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sparky

@Stargazer Financial corruption in French Rugby? Next thing they'll be reporting that water is wet.

Bovidae

Not surprised at all.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/122886465/the-price-greedy-england-lock-maro-itoje-wanted-to-move-to-france

Catogrande

@Bovidae What an appalling hatchet piece based on fuck all. We need to start a thread about how shite stuff.co.nz is, but what to call I?

Machpants

@Catogrande why? French coach said he wanted a ridiculous amount, called him greedy. Stuff reported on it.

When we have every paper doing an article every time a coach says one of their players should be first pick in the international team, this is slightly more substance!

Catogrande

@Machpants said in NH club rugby:

@Catogrande why? French coach said he wanted a ridiculous amount, called him greedy. Stuff reported on it.

I think you’ve outlined my point quite well.

Machpants

@Catogrande so reporting facts is hatchet piece?

antipodean

Perhaps things have changed in a covid-19 world, but surely Itoje would be among the few forwards who could command seven figures?

Machpants

@antipodean yeah if he was committing too a good few seasons. Even the French have realised big names for one session is a waste, unless you can make media money off their name.

Catogrande

@Machpants said in NH club rugby:

@Catogrande so reporting ~~facts~~ someone's opinion is hatchet piece?

There are plenty of overpaid, older stars (some over the hill) in the T14 getting similar amounts of cash but it is Itoje that is greedy because one coach who didn't sign him says so. Yeah, hatchet piece. Why it is even worth such coverage in NZ baffles me, Itoje possibly going abroad was mentioned over here in passing but that's it.

Usual pile of Stuff shite

Kruse

@Catogrande said in NH club rugby:

@Machpants said in NH club rugby:

@Catogrande so reporting ~~facts~~ someone's opinion is hatchet piece?

There are plenty of overpaid, older stars (some over the hill) in the T14 getting similar amounts of cash but it is Itoje that is greedy because one coach who didn't sign him says so. Yeah, hatchet piece. Why it is even worth such coverage in NZ baffles me, Itoje possibly going abroad was mentioned over here in passing but that's it.

Usual pile of Stuff shite

You did note that the word "greedy" was put in quote marks in the headline?
And what that means?
(I can't believe that I'm defending Stuff... but... yeah, to be triggered by that, isn't quite fair)

Edit: in true Fern fashion, I haven't read the article, and have no intention to... it may well devolve into, at least, a hinted support of the frenchies aspersions. And yeah, I'm not going to read it because, yeah, it sounds like trash news. But not, (judging solely from the headline), a "hatchet piece".

Rapido

Would need to pay him to give up his England career, so should be heaps.

MajorPom

@Catogrande Calm down.

Those bastard lions fans sung his name repeatedly after you smashed us out of the park completely in the Lions series (what, you only drew?). And then, after me proposing for years that he was rather over rated, he then was one of the key cogs which destroyed us in the world cup.

Man gets everything he deserves.

Catogrande

@MajorRage said in NH club rugby:

@Catogrande Calm down.

Those bastard lions fans sung his name repeatedly after you smashed us out of the park completely in the Lions series (what, you only drew?). And then, after me proposing for years that he was rather over rated, he then was one of the key cogs which destroyed us in the world cup.

Man gets everything he deserves.

Said in Darth Vader voice.... “the bitterness is strong in this one”.