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Aussie Player Exodus

LeCheese

LeCheese

Peter Sullivan (51)
This can only be viewed as a win tbh. Pretty clear that Ikitau, as an individual with autonomy over his decisions, had a foot out the door and a hand on a big bag of cash. Instead, we get to keep him in and around the system. RA meeting him halfway with the sabbatical is a win for all parties. Can't see this sort of thinking from the stubborn and denialist RA of a few years ago.
 
Derpus

Derpus

Nathan Sharpe (72)
Mick The Munch said:
Soooo, let me get this straight... RA's message is that Aussie Super Rugby teams need to win the competition to get more eyeballs on the game, BUT it's OK letting a bunch of Wallaby starters go overseas, which will weaken the Super Rugby teams they need to win... Am I missing something here?
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Yeah quite a lot, actually.

Only issue I have with the deal is sending Len to the ass end of England and not Japan, which is where we should be lining up the majority of these sabaticals IMO.
 
LeCheese

LeCheese

Peter Sullivan (51)
Derpus said:
Yeah quite a lot, actually.

Only issue I have with the deal is sending Len to the ass end of England and not Japan, which is where we should be lining up the majority of these sabaticals IMO.
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Selfishly, I'd rather they have an absolutely miserable time in England - and quickly want to come back - than enjoy the fruits of Japan
 
Dctarget

Dctarget

David Wilson (68)
LeCheese said:
Selfishly, I'd rather they have an absolutely miserable time in England - and quickly want to come back - than enjoy the fruits of Japan
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It does seem that players are much more likely to return from the UK than Japan. TBH I can't think of many players who've come back from multi-year contracts in Japan.
 
Derpus

Derpus

Nathan Sharpe (72)
Dctarget said:
It does seem that players are much more likely to return from the UK than Japan. TBH I can't think of many players who've come back from multi-year contracts in Japan.
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Japan is awesome, and I can't imagine a better lifestyle than getting paid millions to play touch footy over there.
 
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Mick The Munch

Mick The Munch

Bill McLean (32)
Braveheart81 said:
He has replaced Rebel Man as the guy who will post negatively about every single thing possible relating to Australian Rugby.
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stillmissit

stillmissit

Jim Lenehan (48)
LeCheese said:
This can only be viewed as a win tbh. Pretty clear that Ikitau, as an individual with autonomy over his decisions, had a foot out the door and a hand on a big bag of cash. Instead, we get to keep him in and around the system. RA meeting him halfway with the sabbatical is a win for all parties. Can't see this sort of thinking from the stubborn and denialist RA of a few years ago.
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Len has been a great servant of Ausssie rugby and I wish him well. Considering his omission in RWC I expected him to go early after that.
The deal with RA seems on the face of it fair and RWC without some old heads ain't easy.
 
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