Exodus
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Taranaki playmaker Jayson Potroz will play in the Major League Rugby competition after signing with the New England Free Jacks.
The 30-year-old, who missed the second half of Taranaki’s national provincial championship season because of a recurring shoulder injury, will join a number of New Zealand players at the Boston-based club.
They include Taranaki team-mates Jesse Parete and Mills Sanerivi, former Chiefs loose forward Mitch Jacobson and Hawke’s Bay prop Joel Hintz.
Potroz replaces former Taranaki utility back Beaudein Waaka who has signed with Japanese club Kobelco Steelers.
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Hayden Cripps was already overseas, but he has signed with Urayasu D-Rocks (formerly known under the name NTT Comms Shining Arcs and then Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu).
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Tomas Aoake has re-signed with San Diego Legion.
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Jackson Garden-Bachop has signed with Hanazono Kintetsu Liners in Japan.
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Jarred Adams has signed with New Orleans in the MLR.
@Stargazer he is still signed for Northland in 2023 though
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@Stargazer he is still signed for Northland in 2023 though
@taniwharugby Plenty of players are combining MLR and NPC. The scheduling of both competitions allows that, fortunatley. So players signing for MLR clubs isn't really a worry for the NPC; only - in some cases - for the SRP depth as franchises will have to dig deeper when injury strikes.
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Lock/loosie Semisi Paea (BOP wtg in 2021?) has signed with New England Free Jacks.
https://freejacks.com/featured-news/free-jacks-sign-tongan-lock-and-backrower-semisi-paea/
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Two NZ props have re-signed with Toronto Arrows:
Hawke's Bay's Lolani Faleiva and Ta$man's Isaac Salmon.
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Simon Hickey has signed with Hino Red Dolphins in Japan.
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Isaiah Punivai has signed with Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath in Japan.
https://www.suntory.co.jp/culture-sports/sungoliath/news/2022c/221111NMR.html
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Brendon O'Connor didn't play NPC, this year, but will play MLR again in 2023.
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Liam Hallam-Eames has signed with New Orleans for two seasons of MLR.
https://twitter.com/nolagoldrugby/status/1591098166501609474
@Stargazer i knew he was off to MLR, but interesting that says former Northland lock, my understanding was he had re-signed, maybe it didn't workout :man_shrugging: shame if he isn't back, he is a very good npc player.
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@Stargazer i knew he was off to MLR, but interesting that says former Northland lock, my understanding was he had re-signed, maybe it didn't workout :man_shrugging: shame if he isn't back, he is a very good npc player.
@taniwharugby Maybe he has? A lot of NPC players come back in the MLR off season.
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@Stargazer i knew he was off to MLR, but interesting that says former Northland lock, my understanding was he had re-signed, maybe it didn't workout :man_shrugging: shame if he isn't back, he is a very good npc player.
@taniwharugby I agree with @African-Monkey. I wouldn't read to much in the wording they use.
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He didn't play NPC in 2022, did he?
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