European Club Rugby
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@sparky said in NH club rugby:
Dan Carter's big money deal back to Racing Paris has fallen through. He has failed the medical.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12208967
What went wrong? Did he fail a DNA test?
I love the translated French bitch fight in the stiry.
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According to Le Parisien, Carter "suffers from a cervical spine problem" that prohibits him from re-joining as per the regulations in French rugby. Sport24 reported Carter's neck issue is similar to that of Saracens' French prop Christopher Tolofua, who last year had his contract with Toulon canceled last minute when his cervical spine was classified G3 following medical examinations. The legislation is different in other countries, allowing Carter and Tolofua to continue playing in Japan and England, respectively. -
Rob Penney is stepping down from his role as head coach at NTT Communications Shining Arcs (Japan). There's no information about his future plans in the article below.
Rugby: Head coach Penney steps down after 5 seasons with Shining Arcs
NTT Communications Shining Arcs said Wednesday that Rob Penney will step down from his role as head coach after five seasons with the Japan Rugby Top League team.
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@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
Rob Penney is stepping down from his role as head coach at NTT Communications Shining Arcs (Japan). There's no information about his future plans in the article below.
Rugby: Head coach Penney steps down after 5 seasons with Shining Arcs
NTT Communications Shining Arcs said Wednesday that Rob Penney will step down from his role as head coach after five seasons with the Japan Rugby Top League team.
Not too familiar with his work in Japan, but given the location of the RWC later in the year there should be nations falling over themselves to get him in their backroom on a short term deal - for local knowledge if nothing else.
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Too bad, they have updated the article. It now includes this:
Penney is set to become the head coach of Toyota Industries Shuttles, who were demoted to the second tier Top Challenge League after finishing 15th in the Top League last season, a source told Kyodo News. Toyota Industries announced last month that they have parted ways with head coach Leon Holden. -
@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
Too bad, they have updated the article. It now includes this:
Penney is set to become the head coach of Toyota Industries Shuttles, who were demoted to the second tier Top Challenge League after finishing 15th in the Top League last season, a source told Kyodo News. Toyota Industries announced last month that they have parted ways with head coach Leon Holden.Interesting... I've mentioned it a couple of times but both divisions of the league are on hiatus until late Jan 2020. Without knowing what the preseason looks like for these guys and how flexible Japanese ownership is (seem to have been with our players thus far?) but there still might be an opportunity to second some of the Japan based coaches - particularly could be helpful for some of the tier two nations.
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@MiketheSnow re-arrange the following phrase "piss-up brewery WRU a couldn't in a organise"
Amazing that some group, this week, has managed to put WR's PR fiasco to shame!
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Fuck all in it.
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@Bones said in NH club rugby:
@Stargazer malicious, outrageously dangerous. Fuck him off for a couple of years if not let me nger.
@mariner4life said in NH club rugby:
Fuck all in it.
LOL
But that's a shoulder charge to the head, red card. No red card, I guess, so citing and a few weeks off.
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@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
Bath v Saracens. Social media exploding about this. The Fern's verdict?
Three weeks suspension for Rhodes.
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/saracens-forward-rhodes-cited/
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@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
Bath v Saracens. Social media exploding about this. The Fern's verdict?
Three weeks suspension for Rhodes.
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/saracens-forward-rhodes-cited/
Interesting listening to Flatman on the highlights package. He reckoned that there was really very little in it but that by the letter of the laws it was a red card offence and that's what Rhodes should get. Then qualified it by saying but he thought id shouldn't warrant a card.
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@Catogrande I don't see how it can't be a card - he doesn't bind, he doesn't attempt to drive the opposition off the ball. It's more like this:
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