European Club Rugby
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Some interesting stats: 3/4 starting locks were Aussie, 3/4 starting wings were South African and 4 members of the AB 2015 RWC final team started (2 per side - including both 8s).
Wasn't a great game. If West had a better day off the tee, LR would've won, but there was a (proper) red card less than 30 minutes in which really should have been the difference. -
@stargazer said in NH club rugby:
I'm keeping an eye on the announcements from Top League clubs about players and staff leaving the club.
Obviously, some of these players may just go to other Japanese clubs, but others may come back to NZ (like Perenara and Retallick). Some of those coming back may retire because they're older; others may be available for NPC.
Here's the first list of names:
DoCoMo Red Hurricanes: TJ Perenara, Marty Banks, Tom Marshall
Mitsubishi Dynaboars: James Wilson
Canon Eagles: Jesse Parete
Kobe Kobelco Steelers: Brodie Retallick
More names of players/coaches leaving their Japanese clubs (some already back in NZ for a while):- Kintetsu Liners: Pasqualle Dunn, David Milo
- Coca Cola Red Sparks: Jotham Wrampling (now coaching Te Awamutu Sports)
- Shimizu Blue Sharks: player/coach: Luke McAlister; coach: Steve Jackson
- Kamaishi Seawaves: Oliver Polson, Sam Malcolm; coach: Scott Pierce
- NTT Comms Shining Arcs: Fletcher Smith, Piri Paraone (former Wellington player)
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@stargazer Was Smith a regular starter for NTT?
I wouldn't say no if he came back to Waikato, but without a SR contract he would soon be looking off-shore.
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@bovidae Sorry, missed your question.
Smith played in 3 of Shining Arcs' 7 games and started all three of them. In those three games (won by Shining Arcs), he scored 2 tries and kicked 8 conversions (and missed 1). He only did the goal kicking if Greig Leidlaw wasn't on the field.
I don't know why he didn't play in the other 4 games; maybe injured? -
@stargazer said in NH club rugby:
Shaun Treeby is hanging up the boots
Treeby may have hung up the boots, but he's not leaving Japan. He's announced as one of the new assistant coaches (defence) of Honda Heat (his last club as a player).
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Bokke mess up their braai - ouch!
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What Pat Lam tried to pull at the end of the Bristol v Leicester Gallaher premiership game over the weekend was a disgrace ..to lie to the official that Afoa was injured and then to see Afoa walk on the field which was not the end the world and then to his credit help disrupt the Leicester scrum but then undo that moment by jumping in the face of an opponent which starts a massive brawl is in my opinion is in very,very poor taste ..no wonder Leicester head coach Steve Bothwick was going off his nut ..
Have a bit of respect for both Pat Lam and John Afoa but after that incident you have got to question their ethics -
@steven-harris said in NH club rugby:
What Pat Lam tried to pull at the end of the Bristol v Leicester Gallaher premiership game over the weekend was a disgrace ..to lie to the official that Afoa was injured and then to see Afoa walk on the field which was not the end the world and then to his credit help disrupt the Leicester scrum but then undo that moment by jumping in the face of an opponent which starts a massive brawl is in my opinion is in very,very poor taste ..no wonder Leicester head coach Steve Bothwick was going off his nut ..
Have a bit of respect for both Pat Lam and John Afoa but after that incident you have got to question their ethicsFucking disgrace
There should be a citing process for this shit
No place for this definition of professionalism
'Inspirational' Siale Piutau to depart at end of the season - Bristol Bears Rugby
