European Club Rugby
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Stephen Donald won’t be joining Ulster after getting an injury in his last game in Japan. Given Ulster’s shite performances, the wags have already been guessing the headlines:
Donald ducks Ulster.
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Watching Pat Lams Bristol against Bedford and boy will they need to improve to be competitive in the prems (if they make it back)
Scrum is weak, kicking is very average and breakdown work is terrible.
With the latter, I'm not sure if it is a product of the new laws which have removed all desire to compete unless in a position to do a perfect Pocock like jackal from behind the tackle. It's like a poor mans version of Brumbie ball from the late 90s.
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Thought this was interesting. Does it compare well with the approach in NZ schools?
@pot-hale
Looks standard for any NZ school hoping to play in the big leagues. I would think there's forty schools at least training to that sort of routine, although they won't all have the specialist facilities.
Not every school would have weekly video sessions, but most would have them quite often.
Specialist weights/fitness for different positions is standard.
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New Northampton Saints head coach named. This might not please everyone.
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New Northampton Saints head coach named. This might not please everyone.
@catogrande No, it doesn't!
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James Lowe enjoying himself at Leinster - post match interview after getting MOTM and two tries in their win against Scarlets at the RDS. The end of interview is funny.
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Finally, good news for Adam Thomson.
Former All Black Adam Thomson checks out of Japanese hospital after two-month stay
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Watched Scarlets take down La Rochelle. Inexplicably Kerr-Barlow was on the bench. The LR starting 9 was pure gash
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Just looking at the latest update on Irish senior squad provincial hires, transfers and releases for 2018/19.
Ulster
In
Moore - Irl capped
Murphy Irl capped
Addison (Eng) IQ uncapped
Out
Piutau (NZ) - Bristol - capped
Herron (Eng) - Jersey Reds - uncapped
Bowe - ret.
Black (IQ) - Worcs - uncappedConnacht
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Claffey, Gallagher, O'Donnell (Irl) - Academy
Copeland (Irl) capped
Godwin (Aus) capped
Horwitz (Aus) uncappedOut
Heenan (NZ) uncapped - Bristol
Pita Ahki (NZ) uncapped - released
Ilii (NZ) uncapped - released
Deegan (Aus) - Brumbies - capped
Dawai (Fij) - capped - released
Muldoon (Irl) - ret.
Coulson (Irl) - released
Brennan (Irl) - released
O'Toole (Irl) - released
Crosbie (Irl) - releasedLeinster
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Larmour (Irl) Academy - capped
Out
Murphy (Irl) - Ulster - capped
Heaslip (Irl) ret.Munster
In
O'Connor, Wycherley, Nash (Irl) - academy
Beirne (Irl) uncapped
Haley (Eng) - IQ uncapped
Out
Zebo (Irl) - Racing - capped
Copeland (Irl) - Connacht - capped4 NZ leaving
1 Aus leaving
1 Fiji leaving
1 Eng leaving
2 Irish leaving Ireland
2 Irish transfer between provinces
2 Irish retired
4 Irish released2 Irish returning
2 Aus NIQ
2 Eng IQ
7 Irish academy
2 Irish transferringThe foreign player contingent seems to be changing - so far anyway
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Connacht having a cleanout.
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Connacht having a cleanout.
@antipodean said in NH club rugby:
Connacht having a cleanout.
Aye - and there’s more to leave apparently.
And up in the north, once the IRFU/Ulster Rugby complete their review of the Jackson/Olding case, I expect a few more of the lead-swingers in the squad to be gone too.
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Munster look like they’re down and out after conceding a score and are 6 points down to Toulon in the last five minutes of the European Cup quarterfinal. Trinh-Duc receives the ball from a breakdown and kicks for safety of touch on the halfway line. Except, Andrew Conway used to play GAA football and is used to fielding overhead balls. 8 seconds later, Thomond Park lifts off...
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Conway is bloody rapid! Great hands, pretty much saw the try line as soon as he caught it
@paekakboyz said in NH club rugby:
Conway is bloody rapid! Great hands, pretty much saw the try line as soon as he caught it
He took his chance bloody well but where was the kick chase? Where was the defence?
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@paekakboyz said in NH club rugby:
Conway is bloody rapid! Great hands, pretty much saw the try line as soon as he caught it
He took his chance bloody well but where was the kick chase? Where was the defence?
@catogrande said in NH club rugby:
@paekakboyz said in NH club rugby:
Conway is bloody rapid! Great hands, pretty much saw the try line as soon as he caught it
He took his chance bloody well but where was the kick chase? Where was the defence?
No no you’re doing this all wrong. Weak defence only exists in Super Rugby.
