Exodus
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Confirmed. Toshiba Brave Lupus have signed:
- Lyndon Dunshea (Auckland)
- Tom Parsons (Hawke's Bay)
- Tim Bateman (Crusaders/Canterbury)
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Confirmed: Steve Hansen is the new Director of Rugby of Toyota Verblitz.
http://sports.gazoo.com/verblitz/news/2019/12/006408.html
Former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has announced his new job. Hansen has revealed a new role with Toyota Verblitz in Japan's Top League. He joins retired All Blacks captain Kieran Read at the side. Hansen said he signed a contract with Toyota after the Rugby World Cup and the deal helps him stay in the game but also have time with family. "It's an interesting role. It's not one as head coach. it's more as an advisor, mentor and requires me to be up there between somewhere five to 17 weeks a year," Hansen revealed in a video on allblacks.com. "The key thing is to go in there and work with the people who are in the environment. The head coach is Simon Cron who I know well and have a lot of time for. He's going to be a very good coach. having the opportunity to help him grow is something that really excites me," Hansen added.https://www.radiosport.co.nz/sport-news/rugby/steve-hansen-confirms-first-post-all-blacks-role/
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Otago hooker Sekonaia Pole has signed with NTT Communications Shining Arcs in Japan.
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Counties Manukau lock Daymon Leasuasu has signed with Ricoh Black Rams.
https://blackrams.ricoh/news/information/2019-2020/20191209.html
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Taranaki prop Donald Brighouse has signed with the New England Free Jacks (MLR) for two seasons.
https://www.freejacks.com/news/free-jacks-welcome-samoan-international-prop-donald-brighouse/
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Not really an exodus, because he's already overseas, but these tweets were just too good. :face_with_tears_of_joy:
https://twitter.com/rugbyunitedny/status/1208139988921147394
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This one will surprise probably even Wellington Lions supporters given the flack at least one of them fired his way during the NPC!
http://www.clubrugby.nz/2019/12/17/rolling-subs-updated-rugby-news-throughout-the-holiday-period/
Kafatolu joins Sunwolves
Tokyo 17 December: Petone Rugby Football Club talisman, Wellington club rugby 2009 Best and Fairest winner and Wellington Lions loose forward Mateaki Kafatolu has joined the Sunwolves Super Rugby squad for the 2020 season.
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This one will surprise probably even Wellington Lions supporters given the flack at least one of them fired his way during the NPC!
http://www.clubrugby.nz/2019/12/17/rolling-subs-updated-rugby-news-throughout-the-holiday-period/
Kafatolu joins Sunwolves
Tokyo 17 December: Petone Rugby Football Club talisman, Wellington club rugby 2009 Best and Fairest winner and Wellington Lions loose forward Mateaki Kafatolu has joined the Sunwolves Super Rugby squad for the 2020 season.
@Higgins Yeah, I posted that in the Super Rugby 2020 thread four days ago.
It's says something about the level of play we can expect from the Sunwolves in their last season, if they sign players like him. I guess that's what you get if the Top League competition runs simultaneously to SR and no Top League club is prepared to release players so they can play for the Sunwolves. Their player pool is even further reduced because so many foreigners have signed with either Top League clubs or Major League Rugby clubs, this year.
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Tim O'Malley ( Ta$man) has signed with NEC Green Rockets in Japan.
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Not sure whether this was already posted:
Sef Fa'agase (2019 Highlanders & Wellington Lions prop) has signed with Canon Eagles.
@Stargazer I had heard whispers that he might have been training with the Melbourne Rebels prior to Christmas.
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Don't know where else to post this. This news is more than 3 months old, but I can't remember it being posted and it only reached the NZ media in the past week:
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Paul Feeney Appointed as The Kenya Rugby Technical DirectorThe Kenya Rugby Union has today announced the appointment of New Zealander Paul Feeney as the Kenya Rugby Technical Director effective immediately. In this role, Paul will head the Kenya Shujaa Programme and also support the Simbas, Chipu and Lionesses teams in areas of skills and defence. Feeney is a World Rugby Level 3 Coach with more than 25 years coaching experience in both sevens and fifteens at the highest levels. He won the 2005 Rugby World Cup 7s with Fiji and has also worked in the All Blacks set up as the New Zealand’s U20’s Position Specific Coach in 2014 and 2015. He was Head Coach of Auckland ITM Cup for four seasons and won two national sevens championships with them. His last posting was as Assistant Coach of the Stormers for the past three seasons working on skills and attack. KRU has contracted Paul initially to support up to the Olympics Qualifiers but plans to work with Feeney through to the next Rugby World Cup campaign in 2022. We are delighted that Paul has accepted to work with Kenya Rugby and wish him and the teams the very best in the campaign.https://www.kru.co.ke/news/paul-feeney-appointed-as-the-kenya-rugby-technical-director/
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I've been keeping an eye on this for months and now it's official, at last.
Matt Matich has signed with Paraguayan team Olimpia Lions and will - as far as I know - be the first and only (?) Kiwi to play in the new Súper Liga Americana de Rugby competition!
https://twitter.com/OlimpiaLions/status/1215738698517688320/photo/2
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Mike Sosene-Feagai has signed with Old Glory DC (Major League Rugby).
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This is getting crazy:
Old Glory DC (Major League Rugby) has signed:
- Renata Roberts-Tenana (Northland)
- Declan O’Donnell (Waikato)
Not sure whether this has been posted, but they also signed Apisai Naikatini (Waikato) in October.
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@Machpants Nah, all these departures are still relating to players who are playing somewhere else during the 2020 season.
I'd start a 2020 exodus thread for departures after the 2020 SR season.
@Stargazer said in Exodus 2019:
@Machpants Nah, all these departures are still relating to players who are playing somewhere else during the 2020 season.
I'd start a 2020 exodus thread for departures after the 2020 SR season.
so the 2019 thread will go for approx 20 months? makes perfect sense...
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@Stargazer said in Exodus 2019:
@Machpants Nah, all these departures are still relating to players who are playing somewhere else during the 2020 season.
I'd start a 2020 exodus thread for departures after the 2020 SR season.
so the 2019 thread will go for approx 20 months? makes perfect sense...
@mariner4life Nope. MLR is the only NH comp that hasn't started yet. It starts on 8 Feb, so probably no signings to be expected after that date. So only 3 and half weeks to go.
