Exodus 2018
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Tyrone Elkington-MacDonald joins french club Biarritz : http://www.sudouest.fr/2018/04/03/biarritz-olympique-tyrone-elkington-arrive-4339991-4037.php#xtor=RSS-10521769
And it's now official for I West to La Rochelle.
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Who on earth is Tyrone what’s his name?
Is this thread for players of at least super rugby quality heading overseas or just anyone with a nz passport who at some stage in their life picked up a rugby ball??
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Who on earth is Tyrone what’s his name?
Is this thread for players of at least super rugby quality heading overseas or just anyone with a nz passport who at some stage in their life picked up a rugby ball??
@billy-tell An extremely rubbish 10. Thank fuck we won't see him in Auckland colours this year.
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Who on earth is Tyrone what’s his name?
Is this thread for players of at least super rugby quality heading overseas or just anyone with a nz passport who at some stage in their life picked up a rugby ball??
@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
Who on earth is Tyrone what’s his name?
Is this thread for players of at least super rugby quality heading overseas or just anyone with a nz passport who at some stage in their life picked up a rugby ball??
A first-five eighth wit a good boot, that's about it. Most recently played for Auckland in the Mitre 10 Cup, and before that for Hawke's Bay.
Why would this thread only be for SR players? Info about Mitre 10 Cup players is relevant to some of us as well.
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@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
Who on earth is Tyrone what’s his name?
Is this thread for players of at least super rugby quality heading overseas or just anyone with a nz passport who at some stage in their life picked up a rugby ball??
A first-five eighth wit a good boot, that's about it. Most recently played for Auckland in the Mitre 10 Cup, and before that for Hawke's Bay.
Why would this thread only be for SR players? Info about Mitre 10 Cup players is relevant to some of us as well.
@stargazer said in Exodus 2018:
@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
Who on earth is Tyrone what’s his name?
Is this thread for players of at least super rugby quality heading overseas or just anyone with a nz passport who at some stage in their life picked up a rugby ball??
A first-five eighth wit a good boot, that's about it. Most recently played for Auckland in the Mitre 10 Cup, and before that for Hawke's Bay.
Why would this thread only be for SR players? Info about Mitre 10 Cup players is relevant to some of us as well.
Yeah I’m not being a nazi I don’t really care but we are scraping the barrel with some of the names posted here.
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@stargazer said in Exodus 2018:
@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
Who on earth is Tyrone what’s his name?
Is this thread for players of at least super rugby quality heading overseas or just anyone with a nz passport who at some stage in their life picked up a rugby ball??
A first-five eighth wit a good boot, that's about it. Most recently played for Auckland in the Mitre 10 Cup, and before that for Hawke's Bay.
Why would this thread only be for SR players? Info about Mitre 10 Cup players is relevant to some of us as well.
Yeah I’m not being a nazi I don’t really care but we are scraping the barrel with some of the names posted here.
@billy-tell isn't this thread about players that are leaving NZ to take up contracts overseas? I'd prefer to see them all listed rather than have someone worry if Billy tell will know the player.
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@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
Who on earth is Tyrone what’s his name?
Is this thread for players of at least super rugby quality heading overseas or just anyone with a nz passport who at some stage in their life picked up a rugby ball??
A first-five eighth wit a good boot, that's about it. Most recently played for Auckland in the Mitre 10 Cup, and before that for Hawke's Bay.
Why would this thread only be for SR players? Info about Mitre 10 Cup players is relevant to some of us as well.
Spot on. Relevant for most of us keen rugby folk I would have thought
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Shane Smyth. Plays rugby for Sydenham U16B. Family moving to England. Another one bites the dust and joins the Exodus 2018.
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@stargazer yeah, good result for NZ Rugby if so.
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@bovidae Big difference in pay! If NZR didn't allow players with shown loyalty to NZ to earn some good coin in Japan in the SR off-season and then return, they would just pack their bags and leave NZ permanently. At least this option keeps these players available for SR and keeps New Zealand's SR teams of a good standard.
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@bovidae it's not a new thing though is it, I think as long as it is restricted to long serving players and maybe only a couple per franchise, it should be ok.
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@bovidae said in Exodus 2018:
These decisions highlight where the NPC sits in the rugby landscape.
This has been known for quite some time. It is nothing comp as far as NZRU see it. Not enough money to support SR and NPC so NPC will keep on withering up
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So Biarritz have now in a timespan of just over two weeks signed three Kiwis!
First, Tyrone Elkington-MacDonald (Auckland), then Joseph Penitito (Hawke's Bay via Club Sportif Beaunois), and now Adam Knight. Not bad for Mitre 10 Cup players to play for one of the better Pro D2 clubs at the moment, who's still playing for promotion to the Top 14.
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They will join Joe Bloggs to bring to 4 the number of Kiwis togging out for the French club.
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They will join Joe Bloggs to bring to 4 the number of Kiwis togging out for the French club.
@billy-tell said in Exodus 2018:
They will join Joe Bloggs to bring to 4 the number of Kiwis togging out for the French club.
That's 4 kiwis blocking the development of 4 French players
