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General Rugby Discussion II

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  • #7142
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,142 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    Quin_Dub wrote: »
    That makes no Rugby sense at all.

    In some ways , maybe the view is that he market place has tightened up so much that Clubs might struggle financially to commit to "project" player for a 5 year contract , but so what?

    I thought the whole point of the change was to limit the "mercenary" contracts in favour of genuine legitimate moves?

    Given the upheaval in Super Rugby this will help SH players get contracts in Europe or Japan. That, I assume, is the reasoning.


  • #7143
    Former Former
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭Former Former


    The rule change is not that players arriving now can qualify in three years, it's that players who arrived in their new country in 2018 can still qualify in three years, and only if they get capped by the end of 2021.

    Quite who this will help, I'm not sure.


  • #7144
    rayd3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭rayd3


    Former Former wrote: »
    The rule change is not that players arriving now can qualify in three years, it's that players who arrived in their new country in 2018 can still qualify in three years, and only if they get capped by the end of 2021.

    This is too complicated for the intellectuals that are deeply concerned with the issue to comprehend it seems. Either that or none of them bothered to read a single bloody article on the change.


  • #7145
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,142 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    rayd3 wrote: »
    This is too complicated for the intellectuals that are deeply concerned with the issue to comprehend it seems. Either that or none of them bothered to read a single bloody article on the change.

    Confident for 24 posts...


    Welcome


  • #7146
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,142 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    Former Former wrote: »
    The rule change is not that players arriving now can qualify in three years, it's that players who arrived in their new country in 2018 can still qualify in three years, and only if they get capped by the end of 2021.

    Quite who this will help, I'm not sure.

    I blame Venjur...


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  • #7147
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,404 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    bilston wrote: »
    I blame Venjur...

    So do I.
    What are we blaming him for?


  • #7148
    Dog Botherer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Dog Botherer


    Yeah_Right wrote: »


    So do I.
    What are we blaming him for?

    everything


  • #7149
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 44,149 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Yeah_Right wrote: »


    So do I.
    What are we blaming him for?

    Covid-19 obviously


  • #7150
    rayd3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭rayd3


    bilston wrote: »
    Confident for 24 posts...


    Welcome

    Thank you very much for your welcome. How many posts should I accumulate before posting further, dear leader.


  • #7151
    jacothelad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,005 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    Yeah_Right wrote: »

    So do I.
    What are we blaming him for?


    Brexit....Jedward....Donald Turnip....Rap.....Shaven temples.... Harp....The Grassy Knoll gunman....Peach Schnapps..


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  • #7152
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,142 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    rayd3 wrote: »
    Thank you very much for your welcome. How many posts should I accumulate before posting further, dear leader.

    25


  • #7153
    jacothelad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,005 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    rayd3 wrote: »
    Thank you very much for your welcome. How many posts should I accumulate before posting further, dear leader.
    bilston wrote: »
    25






    :D:D:D:D:D


  • #7154
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 17,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    Former Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt is being lined up for a high profile position with World Rugby, with the governing body keen to bring the New Zealander on board in a brand new role. Schmidt is reportedly World Rugby’s first choice for the newly created role of ‘Director of Rugby and High Performance’.

    According to the Sunday Times, the position would oversee “the management of match officials, interacting with coaches on law implementation and helping to drive high performance in emerging rugby nations.”


    Sounds like an ideal role for him.


    Link


  • #7155
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 20,606 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bilston wrote: »
    I blame Venjur...
    Yeah_Right wrote: »


    So do I.
    What are we blaming him for?
    Dog Botherer wrote: »
    everything
    sydthebeat wrote: »
    Covid-19 obviously
    jacothelad wrote: »
    Brexit....Jedward....Donald Turnip....Rap.....Shaven temples.... Harp....The Grassy Knoll gunman....Peach Schnapps..

    MeSarzp.gif


  • #7156
    Dog Botherer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Dog Botherer


    I especially blame you for rick and morty


  • #7157
    Burkie1203
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭Burkie1203


    https://twitter.com/rugby_ie/status/1293110034063294464?s=19


  • #7158
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    That's a disaster. I wonder due to the nature of the sport, does covid travel far more quickly. No mention if it was players or otherwise.


  • #7159
    Former Former
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭Former Former


    Well, here's the Stade squad last week:

    image-rugby-2.jpg

    Like, I understand that social distancing and masks are not always practical, but spending a week cheek to jowl in a training camp like this was asking for trouble.


  • #7160
    aloooof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,254 ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    https://twitter.com/LiRFC/status/1293117468425281537


  • #7161
    Burkie1203
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭Burkie1203


    Former Former wrote: »
    Well, here's the Stade squad last week:

    image-rugby-2.jpg

    Like, I understand that social distancing and masks are not always practical, but spending a week cheek to jowl in a training camp like this was asking for trouble.

    Especially going hundreds of miles away en masse for a training camp

    Some games in Scottish football off this weekend. I reckon pro14 will be derby based early on in season to buy some time


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  • #7162
    Dog Botherer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Dog Botherer


    aloooof wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/LiRFC/status/1293117468425281537url]

    serious signing. there’s probably a rake of capped Puma’s available on low money with Jaguares on the way out.


  • #7163
    clsmooth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,144 ✭✭✭clsmooth


    Dog Botherer wrote: »
    serious signing. there’s probably a rake of capped Puma’s available on low money with Jaguares on the way out.

    2 1/2 years younger then Rory Best. He’s no spring chicken but they might get a year or two out of him


  • #7164
    Dog Botherer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Dog Botherer


    clsmooth wrote: »
    2 1/2 years younger then Rory Best. He’s no spring chicken but they might get a year or two out of him

    far more talented than Best though, and I’m a fan of Best. definitely the kind of player you could build a pack around if his head is right for it.


  • #7165
    clsmooth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,144 ✭✭✭clsmooth


    Dog Botherer wrote: »
    far more talented than Best though, and I’m a fan of Best. definitely the kind of player you could build a pack around if his head is right for it.

    Not sure you’d want to build you pack around a 35 year old hooker. Cracking player in his prime though.


  • #7166
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,272 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Former Former wrote: »
    Well, here's the Stade squad last week:

    image-rugby-2.jpg

    Like, I understand that social distancing and masks are not always practical, but spending a week cheek to jowl in a training camp like this was asking for trouble.

    Why would they not test the squad before travelling?


  • #7167
    Burkie1203
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭Burkie1203


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Why would they not test the squad before travelling?

    They seemed to be out and about quite a bit.


  • #7168
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 20,606 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Super Rugby Aotearoa cancellled due to Covid19 resurgence :https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/423570/covid-19-cancels-super-rugby-aotearoa-finale


  • #7169
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,220 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    Not quite, with one of the two games still to go ahead.


  • #7170
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Completely sensible given the title is decided


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  • #7171
    aloooof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,254 ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    I'll see your Finishers and raise you System players. Hmmm.

    https://twitter.com/CharlieFelix/status/1294232327112056832


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