Stade Francais may face bankruptcy

yogimotorsport

http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2011/0622/stade.html
Bad sign for French rugby
Where would this leave Paul Warwick?

buck65

I'm sure he'd get a decent club. Hard to see him going back to Munster with Keatley and Felix Jones on the books.

Tomtom364

Id be happy for him to go back to Munster.

Specially if Jones manages to get into the Ireland 30 man squad.

Put it this way, if Jones goes to the world cup, we start the season with no first choice 15, if he dosnt go to the World cup he has to play everymatch as we have no actual 15 to replace him.

Scott Deasy isnt good enough and id rather keep johnny murphey, earls and hurley on the wings where they are best.

Stev_o

yogimotorsport wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2011/0622/stade.html
Bad sign for French rugby
Where would this leave Paul Warwick?

If Stade go under i expect Lyon to spend outrageous amounts of money to secure half their roster.

TheJims

it would make me quite sad to see warwick warming a bench... hes a quality 15/10, and deserves first team rugby where ever he goes for the few years he has left...

Would love to see him back at munster, but it is important for Munster to get Jones up to speed and think for the years ahead

JustinDee

Quelle surprise.
Privately-owned plaything turns out to be badly managed and insolvent.

Monty Burnz

JustinDee wrote: »

Quelle surprise.
Privately-owned plaything turns out to be badly managed and insolvent.

The soccerisation of French rugby is a bit depressing.

thomond2006

He won't be coming back to Munster.

sock puppet

Stade, who under the flamboyant former radio mogul Guazzini's presidency have emerged from third division anonymity to win five league titles and reach two European Cup finals, had thought their financial woes were over when a virtually unheard of Canadian Foundation FACEM said they would invest €12million euros in the club.

However, the deal brokered by former Stade and France coach Bernard Laporte fell apart and on Tuesday it was announced that both he and Guazzini were suing FACEM - who are based in a non-descript building in Montreal - for fraud.

A source close to the investigation told AFP that a Cameroon national had been arrested in Paris on Tuesday over his alleged involvement in the affair.

Dear President of Stade Francais

I am a Cameroon prince...

Rickwellwood

we'll have him back here in Connacht in a heartbeat

partyndbs

lol

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Rickwellwood wrote: »

we'll have him back here in Connacht in a heartbeat

It would be great to have him back in Connacht although perhaps he has at least two years left in him to be playing for a top european side. Who knows though, given we're in the HK

Rickwellwood

especially with HC rugby - he'd be the right guy to have on the field with all his experience and knows the connacht set up well.

All the squad spots are filled but with all the Season Tickets sold in record amounts theres extra mula around - if the powers that be want it to happen it could happen.

I'd be up for it as our options at 10 atm don't exactly stir me up

Superbus

Why has a thread about the potential collapse of a previously high-flying club, and the inherent indictment on modern practices in French domestic rugby, focused on the impact it would have on Paul Warwick's career?

Tomtom364

Superbus wrote: »

Why has a thread about the potential collapse of a previously high-flying club, and the inherent indictment on modern practices in French domestic rugby, focused on the impact it would have on Paul Warwick's career?

1) Stade got scammed, so it isnt exactly a french rugby pratices problem, any club with an owner could get scammed.

2) as it was a private buisness dealing then we wont know much/ offer much to discuss

3) warrick has strong ties with ireland and id say alot of people here would be wishing the best for the man

4) his future could have a positve effect on an irish club

phog

Superbus wrote: »

Why has a thread about the potential collapse of a previously high-flying club, and the inherent indictment on modern practices in French domestic rugby, focused on the impact it would have on Paul Warwick's career?

At least it didn't turn into a ROG/Sexton debate like so many threads here.

Superbus

phog wrote: »

At least it didn't turn into a ROG/Sexton debate like so many threads here.

I'm not sure how that could have happened, but it probably could.

danthefan

Hope this gets sorted, I don't think it does anyone any good if Stade go to the wall, love them or hate them.

thomond2006

Stade have a lot of players who'll find new clubs quickly, to think Parisse could be a free agent! :eek:

According to posters on TRH, Toulouse will sign Dimitri Szarzewski if he is released and Toulon will certainly sign Basteraud. Lyon, the new rich boys of French rugby, would be looking to take players too.

ambid

phog wrote: »

At least it didn't turn into a ROG/Sexton debate like so many threads here.

