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[KiwiMurph]

wasn't sure where to put this.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/113917422/super-rugby-new-south-wales-and-wallabies-jostle-for-dave-rennie-signature

[gt12]

@KiwiMurph

You'd be dead to me Rennie.

I reckon it's a beat up anyway.

[antipodean]

@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:

wasn't sure where to put this.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/113917422/super-rugby-new-south-wales-and-wallabies-jostle-for-dave-rennie-signature

If true, it's like battered wife syndrome.

[Tim]

James O’Connor set to make Wallabies return after taking steps to finalise a long-term deal with Queensland Reds

Shipped to the Waratahs before the season starts.

[Chris]

@Tim FFS

[jegga]

@Tim said in Super Rugby News:

James O’Connor set to make Wallabies return after taking steps to finalise a long-term deal with Queensland Reds

Shipped to the Waratahs before the season starts.

[KiwiMurph]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12248876

[sparky]

@KiwiMurph Beauden might inspire the Blues to the dizzy heights of 4th in the NZ conference next year.

[KiwiMurph]

@sparky said in Super Rugby News:

@KiwiMurph Beauden might inspire the Blues to the dizzy heights of 4th in the NZ conference next year.

I dare to dream

[Stargazer]

Meanwhile in Ozzie:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/114186226/super-rugby-australia-lose-will-genia-quade-cooper-and-bernard-foley-to-japan

[Tim]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/waratahs-to-convert-63-112kg-nrl-star-moeroa-into-a-centre

[Steven Harris]

@Tim another league head confusing ability with ambition ..!

[Bovidae]

Do NSW have a new coach yet? If not, who is making these signings?

[African Monkey]

@Steven-Harris He played for Aussie Schoolboys and the Chiefs and Waratahs made a play for him in 2013/2014 before he decided to sign for Parramatta.

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/114363815/departed-chiefs-super-rugby-coach-colin-cooper-to-be-paid-out-final-year-of-contract

[pukunui]

So, “resigned” on full pay. Then they just happen to sign up one of the biggest coaching names in the world within days.

[Stargazer]

https://twitter.com/sumostevenson/status/1155226418613121025

[Machpants]

@pukunui said in Super Rugby News:

So, “resigned” on full pay. Then they just happen to sign up one of the biggest coaching names in the world within days.

Haha nothing to see here, keep moving, nothing to see....

The official release doesn't mention resigning, so not foul

Gallagher Chiefs Head Coach Colin Cooper will step down from the Investec Super Rugby club this year with his next priority to spend time with his family, the Chiefs Rugby Club and New Zealand Rugby announced today.

[E African Troll]

@pukunui

They paid him off to go away

Good business for both parties

[Bovidae]

I think the discussion about Cooper leaving had been going on for a little while but I don't believe Gatland was signed before Cooper decided to step down. Media leaks meant an official announcement was made urgently.