Signing of the season

handsomecake

Daniel William Carter re-signs with nzru. Link to follow after I've changed my jocks

durkadurka

Eh HELLO???
clint newland?

Thanos

durkadurka wrote: »

Eh HELLO???
clint newland?

And won't he get a HC Medal IF we win on Saturday as he was in the squad !!!!!

durkadurka

Oh dear god

jolley123

How is this signing of the season. He's not going anywhere......I'd hardly call that a big signing. More like things are staying the same in terms of Daniel Carter.

JustinDee

handsomecake wrote: »

Daniel William Carter re-signs with nzru. Link to follow after I've changed my jocks

You're Irish though, aren't you?

PhatPiggins

He'd getting injured more often then not now. Right move for him to stay at home where they can manage his game time.

handsomecake

jolley123 wrote: »

How is this signing of the season. He's not going anywhere......I'd hardly call that a big signing. More like things are staying the same in terms of Daniel Carter.

pretty big consideng the allblacks would have been outhalf-less in November if he signed for Toulon or Toulouse etc.


Good for world rugby. Imagine messi not being allowed play soccer for Argentina . Even neutrals should be happy about this. Imagine having the worlds best back ( Arguably) being quarantined from international matches

handsomecake

JustinDee wrote: »

You're Irish though, aren't you?

Unfortunately

GerM

Signing him on a 4 year deal and allowing him sabbaticals to go and play in Europe shows just how screwed the NZRU think they'll be if they lose him. I would say they would be very worried if they had to rely on the likes of Cruden, Slade or Donald. Then again, who wouldn't in comparison to Carter?

CatFromHue

carter kind of distorts the outhalf situation in nz. everyone who shows some promise is straight away compared to him and that pressure has to be hard to deal with.

its a good move for both parties as carter knows he will be looked after and nz still have the best outhalf in the world. even if his goal kicking is bit off recently.

Beanmachine

Joe Schmidt

Chucky the tree

handsomecake wrote: »

pretty big consideng the allblacks would have been outhalf-less in November if he signed for Toulon or Toulouse etc.


Good for world rugby. Imagine messi not being allowed play soccer for Argentina . Even neutrals should be happy about this. Imagine having the worlds best back ( Arguably) being quarantined from international matches

Difference is Argentina aren't stupid enough not to pick messie bcause he doesn't play in Argentina.

Ciaran-Irl

handsomecake wrote: »

Unfortunately

:rolleyes:

handsomecake

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Difference is Argentina aren't stupid enough not to pick messie bcause he doesn't play in Argentina.

the nzru are not stupid. they are in a **** situation. the new zealand dollar isnt worth a **** and if they allowed non domestic players to play abroad they may put the itm cup and super 15 in the bin.
look at the trouble fiji argentina et al have in getting players released from the top 14 etc. its murder. francois steyn was a good example in recent memory .
when they are nzru contracted they can be managed under the collective bargaining agreement and get wrapped in cotton wool as needs be. if carter played for clermont- he would arrive back for the tri-nations in rag order. they would play him every minute possible.

its benefitted ireland to have all their players playing for leinster and munster (i know the irfu still allow offshore players in the squad) because declan can have a word in joe smidt or tony macgahans ear and ask for a wink and a nod here or there.so matt williams eluded to on off the ball.

DonnieDunesman

What about all these NZ players signing for Ulster?? Rory Mc Ilroy is paying their wages! Im watching Neighbours and on boards.ie, should be writing a thesis. AWWWWWWWWWWWW follow @Al_Boreland on twitter!

DonnieDunesman

DonnieDunesman wrote: »

What about all these NZ players signing for Ulster?? Rory Mc Ilroy is paying their wages! Im watching Neighbours and on boards.ie, should be writing a thesis. AWWWWWWWWWWWW follow @Al_Boreland on twitter!

This is a fine example of WTFism. I think I WTF'ed at about 9 things in this post.

Also, Carter is World #1, regardless if he's signing the back of a receipt, it's the best signing in the world!

porterbelly

Peter Borlasse

the juice

porterbelly wrote: »

Peter Borlasse

lol

almighty1

handsomecake wrote: »

Daniel William Carter re-signs with nzru. Link to follow after I've changed my jocks

Really? Worthy of its own post?

Would like to know who you shout for when NZ play Ireland. :rolleyes:

anonymous_joe

almighty1 wrote: »

Really? Worthy of its own post?

Would like to know who you shout for when NZ play Ireland. :rolleyes:

It actually is.

He's the world's best out-half.

That's of some importance.

JustinDee

handsomecake wrote: »

Unfortunately

Unfortunately?
I've lived long enough across the 'dutch' from the Kiwis to ask this: what . . . the . . . hell???

Crash

The grass is always greener in the land of people who go to bed by 10pm, all the time.

whysomoody

Deleted User wrote: »

This is a fine example of WTFism. I think I WTF'ed at about 9 things in this post.

Also, Carter is World #1, regardless if he's signing the back of a receipt, it's the best signing in the world!

if you replace LOL with WTF in your post it sums up my reaction to this!