European Club Rugby
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@sparky said in NH club rugby:
La Rochelle (including Victor Vito) beat a star-studded Toulon team (including Julian Savea and Malakei Fekitoa) away with Ihaia West scoring all the points for the visitors. Toulon are now 13th in the Top 14 and risk a relegation battle if they can't improve their form.
Makes you wonder if providing past peak overseas players with a comfy salary and far less motivation than they used to have is such a great idea.
@crucial said in NH club rugby:
@sparky said in NH club rugby:
La Rochelle (including Victor Vito) beat a star-studded Toulon team (including Julian Savea and Malakei Fekitoa) away with Ihaia West scoring all the points for the visitors. Toulon are now 13th in the Top 14 and risk a relegation battle if they can't improve their form.
Makes you wonder if providing past peak overseas players with a comfy salary and far less motivation than they used to have is such a great idea.
Agree completely. Non-test players are generally much better. And in small numbers too.
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Haha just watching highlights of Zebre v Edinburgh and had to laugh at the intercept pass that Simon Hickey threw to give Zebre a try. Bought back some bad memories from his Aucklad days.
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For your amusement:- from RugbyOnslaught site -
Of course, the front rows would all be the ones involved in this.
In a match in Georgia just after halftime, the referee took exception to constant errors at the scrum from both sets of forwards. Rather than just bin one player from each side, the referee decided to send the whole front row of both teams.
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For your amusement:- from RugbyOnslaught site -
Of course, the front rows would all be the ones involved in this.
In a match in Georgia just after halftime, the referee took exception to constant errors at the scrum from both sets of forwards. Rather than just bin one player from each side, the referee decided to send the whole front row of both teams.
@daffy-jaffy said in NH club rugby:
For your amusement:- from RugbyOnslaught site -
Of course, the front rows would all be the ones involved in this.
In a match in Georgia just after halftime, the referee took exception to constant errors at the scrum from both sets of forwards. Rather than just bin one player from each side, the referee decided to send the whole front row of both teams.
Would fair ruin a game of
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I watched Clermont play on the weekend and Ice and Moala had very good games.
Ice was probably the best on the field. Clermont pretty much use him the same way the Blues use to. He has the 15 jersey on, but he's basically position-less on attack and pops up everywhere across the backline.
Fritz Lee was good as well. He always gets through a lot of work when I watch Clermont play.
TNW was playing his first game at 10, but struggled quite a bit there. He did set up a good try for Moala though.
Ngatai was playing for Lyon, but didn't get much chance to do much.
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I watched Clermont play on the weekend and Ice and Moala had very good games.
Ice was probably the best on the field. Clermont pretty much use him the same way the Blues use to. He has the 15 jersey on, but he's basically position-less on attack and pops up everywhere across the backline.
Fritz Lee was good as well. He always gets through a lot of work when I watch Clermont play.
TNW was playing his first game at 10, but struggled quite a bit there. He did set up a good try for Moala though.
Ngatai was playing for Lyon, but didn't get much chance to do much.
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Rugby World Cup winner Stephen Donald rolls back the years to touch the ball twice as part of a 65 metre try in Japan. Pretty good handling and he looks in good nick, especially considering Ulster rejected him on medical grounds.
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Wasps have dropped Lima Sopoaga to the bench for their away game to Toulouse. A relatively unheard of 22 year called Billy Searle is being picked as the Wasps 10 ahead of him. Lima has really struggled to settle in Coventry and get to grips with NH Rugby.
Kaino is playing Number 8 for Toulouse.
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Well Lima did say he was there pretty much just for the money...
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Wasps lost 27-42. Lima Sopoaga only got on the paddock for the last 12 minutes. He seems to really struggling outside of the ABs and Highlanders playing environments. Wasps must be wondering whether the big money for Sopoaga was worth it.
@sparky said in NH club rugby:
Wasps lost 27-42. Lima Sopoaga only got on the paddock for the last 12 minutes. He seems to really struggling outside of the ABs and Highlanders playing environments. Wasps must be wondering whether the big money for Sopoaga was worth it.
Nope - the ex-test rarely are. Much better value in uncapped Kiwis.
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@sparky said in NH club rugby:
Wasps lost 27-42. Lima Sopoaga only got on the paddock for the last 12 minutes. He seems to really struggling outside of the ABs and Highlanders playing environments. Wasps must be wondering whether the big money for Sopoaga was worth it.
Nope - the ex-test rarely are. Much better value in uncapped Kiwis.
@derm-mccrum James Lowe is a gun player for Leinster:
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@derm-mccrum James Lowe is a gun player for Leinster:
@sparky said in NH club rugby:
@derm-mccrum James Lowe is a gun player for Leinster:
Yep. Scored a cheeky quick tap in last night’s European game against Bath and assisted well for Gibson-Park coming off the bench to getting a sixth on the night for Leinster. Hayden Triggs was another two seasons ago - liked him a lot.
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Dan Carter, now 36, led Kobe Steelers to victory in yesterday's Japanese Top League final and was named league MVP:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/12/16/rugby/kobes-carter-named-top-league-mvp-first-season/
