Exodus
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It's finally been confirmed. Nepo Laulala has signed with Toulouse until 2026.
https://twitter.com/StadeToulousain/status/1678793958711779328
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Looks like is Laghlan McWhannell is leaving the Chiefs. Hopefully he's not leaving NZ. Could definitely have been an AB if not for all the injuries.
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Looks like is Laghlan McWhannell is leaving the Chiefs. Hopefully he's not leaving NZ. Could definitely have been an AB if not for all the injuries.
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@akan004 Have you read something today? Apart from the Highlanders, news from the other teams has gone quiet.
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@akan004 Have you read something today? Apart from the Highlanders, news from the other teams has gone quiet.
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Not really an exodus, as he was playing in Oz, but Taleni Seu has signed with Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi in Japan. That's the same club Freddie Burns will play for.
https://sports.toyota-shokki.co.jp/rugby/topics/2023/topics20230714.html
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Ethan Roots has moved from Ospreys to the Exeter Chiefs.
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Both Joe Maddock and Ben Franks have been appointed as Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars assistant coaches. Maddock as their attack coach and Franks as their forwards coach. I assume they're the replacements of Carl Hoeft and Shaun Webb, whose departure was announced a while ago.
https://www.mhi.com/jp/company/sports/dynaboars/news/202307211030
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Shannon Frizell heading to Japan
Has Jerome Kaino's All Blacks heir-apparent emerged just to say goodbye
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Shannon Frizell heading to Japan
Has Jerome Kaino's All Blacks heir-apparent emerged just to say goodbye
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Shannon Frizell heading to Japan
Has Jerome Kaino's All Blacks heir-apparent emerged just to say goodbye
Shannon Frizell heading to Japan
Has Jerome Kaino's All Blacks heir-apparent emerged just to say goodbye
Did you only find out today that Frizell is going to Japan?
It was already announced in December 2022 that he had signed with Toshiba Brave Lupus.
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Mitch Hunt has signed with Mie Honda Heat.
That's also the new club of Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa and Tevita Li. -
Best of luck to Mitch. I hope he goes bloody well over there.
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Shannon Frizell heading to Japan
Has Jerome Kaino's All Blacks heir-apparent emerged just to say goodbye
Shannon Frizell heading to Japan
Has Jerome Kaino's All Blacks heir-apparent emerged just to say goodbye
Did the writer of this article have some sort of bet on how many times he could shoehorn the word “Kaino” into an article ?
Jesus Christ.
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Does anyone know this young player? Is this a loss to NZ rugby (for the future)?
According to the Legend of Marty Banks' instagram, he co-captained Nelson College 1st XV in 2022. So he's really young and because he's going through Vannes' academy, he'll be regarded as a French player (JIFF) if and when he starts playing in the senior competition (Pro D2 in Vannes' case) in a few years. If he's really good, he'd qualify for France. This is exactly the pathway they also use for their French U20 squad: recruit players far and wide for their academies and make them France eligible (by that the time he'd qualify for a French passport as well), circumventing all rules limiting the use of foreign players.
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Does anyone know this young player? Is this a loss to NZ rugby (for the future)?
According to the Legend of Marty Banks' instagram, he co-captained Nelson College 1st XV in 2022. So he's really young and because he's going through Vannes' academy, he'll be regarded as a French player (JIFF) if and when he starts playing in the senior competition (Pro D2 in Vannes' case) in a few years. If he's really good, he'd qualify for France. This is exactly the pathway they also use for their French U20 squad: recruit players far and wide for their academies and make them France eligible (by that the time he'd qualify for a French passport as well), circumventing all rules limiting the use of foreign players.
@Stargazer He was in the Barbarians U18s, so had been identified.
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I know it was posted earlier that he left, but he is straight into the Wales squad
"Taine Plumtree has been called up to Wales’s training squad"Good for him, but not sure he is international quality at the moment.
