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TICKLE_ME_ELMO

swiwi_ wrote: »

Steve Hansen has something to say about Iceland beating England..maybe it's just Kiwi sense of humour.

Also first assistant ref (touch judge for the veterans) with 2 X chromosomes on the Super Rugby sidelines this week. I see the Pro 12 beat us to it though.

I think someone beat the Pro 12 to it too. French D2 maybe?

phog

Following on from the news that Munster have signed Jean Kleyn from SA

Players moving from SA

Players confirmed to Europe/Japan (with clubs they are heading to in brackets)

BULLS
Dean Greyling (Oyonnax)
Marcel van der Merwe (Toulon)
Werner Kruger (Scarlets)
Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg (Montpellier)
Le Roux Roets (Racing Metro)
Lappies Labuschagne (Kubota Spears)
Deon Stegmann (Honda Heat)
Grant Hattingh (Kubota Spears)
Jacques Potgieter (Fukuoka Sanix Blues – returns for Super Rugby)
Duhan van der Merwe (Montpellier)

CHEETAHS
Maks van Dyk (Toulouse)
Coenie van Wyk (Toshiba Brave Lupis)
Henry Immelman (Montpellier)
Willie Britz (NTT Shining Arcs)
Francois Uys (Toyota Verblitz – returns for Super Rugby)

STORMERS
Vincent Koch (Saracens)
Schalk Burger (Saracens)
Nic Groom (Northampton Saints)
Louis Schreuder (Kubota Spears)
Jean Kleyn (Munster)

SHARKS
Marcell Coetzee (Ulster)
JP Pietersen (Leicester Tigers)
Paul Jordaan (La Rochelle)
Joe Pietersen (Kamiashi Seawaves) Kyle Cooper (Newcastle Falcons)

LIONS
Franco Mostert (Lyon)
Derick Minnie (Zebre)
Marnitz Boshoff (Connacht)
Warren Whiteley (Docomo Red Hurricanes, returns for Super Rugby)
Jaco Kriel (Kubota Spears, returns for Super Rugby)
Lionel Mapoe (Kubota Spears, returns for Super Rugby)
Elton Jantjies (NTT Shining Arcs, returns for Super Rugby) Lloyd Greeff (Zebre)
Warwick Tecklenburg (Kamiashi Seawaves, returns for Super Rugby)

SOUTHERN KINGS
Steven Sykes (Oyonnax)
Schalk Oelofste (Mont-de-Marsan)
Philip du Preez (Mont-de-Marsan)
Louis Fouche (Kubota Spears)
Aiden Davids (Toulon)
James Hall (Oyonnax, returns for Super Rugby)
Shane Gates (NTT Shining Arcs)
Jurgen Visser (Docomo Red Hurricanes)

SA SEVENS
Francois Hougaard (Worcester)

LEOPARDS
Bart Le Roux (Zebre)

Unattached
Gerbrand Grobler (Racing Metro, suspension ends October 8 2016)

South Africans moving between overseas clubs
Pedrie Wannenberg (Castres to Denver)
Nick Fenton-Wells (Bedford to Bristol)
Pat Cilliers (Montpellier to Leicester Tigers)
Dewald Potgieter (Yamaha Jublio to Worcester Warriors)
Matt Williams (Northampton Saints to Worcester Warriors)
Sebastien de Chaves (Leicester Tigers to London Irish)
Devin Hope (Coventry to London Scottish)
Jody Jenneker (Oyonnax to Castres)
Robert Ebersohn (Montpellier to Castres)
Juandre Kruger (Racing Metro to Toulon)
Pellow van der Westhuizen (Clermont to Montauban)
George Earle (Scarlets to Cardiff)
Pat Howard (Northampton Saints to Newport Gwent Dragons)
Rynier Bernardo (Ospreys to Scarlets)
Gerhard van der Heever (Munster to Yamaha Jubilo)
Jean Cook (Zebre to Kintetsu)

Coaches heading overseas
Dawie Theron (Docomo Red Hurricanes)
Andre Tredoux (Docomo Red Hurricanes)
Rassie Erasmus (Munster)
Jacques Nienaber (Munster)
Frans Ludeke (Kubota Spears)
John McFarland (Kubota Spears)
Eugene Eloff (Austin Huns)
Phil Pretorius (Cayman Islands)

thomond2006

It's impossible for SA to compete with Europe/Japan with the current value of the Rand.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Would most of the guys going to Japan still be playing Super Rugby though?

