returns a much more complete player. Worst case... Well, I guess we all know what the worst case scenario is.

[barky1]

@Bovidae Makes sense. Bayonne is quite close to the Pyrenees.

[Bovidae]

@barky1 said in Exodus:

@Bovidae Makes sense. Bayonne is quite close to the Pyrenees.

He could have been born in France when Ace was playing there.

[mikedogz]

Riley Hohepa to Japan

[booboo]

@mikedogz said in Exodus:

Riley Hohepa to Japan

As much as I hate seeing players go overseas I understand this all around and hope he makes some good dollars/yen.

[Landers92]

Will Tucker off to Japan

[SouthernMann]

Harry Inch is off to the Warriors.

Interesting move. A year ago was seen as one of the best 10s in schoolboy footy. Wonder if he saw his pathway blocked both at local and national levels.

https://nelsonapp.co.nz/news/articles/former-high-school-rugby-stars-switch-codes?fbclid=IwdGRzaANWdc9jbGNrA1Z1k2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEecfkLldvPzPCCtPVp0JIvNCJUpEflFY9Js6_XNZZXGtL7ehKlBQC_X5wn53M_aem_9iaEjts8A5ArGKM-R5MWaQ

[Nepia]

@SouthernMann said in Exodus:

Harry Inch is off to the Warriors.

Interesting move. A year ago was seen as one of the best 10s in schoolboy footy. Wonder if he saw his pathway blocked both at local and national levels.

https://nelsonapp.co.nz/news/articles/former-high-school-rugby-stars-switch-codes?fbclid=IwdGRzaANWdc9jbGNrA1Z1k2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEecfkLldvPzPCCtPVp0JIvNCJUpEflFY9Js6_XNZZXGtL7ehKlBQC_X5wn53M_aem_9iaEjts8A5ArGKM-R5MWaQ

Does he have a league background?

TBF, with that haircut he looks like he should be playing bogan rugby.

[Bovidae]

I am not surprised that Saumaki Saumaki is going to RL.

[sparky]

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[pooler fan]

Scarlets have signed Crusaders rookie 22yr old No8 Fletcher Anderson.

[African Monkey]

@pooler-fan said in Exodus:

Scarlets have signed Crusaders rookie 22yr old No8 Fletcher Anderson.

He must be eligible for Wales?

[pooler fan]

@African-Monkey not seen that in any of the reports to be honest.
There were a few Wales qualified Kiwis mentioned in the Welsh media a while ago but he wasn't one of them.

[Higgins]

@pooler-fan said in Exodus:

Scarlets have signed Crusaders rookie 22yr old No8 Fletcher Anderson.

After getting tonked 00 - 34 at home by the Stormers in their last game they might need a few more soon to be Welsh Qualified Kiwis.