Magpies - 2018 Mitre 10 Cup

[Stargazer]

The question is now, will he come back for Mitre 10 Cup next season? This contract with Stade Montois (Pro D2) is until the end of the season (May/June 2019), but even players on short-term contracts rarely come back, do they?

[Higgins]

Here is a nice piece on the start of getting the horrors of 2017 turned around

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/108001343/Winged-in-2017-Hawkes-Bay-Magpies-are-soaring-again-under-a-new-coaching-team

[Stargazer]

Two things I just saw on Insta:

• JJ Taulagi saying that he doesn't think he'll be back with the Magpies next season
• Joe Apikotoa training with the Highlanders

[kiwimatrix]

@stargazer Gees that would be a big loss.I thought he was pretty good last season, but I guess money talks.

[Higgins]

He appeared to be perfectly happy to accept HBs money last year when the alternative would probably have been returning to the general workforce to earn a living.