Exodus 2018
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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
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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.
Why do you bother if you aren't interested in rugby?
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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
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@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.
Why do you bother if you aren't interested in rugby?
@bones said in Exodus 2018:
@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.
Why do you bother if you aren't interested in rugby?
Probably more interested than you bones. Even still actively play the game.
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@bones said in Exodus 2018:
@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.
Why do you bother if you aren't interested in rugby?
Probably more interested than you bones. Even still actively play the game.
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@bones said in Exodus 2018:
@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.
Why do you bother if you aren't interested in rugby?
Probably more interested than you bones. Even still actively play the game.
@billy-tell what an odd comment...
You are on a Rugby forum, where you probably don't even know people outside of the internet and make assumptions about their rugby interests/participation?
You aren't in NZ right, so it'd be fair of me to assume you know jack shit about grass roots rugby in NZ?
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probably as good a place as any...
Brad Shields cleared by the RU to be selected to play for them in June, and return to NZ to finish super rugby...
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probably as good a place as any...
Brad Shields cleared by the RU to be selected to play for them in June, and return to NZ to finish super rugby...
@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2018:
probably as good a place as any...
Brad Shields cleared by the RU to be selected to play for them in June, and return to NZ to finish super rugby...
Just like Ben Teo and Piers Francis.
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probably as good a place as any...
Brad Shields cleared by the RU to be selected to play for them in June, and return to NZ to finish super rugby...
@taniwharugby Just what they need, another blindside flanker...
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@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2018:
probably as good a place as any...
Brad Shields cleared by the RU to be selected to play for them in June, and return to NZ to finish super rugby...
Just like Ben Teo and Piers Francis.
@rapido don't think they went back and played super rugby though did they...
@antipodean apparently their injuries was the reason Steddie got permission to select him if required.
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@rapido don't think they went back and played super rugby though did they...
@antipodean apparently their injuries was the reason Steddie got permission to select him if required.
@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2018:
@rapido don't think they went back and played super rugby though did they...
I mean they were selected while playing overseas, as they had contracts for the following season with Prem teams.
Francis came back last year to SR. don't know if he played any games, don't follow Blues. But he played for England in the June window. Before SR was over.
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@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2018:
@rapido don't think they went back and played super rugby though did they...
I mean they were selected while playing overseas, as they had contracts for the following season with Prem teams.
Francis came back last year to SR. don't know if he played any games, don't follow Blues. But he played for England in the June window. Before SR was over.
@rapido ah ok, yeah they mentioned (on the radio) that a precedent had been set with Francis.
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@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2018:
@rapido don't think they went back and played super rugby though did they...
I mean they were selected while playing overseas, as they had contracts for the following season with Prem teams.
Francis came back last year to SR. don't know if he played any games, don't follow Blues. But he played for England in the June window. Before SR was over.
@rapido @taniwharugby From memory I think Francis got injured whilst playing in that June series for England and so didn't play for the Blues after the June window - but he was still part of the Blues squad and would have/could have played if fit.
