Aussie Player Exodus

[boyo]

He must be able to get a Irish passport

Not necessarily. There have been plenty of SH players in Ireland over the years - I'm pretty sure that Contepomi didn't have an Irish passport.

 

[Bullrush]

Dunno if this the right place to put this but here's a young Aussie player who left to the NRL.

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/video-former-union-prodigy-tells-depressing-story-chose-nrl-instead

 

[Tigs Man]

Malouf (14) and To'omua (12) both starting for Leicester Tigers this weekend V Bath (Tapuai on the bench for Bath)

Leicester Tigers (v Bath Rugby, Welford Road, Sunday 3.00pm BST)
1 Ellis Genge, 2 Tom Youngs (c), 3 Logovi’i Mulipola, 4 Dom Barrow, 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Dominic Ryan, 7 Brendon O’Connor, 8 Sione Kalamafoni
9 Ben Youngs, 10 George Ford, 11 Jonny May, 12 Matt To'omua, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 14 Nick Malouf, 15 Telusa Veainu

Replacements
16 Harry Thacker, 17 Greg Bateman, 18 Dan Cole , 19 Mike Williams, 20 Luke Hamilton, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Mathew Tait

 

[Braveheart81]

Good to see To'omua back from his knee injury.

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[TOCC]

To'omua was the biggest loss for Australian Rugby in recent history, with McMahon challenging him for that spot in the future

 

[RebelYell]

Very Aussie feel to the Panasonic side who had a huge win vs. Toshiba.

David Pocock, Berrick Barnes, Digby Ioane, Sam Wykes, Daniel Heenan, Matt Mafi all in the 23, as well as 4 Japanese players (Horie, Inagaki, Kodama & Yamada) who had seasons with Australian Super Rugby teams.

 

[WaltBrisney]

Very Aussie feel to the Panasonic side who had a huge win vs. Toshiba.

David Pocock, Berrick Barnes, Digby Ioane, Sam Wykes, Daniel Heenan, Matt Mafi all in the 23, as well as 4 Japanese players (Horie, Inagaki, Kodama & Yamada) who had seasons with Australian Super Rugby teams.

Add Ben Gunter to that list. 118kg 20 year old loose forward.

 

[wamberal]

To'omua was the biggest loss for Australian Rugby in recent history, with McMahon challenging him for that spot in the future

What about Timani?

 

[oztimmay]

What about Timani?

Nah, we kept to good one in Melbourne


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[wamberal]

Nah, we kept to good one in Melbourne


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Sitaleki can jump.

 

[Highlander35]

Sitaleki can jump.

I don't remember that happening.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Sitaleki was never much more than a passenger at test level. He has not been missed.

 

[Highlander35]

Fox/BeIN Broadcast Games on overnight are Sarries v Northampton, Not Nots v Quins, Scarlets v Kings and Connacht v Glasgow.

Aussies appearing are:

Paul Asquith (Scarlets)
Jarrad Butler (Connacht)
Sam Johnson (Glasgow)
James Horwill (Harlequins)
Dave Porecki (London Irish)
Brendan McKibbon (London Irish)

Excluding players such as Greg Peterson, who've turned out for other Nations.

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[fatprop]

Rumours have it that Curtis Rona has signed, or is about to sign for the Parra Eels

 

[TOCC]

Rumours have it that Curtis Rona has signed, or is about to sign for the Parra Eels

And last week it was rumoured the Tigers..

Whilst the ARU continues to balls up the dealings of the Force, players futures and livelihoods remain precariously balanced.

 

[Dan54]

Well seems Tyrell Lomax has decided his future in NZ, signed with Tasman and the Highlanders!

 

[Slim 293]

Balls.

 

[TOCC]

That's incredibly dissapointing... what's the bet he earns a Wallaby cap in the next 12 months

 

[Slim 293]

That's incredibly dissapointing. what's the bet he earns a Wallaby cap in the next 12 months

Nah, he was invited to join the Wallaby squad but turned it down because he wan'ts to be an AB.

 

[Braveheart81]

That's incredibly dissapointing. what's the bet he earns a Wallaby cap in the next 12 months

I expect he would turn it down now.

Reports are he declined joining the Wallaby camp earlier this year on the same basis because he planned to represent the All Blacks.