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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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        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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        #2860

        @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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          Catogrande
          wrote on last edited by Catogrande
          #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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                  #2865

                  @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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                      #2867

                      That's one example of rugby becoming NFL I can warm to

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                      • DodgeD Dodge

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

                        Just because.

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                        Catogrande
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                        @Dodge

                        A thing of beauty. Smith gets the assist but that was all about Tyrone Green.

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                          #2869

                          All SA teams tour up north. Struggling without their Boks.

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                            Can someone, please, remind me where/how we can watch the Top 14 in New Zealand?

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                              Machpants
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                              #2871

                              Sky, the occasional game

                              Edit: well it used to be, looks like they didn't bother with the licence for this year

                              https://www.sky.co.nz/documents/117005/0/Rugby-Logo.jpg/74845b00-518a-de2a-df87-35a5ff476e77?t=1695251124464&download=true

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                                Just watching the Bath vs Bristol game from last night and finally believe England may have a centre worthy of the name in Olly Lawrence. Been slightly skeptical for a while that he was just a poor man’s Manu, but last night he had strength, cut great angles, through some lovely passes. Looked a class apart. Just shows sometimes you have to let a player with potential get better and not write them off too early. Hope he bring this into the England set up

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                                  Just watching the Bath vs Bristol game from last night and finally believe England may have a centre worthy of the name in Olly Lawrence. Been slightly skeptical for a while that he was just a poor man’s Manu, but last night he had strength, cut great angles, through some lovely passes. Looked a class apart. Just shows sometimes you have to let a player with potential get better and not write them off too early. Hope he bring this into the England set up

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                                  Bones
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                                  #2873

                                  @Dodge I'd never heard of him until the last 6n, but rate him very highly, he's got the goods to go far.

                                  Once he figures out he should go through tackles rather than passes he'll be gold.

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                                    https://www.planetrugby.com/news/french-club-target-former-all-blacks-coaches-ian-foster-and-joe-schmidt-report

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                                      #2875

                                      Champions Cup starting next weekend.

                                      https://epcrugby.com/champions-cup/matches

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                                        OomPB
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                                        Leicester vs Stormers going to be interesting. Pollard vs Libbok, Wiese vs Roos.

                                        Pool 4 is a pool of death.

                                        Pool 4: La Rochelle, Leinster, Stade Francais, Leicester Tigers, Stormers, Sale Sharks

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                                          At what point is O'Gara just a twat?

                                          https://twitter.com/Murray_Kinsella/status/1729776492203126999

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