Superbus wrote: »

I'm not sure how that could have happened, but it probably could.

Any thread can turn into a ROG/Sexton debate. I read threads about mortgage interest rates expecting them to turn into a ROG/Sexton debate.

I do love the "unfollow thread" button.

Morf

thomond2006 wrote: »

Stade have a lot of players who'll find new clubs quickly, to think Parisse could be a free agent! :eek:

As i keep endlessly repeating I'd really hope the Italian RFU would take this opportunity to make a marquee signing of Parisse and really make Treviso/Aironi a much stronger and healthier force in European rugby.

thomond2006

Morf wrote: »

As i keep endlessly repeating I'd really hope the Italian RFU would take this opportunity to make a marquee signing of Parisse and really make Treviso/Aironi a much stronger and healthier force in European rugby.

Feck that, Parisse will be Munster's new number 12!

Nah on a serious note it would be a brilliant thing for Italian rugby if he went there, given that he would start for any top European side. Mauro Bergamasco is a free agent, he's another one they should get home. Given that he's 32 it's a more realistic move than Parisse who will only be 28 in September.

TheJims

ambid wrote: »

Any thread can turn into a ROG/Sexton debate. I read threads about mortgage interest rates expecting them to turn into a ROG/Sexton debate.

I do love the "unfollow thread" button.

But like.. rog v sexton deserves another thread! I mean.. its not like we can ever talk about them to much ! :-P

thomond2006

In a desperate bid to cut their budget, financially stricken Stade Français are reportedly set to release a handful of their new signings.

In the wake of FACEM fraud saga, the Parisian club will on Monday appear before the French League's financial watchdog, the DNACG, where they must present evidence that they will be able to fill the 6.6 million Euro hole in their budget to avoid administrate relegation.

A new group of investors is believed to have been hurriedly put together to try save the club.

According to Paris radio station RMC, Stade are looking to reduce their wages bill by releasing a handful of players from their
contracts. These include French international centre Mathieu Bastareaud, who has openly declared his desire to join Toulon, but also new recruits such as former All Blacks and Toulouse scrum-half Byron Kelleher, Chiefs hooker Aled de Malmanche and their latest signing, Stormers lock Anton Van Zyl.

Meanwhile in Canberra, another new recruit, Brumbies winger Francis Fainifo, is in the process of packing up his home to fly to France early next week and is confident the situation will be resolved.

''I've seen the story on TV but apparently it won't affect me. My management have said things are still in place and that I'm still good to go over there and that I'll be paid,'' Fainifo told the Canberra Times.

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_7006198,00.html

Stade Français
IN: Zura Zhvania (AIA), Olivier Milloud (Bourgoin), Aled de Malmanche (Chiefs), Stan Wright (Leinster), Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro (Pampas XV), Gerhard Mostert (Sharks), Anton van Zyl (Stormers), Scott LaValla (Ulster), Arthur Chollon (Bordeaux-Bègles), Lei Tomiki (Reds), David Lyons (Scarlets), Jérôme Fillol (Racing-Métro), Byron Kelleher (Stade Français), Paul Warwick (Munster), Felipe Contepomi (Toulon), Morgan Turinui (Dax), Francis Fainifo (Brumbies), Vilive Namosolo Aria (Nadi), Paul Sackey (Toulon), Alex Rokobaro (Melbourne Rebels), Paul Williams (Sale)

OUT: Arthur Joly (Bourgoin), Pedro Ledesma (retired), Arnaud Marchois (Lyon), Juan Manuel Leguizamón (Lyon), Benjamin Tardy (Pau), Lionel Beauxis (Toulouse), Guillaume Boussès (Racing-Métro), Damien Weber, Mauro Bergamasco, Romain Dibel, James Haskell, Noël Oelschig, Ollie Phillips, Romain Raine, Hugo Southwell

http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?21565-Transfers-2010-11

A lot of their recruits won't have any problem finding new clubs. Hopefully none will be left without a club. Of course if they let their best players go they'll be in danger of relegation anyway.

CatFromHue

they've released 15 but signed 21!

anonymous_joe

I just hope Felipe, Stan and Cheiks make it out ok. :pac:

Taco Corp

Stade now safe it seems

http://www.espnscrum.com/francetop14-2010-11/rugby/story/142372.html?CMP=OTC-RSS