SuperSean

Hey guys, sorry if this has already been discussed. Didn't want to start a new thread for it so thought I'd ask here.
Does anyone know if the NZ / Australia matches have gone on sale yet?
On the irfu site it's says it was the end of June but I didn't see any. Maybe I just missed it :O

former total

SuperSean wrote: »

Hey guys, sorry if this has already been discussed. Didn't want to start a new thread for it so thought I'd ask here.
Does anyone know if the NZ / Australia matches have gone on sale yet?
On the irfu site it's says it was the end of June but I didn't see any. Maybe I just missed it :O

They're on ticketmaster but very little left, you might have to buy a three-game package including the Canada game.

Hype710

No tickets left for NZ on the site but plenty left for Australia.

SuperSean

Thanks guys!

pickarooney

Schalk Burger to Saracens. The perfect match.

Ali Williams out of retirement to join Racing

Adbrowne

wasps have signed nick deluca fom biarritz on a short term contract because of injuries

Dog Botherer

pickarooney wrote: »

Schalk Burger to Saracens. The perfect match.

Ali Williams out of retirement to join Racing

Like for like replacement for his namesake, Jacque. Grizzled veteran flanker with a very loose interpretation of the laws of the game.

RobbieRuns

I see London Irish have brought Brendan Venter in from South Africa.

Stainalert

RobbieRuns wrote: »

I see London Irish have brought Brendan Venter in from South Africa.

Very good move

razorblunt

Adbrowne wrote: »

wasps have signed nick deluca fom biarritz on a short term contract because of injuries

Woeful player, didn't realise he was still playing.

Howard moving to the Dragons could be a great signing, he was very good in a poor Munster side.

Felix Jones is God

Stainalert wrote: »

Very good move

3 cheers for Brenden Venter

Adbrowne

http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/news/30240.php#et1L7vJzmdhoaOCQ.97


samson lee out for 16 weeks

pappyodaniel

RobbieRuns wrote: »

I see London Irish have brought Brendan Venter in from South Africa.

Was he not head coach before?

icdg

He was director of rugby at Saracens, during which he gave probably the most infamous post match interview in Heineken Cup history.

Felix Jones is God

icdg wrote: »

He was director of rugby at Saracens, during which he gave probably the most infamous post match interview in Heineken Cup history.

It's probably the greatest post match interview in rugby history:)

sydthebeat

Very interesting, very good, three cheers.....

Felix Jones is God

Three cheers for Sireli Bobo !

kuang1

And the 2nd best post match interview ever has to be Mike Brown after Wales last year.
https://youtu.be/fuSQEsVgnWE

Edit: I could be wrong....just stumbled upon this:

https://youtu.be/9Dd2XXxNDr4

RobbieRuns

sydthebeat wrote: »

Very interesting, very good, three cheers.....

Ja, Ja, very good, must look at that, three cheers for that. Thank You.....

Buer

pappyodaniel wrote: »

Was he not head coach before?

Correct.

London Irish was his first club in England. He played for them and coached them.

RobbieRuns

pappyodaniel wrote: »

Was he not head coach before?

Yes, but he was player/coach. They won their only trophy in 2002, Powergen cup with him as coach. Conor O'Shea was director of rugby at the time, he is seemingly good friends with Conor. In fact I heard a story that when Venter decided to go back to England after leaving London Irish, to be DOR at Saracens for the South African owners, Conor put the word in for his other old London Irish team mate Mark McCall who was at Ulster. Venter took him on and he is still there. I think Venter is a great move by them.

Mc Love

Great move, great move, yeah I agree.

Adbrowne

Joe Tomane joining Montpellier after super rugby season finishes

OldRio

Bath have been trying to redevelop their home at the Rec for some time.. It seems they have knocked part of their West stand down and increased capacity to 14,500.

http://www.bathrugby.com/the-club/club-history/the-rec-development/

My cousin lives over in England and his eldest lad received a surprise gift from his new wife. A seat from the West Stand.

paulie21

Setanta have the Irish rights to the 2019 world cup. 13 games will be free to air including all Ireland and knockout games

errlloyd

paulie21 wrote: »

Setanta have the Irish rights to the 2019 world cup. 13 games will be free to air including all Ireland and knockout games

That's a disaster