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  • HigginsH Higgins

    We must be just about due for another post from @jauzy019 to let us know all the transfer rumours he has uncovered. They generally turn out to be 100% correct.

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    #2847

    @Higgins I wouldn't mind getting Geoff Cridge back in black and white.

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      https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/66122536

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        Didn't know where to put this

        Patchell going south

        https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/66171532

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        • StargazerS Stargazer

          Lima Sopoaga is moving from Lyon to Japan. He has signed with Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks.

          https://blue-sharks.jp/news/2023/07/16699/

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          @Stargazer said in NH club rugby:

          Lima Sopoaga is moving from Lyon to Japan. He has signed with Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks.

          https://blue-sharks.jp/news/2023/07/16699/

          Waaaaait a miiiiinute....

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          • BonesB Bones

            @Stargazer said in NH club rugby:

            Lima Sopoaga is moving from Lyon to Japan. He has signed with Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks.

            https://blue-sharks.jp/news/2023/07/16699/

            Waaaaait a miiiiinute....

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            @Bones said in NH club rugby:

            @Stargazer said in NH club rugby:

            Lima Sopoaga is moving from Lyon to Japan. He has signed with Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks.

            https://blue-sharks.jp/news/2023/07/16699/

            Waaaaait a miiiiinute....

            They've got his poorly rendered ai clone

            53e44a16-ebcd-44fb-bb8d-83a197253d5d-image.jpeg https://blue-sharks.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.jpg

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            • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

              Didn't know where to put this

              Patchell going south

              https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/66171532

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              @MiketheSnow

              Though I find him underwhelming as a player (and Priestland - is it something to do with being a Rhys?), good luck to him. It will be interesting to see if this move improves his game.

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              • M Machpants

                @Bones said in NH club rugby:

                @Stargazer said in NH club rugby:

                Lima Sopoaga is moving from Lyon to Japan. He has signed with Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks.

                https://blue-sharks.jp/news/2023/07/16699/

                Waaaaait a miiiiinute....

                They've got his poorly rendered ai clone

                53e44a16-ebcd-44fb-bb8d-83a197253d5d-image.jpeg https://blue-sharks.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.jpg

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                @Machpants that's got to be straight from EA.

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                  For those who think the governance of rugby in Australia and NZ is a dog's breakfast, may I present Wales

                  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/66278624

                  Fucking morons

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                    According to All.Rugby 31 year old former NZ 7's player George Tilsley, who has played for a few clubs in France since 2015, has had his just signed Stade Toulousain contract torn up, after he was convicted of domestic violence.

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                    • Daffy JaffyD Daffy Jaffy

                      According to All.Rugby 31 year old former NZ 7's player George Tilsley, who has played for a few clubs in France since 2015, has had his just signed Stade Toulousain contract torn up, after he was convicted of domestic violence.

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                      @Daffy-Jaffy said in NH club rugby:

                      George Tilsley

                      Yep, he signed a short-term "joker Coupe du Monde" contract with Toulouse in July after 4 seasons with Perpignan. Convicted of domestic violence and a suspended prison sentence of 6 months for a probationary period of 2 years. I wonder whether he gets kicked out of France now, too.

                      https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Condamne-pour-violences-sur-sa-concubine-george-tilsley-ne-jouera-pas-a-toulouse/1415228

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                      • TimT Away
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                        Tim
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                        #2857

                        Well, maybe Scott Barrett isn't the dumbest player out there ...

                        https://twitter.com/TightFive_Rugby/status/1695901891455033564?t=bm35n9kbDd_mLzPtYDBnBg&s=19

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                        • TimT Tim

                          Well, maybe Scott Barrett isn't the dumbest player out there ...

                          https://twitter.com/TightFive_Rugby/status/1695901891455033564?t=bm35n9kbDd_mLzPtYDBnBg&s=19

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                          @Tim If there is any good news to take out Friday night for the ABs, it is this. In a game where almost everything else fell apart under big Springbok pressure, at least the AB tackle technique remained sound.

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                            Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                            https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

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                            • M Machpants

                              Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                              https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

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                              @Machpants said in NH club rugby:

                              Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                              https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

                              Christ they don’t pay taxes

                              Not much hope for others

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                              • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                                @Machpants said in NH club rugby:

                                Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                                https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

                                Christ they don’t pay taxes

                                Not much hope for others

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                                #2861

                                @MiketheSnow said in NH club rugby:

                                @Machpants said in NH club rugby:

                                Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                                https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

                                Christ they don’t pay taxes

                                Not much hope for others

                                There’s an issue around travel though. I know they used to have to subsidise the travel costs for visiting teams a while back. Not sure about more recently.

                                Edit: Plus of course none of the clubs pay direct tax because none of them make a profit.

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                                  The issue is that none of these bloody entitled clubs can cover their own fucking costs because no one goes to watch them. They all bitch and moan about the rfu but basically they’re spending money they can’t raise on the basis of a potential handout. Rugby in this country is fucked

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                                    #2863

                                    Premiership clubs are getting desperate for money, so this is a good time for the RU to push for more control

                                    https://www.rugbypass.com/news/england-rugby-union-stars-could-be-placed-on-hybrid-contracts/

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                                      https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/300992182/british-and-irish-super-league-plan-discussed--and-could-include-south-africa-and-italy

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                                      • M Machpants

                                        Another one going to the wall, the best team in the championship

                                        https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/28/jersey-reds-administration-rugby-union-financial-crisis

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                                        @Machpants met them on their way up, first time I've had to fly for a club league game. I think it was the second, or 3rd year of some rich guy throwing money at the club. Stacked with kiwis, Aussies and a couple of Fijians.

                                        Clubs that buy their way to the top via talent only don't tend to last long.

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                                          #2866

                                          https://twitter.com/harlequins/status/1721127722649616570?s=46&t=q6tkBviRRuJu6KSieNbO0Q

                                          Just because.

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