Exodus 2017
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@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2017:
@Stargazer said in Exodus 2017:
Video statement from Aaron Cruden on the Chiefs FB page:
http://www.facebook.com/chiefsrugby/videos/10154928268587210/
Devlin going off at Cruden about the bit at the start of Crudens statement where he said about incorrect facts.
And were there any?
@Crucial TBH, no idea, I haven't read any of the articles in detail. But Devlin was going off on one just cos he is a twat (regardless of any factual errors or not)
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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.
@Stargazer said in Exodus 2017:
@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.
Of course he is. I'd do the same thing. Let's not pretend that a lot of money didn't help ease the decision.
Every signing it's the same: great club, lovely place etc. You can copy and paste for faumuina and Toulouse for example. But the bottom line is a lucrative contract. Which is an acceptable reason in itself. Family to provide for etc.
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@Stargazer said in Exodus 2017:
@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.
Of course he is. I'd do the same thing. Let's not pretend that a lot of money didn't help ease the decision.
Every signing it's the same: great club, lovely place etc. You can copy and paste for faumuina and Toulouse for example. But the bottom line is a lucrative contract. Which is an acceptable reason in itself. Family to provide for etc.
@Billy-Tell thing is, money is still a bit of a touchy subject, most people move jobs, largely for money, but they almost always cite other reasons too.
I expect they are largely saying what they think most people want to hear, and being these role models they are expected to be, being humble about it and not making it about money is probably expected also.
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Anyone getting shitty at Cruden can fuck right off. He's had his dark days, like the testicular cancer, which would have been awful, and been a harsh reminder that life can be fragile and planning for the future super important. You never know what is going to happen as a pro athlete. Every game could be your last thanks to a freak injury. And Cruden has had his share of those too.
If he wants to set himself up for the future knowing that you only have a certain window to command top dollar, I say go for it. He doesn't have anything to prove. He's put in a decent wedge of time to Manawatu and the Chiefs and the AB's.
Good luck to him.
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only thing that is surprising is the contract. Seems a little light to me for a current AB 10 in France
Edit: Wait, i take it back, that's more to do with exchange rate than anything.
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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.
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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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English please, otherwise take this to PM.
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Has anyone seen this? Marty Banks a no show at his Italian club. Wonder what is going on there.
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Tawera Kerr-Barlow chased by french club Toulon : http://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Toulon-sur-kerr-barlow/770883
@jauzy019 said in Exodus 2017:
Tawera Kerr-Barlow chased by french club Toulon : http://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Toulon-sur-kerr-barlow/770883
I must be the only rugby player never targeted by Toulon.
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NMS signed...
...with us until 2019!
Yeah!
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BOP's first five-eighth Dan Hollinshead has signed a short-term contract with French club Agen until the end of the Pro D2 season. Agen is currently 2nd on the points table, behind Oyonnax. He will be available for the Mitre 10 Cup.
He's joined at Agen by Ryan Tongia, who came at the end of his short-term injury replacement contract with Bayonne. He's again on an injury replacement contract (until the end of the season).
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Looks like Ben Smith will be hanging around:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11791575
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@JayCee good news, there's only so much money people need, and with all the free beds he must get, what more does he need
Seriously though, good stuff Bender, shows the Black jersey still has some pulling power
@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2017:
@JayCee good news, there's only so much money people need, and with all the free beds he must get, what more does he need
Wrong Smith..... and Mrs Smith will thank you to type beers more carefully!
