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  • CrucialC Offline
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    Crucial
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    He probably read all the criticism he gets on the Fern and decided to leave. 😉

    You have to admit, we are pretty harsh on players until they go and then wish they had stayed. There appears to be little room for a top 100 (but not top 40) player in NZ as far as fans go.

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    • M Machpants

      @Stargazer said in Exodus:

      Waikato Ass Coach Nathan White is the new Scrum Coach of Toyota Motor Verblitz (Top League).

      https://www.top-league.jp/2020/02/14/toyota-2020-2/

      That's a sad, sad thing for that sweet Waikato ass

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      Crucial
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      @Machpants said in Exodus:

      @Stargazer said in Exodus:

      Waikato Ass Coach Nathan White is the new Scrum Coach of Toyota Motor Verblitz (Top League).

      https://www.top-league.jp/2020/02/14/toyota-2020-2/

      That's a sad, sad thing for that sweet Waikato ass

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      • CrucialC Crucial

        @Machpants said in Exodus:

        @Stargazer said in Exodus:

        Waikato Ass Coach Nathan White is the new Scrum Coach of Toyota Motor Verblitz (Top League).

        https://www.top-league.jp/2020/02/14/toyota-2020-2/

        That's a sad, sad thing for that sweet Waikato ass

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        Machpants
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        @Crucial sad to see such ass uncoached, a waste of potential!

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        • D Darren

          Noooooooooooo ,he is still top of his game, match winner for the Canes.
          But he will be 29 this year, the way wingers have been lately I expect his form to start dropping pretty quickly.
          Hopefully he is on some big $$$ he deserves it.

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          Canes4life
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          @Darren I assume this will open the door for someone like Rayasi to slot in as that bigger winger.

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          • CrucialC Crucial

            He probably read all the criticism he gets on the Fern and decided to leave. 😉

            You have to admit, we are pretty harsh on players until they go and then wish they had stayed. There appears to be little room for a top 100 (but not top 40) player in NZ as far as fans go.

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            mariner4life
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            #818

            @Crucial said in Exodus:

            He probably read all the criticism he gets on the Fern and decided to leave. 😉

            You have to admit, we are pretty harsh on players until they go and then wish they had stayed. There appears to be little room for a top 100 (but not top 40) player in NZ as far as fans go.

            not sure i agree with that. we are harsh on EVERYBODY. The AB captain has been copping it for the previous 2 years. And there are hundreds of posts bemoaning the loss of those 41-100 guys, and the effect on the Super Rugby product.

            I don't think Lam has really copped heat for his Super Rugby output, just the fact he wasn't really ever good enough to go a step higher.

            If anything, we anoint people "future ABs" after a couple of NPC games, and then try and hold them to that standard.

            The reality is, for that 41-100 crowd, the opportunity cost of playing in NZ on the hope of a couple of test caps is just too high. Good luck to him. Bad for NZ rugby, great for Ben Lam

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              #819

              Lam attracted a lot of shit early on largely because of his surname. There were people on TSF claiming that Auckland did not want to pick him but Pat Lam forced them too 🙄

              2015 was his break through year

              It's a shame he got injured at the very start of the next SR season. He was extremely good in the Dev game when he got injured.
              That wasted a full year of his prime

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              • DuluthD Duluth

                Lam attracted a lot of shit early on largely because of his surname. There were people on TSF claiming that Auckland did not want to pick him but Pat Lam forced them too 🙄

                2015 was his break through year

                It's a shame he got injured at the very start of the next SR season. He was extremely good in the Dev game when he got injured.
                That wasted a full year of his prime

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                @Duluth I thought it was more than he was considered a 7s specialist initially, but I'm not up on the ins and outs of Auckland rugby.

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                • NepiaN Nepia

                  @Duluth I thought it was more than he was considered a 7s specialist initially, but I'm not up on the ins and outs of Auckland rugby.

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                  #821

                  @Nepia said in Exodus:

                  I thought it was more than he was considered a 7s specialist initially, but I'm not up on the ins and outs of Auckland rugby.

                  I think that was latter

                  The initial bullshit he attracted was because of his surname. It wasn't from Auckland fans.

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                    #822

                    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/119291874/the-undertheradar-retirement-of-all-blacks-loosehead-prop-tim-perry

                    Rare in this day and age, but it's back to the farm for Tim. Nice for him to leave on his own terms

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                      Levi Aumua has signed with Hino Red Dolphins (Top League) with immediate effect.
                      https://hino-reddolphins.com/news/detail179/

                      According to the website of asierugby, former Blues Forwards Coach Steve Jackson is the new head coach of Shimizu Blue Sharks (Top Challenge League, 2nd div in Japan). As Shimizu hasn't posted any news items on its website since October 2019 and not on its social media since January, I have not been able to check this.
                      https://www.asierugby.com/post/steve-jackson-nommé-entraîneur-chef-de-shimizu-blue-sharks

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                        #824

                        No doubt Ta$man will be on the poach for yet another player to invite into their squad to replace Aumua.

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                          No doubt Ta$man will be on the poach for yet another player to invite into their squad to replace Aumua.

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                          Yeetyaah
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                          @Higgins heaps of props around so should be easy pickings

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                          • StargazerS Stargazer

                            Levi Aumua has signed with Hino Red Dolphins (Top League) with immediate effect.
                            https://hino-reddolphins.com/news/detail179/

                            According to the website of asierugby, former Blues Forwards Coach Steve Jackson is the new head coach of Shimizu Blue Sharks (Top Challenge League, 2nd div in Japan). As Shimizu hasn't posted any news items on its website since October 2019 and not on its social media since January, I have not been able to check this.
                            https://www.asierugby.com/post/steve-jackson-nommé-entraîneur-chef-de-shimizu-blue-sharks

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                            @Stargazer could cover the midfield,prop and hooker me thinks..!

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                              #827
                              Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Thursday announced the arrest of a New Zealand rugby player for the Top League’s Hino Red Dolphins over the alleged use of cocaine, reports Sankei Sports (Mar. 6).
                              
                              At around 4:30 a.m., an officer took forward Joel Everson, 29, in for voluntary questioning after seeing him behaving suspiciously as he walked in the Roppongi entertainment district of Minato Ward.
                              
                              After Everson declined to voluntarily provide a urine sample, police forcibly took a sample, which gave a positive result for cocaine, the Azabu Police Station said.
                              

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                              https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/new-zealand-rugby-player-nabbed-over-alleged-use-of-cocaine-in-roppongi/

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                                Forcibly took a urine sample? Ouch...

                                Or...

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                                  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12333770

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                                  • TimT Tim

                                    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12333770

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                                    @Tim Always sad that a player has to retire due to injury, but health comes first. At least he's had a decent career and has been able to earn some coin overseas.

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                                    • TimT Tim

                                      https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12333770

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                                      @Tim he was to be The Man at one stage wasn't he?

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                                      • boobooB booboo

                                        @Tim he was to be The Man at one stage wasn't he?

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                                        Bovidae
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                                        @booboo Based on his NZ U20s performances. Trent Renata had a similar reputation from a few years earlier.

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                                        • BovidaeB Bovidae

                                          @booboo Based on his NZ U20s performances. Trent Renata had a similar reputation from a few years earlier.

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                                          Bones
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                                          @Bovidae yeah he looked bloody good, thought he was one of the best I'd seen at that level (back when I used to watch). Seemed an excellent kicker.

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