Exodus
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Interesting stuff, Poth, I don't have the patience to get that info but it's nice to have facts to counter-act or support rants!
@Machpants said in Exodus 2019:
but it's nice to have facts
That'll never catch on here.
180 is an awful lot when we only have around 200 super rugby players in NZ.
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@Machpants said in Exodus 2019:
but it's nice to have facts
That'll never catch on here.
180 is an awful lot when we only have around 200 super rugby players in NZ.
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@Snowy does that include the Blues? :coat:
@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2019:
@Snowy does that include the Blues? :coat:
Will clarify - people that play in the super rugby competition.
Not sure that some of the blues are even rugby players...
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@Machpants said in Exodus 2019:
but it's nice to have facts
That'll never catch on here.
180 is an awful lot when we only have around 200 super rugby players in NZ.
@Snowy said in Exodus 2019:
@Machpants said in Exodus 2019:
but it's nice to have facts
That'll never catch on here.
180 is an awful lot when we only have around 200 super rugby players in NZ.
There's only 230 professional players in Irish Rugby and another 57 playing in the other 6N clubs and another chunk in the US. But the system wouldn't support more than that domestically. And a fair chunk of that NZ 180 is not at SR level - particularly the ones playing in English Championship and French PRO D2.
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@Snowy said in Exodus 2019:
@Machpants said in Exodus 2019:
but it's nice to have facts
That'll never catch on here.
180 is an awful lot when we only have around 200 super rugby players in NZ.
There's only 230 professional players in Irish Rugby and another 57 playing in the other 6N clubs and another chunk in the US. But the system wouldn't support more than that domestically. And a fair chunk of that NZ 180 is not at SR level - particularly the ones playing in English Championship and French PRO D2.
@Derm-McCrum said in Exodus 2019:
a fair chunk of that NZ 180 is not at SR level
Indeed and probably why some of them left. Some have also gone on to have pretty good international careers recently, so a spread of the ones we would have liked to keep, and also some meh.
I was really only talking about the numbers though, not the quality of them.
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@Tim said in Exodus 2019:
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/christian-lealiifano-to-depart-brumbies-after-12-year-stint
Top, top player and a gent to boot. The article, oddly, doesn’t mention that he did a year at Ulster when he recovered from his leukemia - a big crowd favorite who the club would have liked to stay on. Got a long standing ovation as he left the pitch in Ravenhill for last time. Best of luck to him in Japan.
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Not really an exodus announcement, but this seems the best place to post this.
http://www.allblacks.com/News/34302/mike-cron-to-leave-all-blacks-after-rwc2019
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Scarlets have signed North Harbour lock Danny Drake.
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He has made just the two appearances for Nth Harbour has the world's 114th and Mitre10 Cup's 15th ranked number 5. Amazingly highly rankings for someone a large proportion of knowledgeable people on here have probably never heard of.
https://www.rugbypass.com/mitre-10-cup/teams/north-harbour/players/danny-drake/ -
He has made just the two appearances for Nth Harbour has the world's 114th and Mitre10 Cup's 15th ranked number 5. Amazingly highly rankings for someone a large proportion of knowledgeable people on here have probably never heard of.
https://www.rugbypass.com/mitre-10-cup/teams/north-harbour/players/danny-drake/ -
The beginning of the end of the mass exodus to Europe at least?
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/sport/rugby-union/guys-are-out-of-jobs-rugby-agent-details-the-brutal-decisions-facing-players-as-the-market-implodes/ar-AAE2f7A?ocid=spartanntp@Higgins said in Exodus 2019:
The beginning of the end of the mass exodus to Europe at least?
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/sport/rugby-union/guys-are-out-of-jobs-rugby-agent-details-the-brutal-decisions-facing-players-as-the-market-implodes/ar-AAE2f7A?ocid=spartanntpBlimey, your optimistic.
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Good chat from Chris Boyd :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:
