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  • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

    Didn't know where to put this

    Patchell going south

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/66171532

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    Catogrande
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    #2852

    @MiketheSnow

    Though I find him underwhelming as a player (and Priestland - is it something to do with being a Rhys?), good luck to him. It will be interesting to see if this move improves his game.

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    • M Machpants

      @Bones said in NH club rugby:

      @Stargazer said in NH club rugby:

      Lima Sopoaga is moving from Lyon to Japan. He has signed with Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks.

      https://blue-sharks.jp/news/2023/07/16699/

      Waaaaait a miiiiinute....

      They've got his poorly rendered ai clone

      53e44a16-ebcd-44fb-bb8d-83a197253d5d-image.jpeg https://blue-sharks.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.jpg

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      #2853

      @Machpants that's got to be straight from EA.

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        MiketheSnow
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        #2854

        For those who think the governance of rugby in Australia and NZ is a dog's breakfast, may I present Wales

        https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/66278624

        Fucking morons

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          Daffy Jaffy
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          #2855

          According to All.Rugby 31 year old former NZ 7's player George Tilsley, who has played for a few clubs in France since 2015, has had his just signed Stade Toulousain contract torn up, after he was convicted of domestic violence.

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          • Daffy JaffyD Daffy Jaffy

            According to All.Rugby 31 year old former NZ 7's player George Tilsley, who has played for a few clubs in France since 2015, has had his just signed Stade Toulousain contract torn up, after he was convicted of domestic violence.

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            #2856

            @Daffy-Jaffy said in NH club rugby:

            George Tilsley

            Yep, he signed a short-term "joker Coupe du Monde" contract with Toulouse in July after 4 seasons with Perpignan. Convicted of domestic violence and a suspended prison sentence of 6 months for a probationary period of 2 years. I wonder whether he gets kicked out of France now, too.

            https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Condamne-pour-violences-sur-sa-concubine-george-tilsley-ne-jouera-pas-a-toulouse/1415228

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              Well, maybe Scott Barrett isn't the dumbest player out there ...

              https://twitter.com/TightFive_Rugby/status/1695901891455033564?t=bm35n9kbDd_mLzPtYDBnBg&s=19

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              • TimT Tim

                Well, maybe Scott Barrett isn't the dumbest player out there ...

                https://twitter.com/TightFive_Rugby/status/1695901891455033564?t=bm35n9kbDd_mLzPtYDBnBg&s=19

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                @Tim If there is any good news to take out Friday night for the ABs, it is this. In a game where almost everything else fell apart under big Springbok pressure, at least the AB tackle technique remained sound.

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                  Machpants
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                  #2859

                  Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                  https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

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                  • M Machpants

                    Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

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                    MiketheSnow
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #2860

                    @Machpants said in NH club rugby:

                    Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

                    Christ they don’t pay taxes

                    Not much hope for others

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                    • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                      @Machpants said in NH club rugby:

                      Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                      https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

                      Christ they don’t pay taxes

                      Not much hope for others

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                      Catogrande
                      wrote on last edited by Catogrande
                      #2861

                      @MiketheSnow said in NH club rugby:

                      @Machpants said in NH club rugby:

                      Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                      https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

                      Christ they don’t pay taxes

                      Not much hope for others

                      There’s an issue around travel though. I know they used to have to subsidise the travel costs for visiting teams a while back. Not sure about more recently.

                      Edit: Plus of course none of the clubs pay direct tax because none of them make a profit.

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                      • DodgeD Offline
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                        #2862

                        The issue is that none of these bloody entitled clubs can cover their own fucking costs because no one goes to watch them. They all bitch and moan about the rfu but basically they’re spending money they can’t raise on the basis of a potential handout. Rugby in this country is fucked

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                          Machpants
                          wrote on last edited by Machpants
                          #2863

                          Premiership clubs are getting desperate for money, so this is a good time for the RU to push for more control

                          https://www.rugbypass.com/news/england-rugby-union-stars-could-be-placed-on-hybrid-contracts/

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                            https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/300992182/british-and-irish-super-league-plan-discussed--and-could-include-south-africa-and-italy

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                            • M Machpants

                              Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                              https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

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                              #2865

                              @Machpants met them on their way up, first time I've had to fly for a club league game. I think it was the second, or 3rd year of some rich guy throwing money at the club. Stacked with kiwis, Aussies and a couple of Fijians.

                              Clubs that buy their way to the top via talent only don't tend to last long.

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                                wrote on last edited by Duluth
                                #2866

                                https://twitter.com/harlequins/status/1721127722649616570?s=46&t=q6tkBviRRuJu6KSieNbO0Q

                                Just because.

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                                  #2867

                                  That's one example of rugby becoming NFL I can warm to

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                                    https://twitter.com/harlequins/status/1721127722649616570?s=46&t=q6tkBviRRuJu6KSieNbO0Q

                                    Just because.

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                                    Catogrande
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                                    #2868

                                    @Dodge

                                    A thing of beauty. Smith gets the assist but that was all about Tyrone Green.

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                                      #2869

                                      All SA teams tour up north. Struggling without their Boks.

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                                        Stargazer
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                                        Can someone, please, remind me where/how we can watch the Top 14 in New Zealand?

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                                          Machpants
                                          wrote on last edited by Machpants
                                          #2871

                                          Sky, the occasional game

                                          Edit: well it used to be, looks like they didn't bother with the licence for this year

                                          https://www.sky.co.nz/documents/117005/0/Rugby-Logo.jpg/74845b00-518a-de2a-df87-35a5ff476e77?t=1695251124464&download=true

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