Aussie Player Exodus

[LeCheese]

These feels like a bit of a first, Bayonne have issued a statement to assure their fans that Reece Hodge is not on that good a contract:

Actualités - Communiqué Officiel

Contrairement à ce qui est indiqué dans l’article de Sud Ouest intitulé «Aviron Bayonnais: Hugo Reus s’éloigne vers l’UBB, Reece Hodge se rapproche...

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Translation for those who can’t be bothered to do so:

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE​

September 9, 2025
Contrary to what is indicated in the Sud Ouest article entitled "Aviron Bayonnais: Hugo Reus moves away to the UBB, Reece Hodge gets closer to the field", Reece Hodge is not "the highest salary of the workforce".

Aviron Bayonnais calls on everyone to verify their information so as not to commit, once again, an error detrimental to the Club and its employees.

 

[Wilson]

Apparently this has become a bit of a habit with Bayonne, putting out press releases for anything they think is wrong in an article attempting to shame the journalists for writing it. Not sure it's helping their image too much though, it feels like the sort of thing a club serious financial turmoil would do.

 

[Dctarget]

Apparently this has become a bit of a habit with Bayonne, putting out press releases for anything they think is wrong in an article attempting to shame the journalists for writing it. Not sure it's helping their image too much though, it feels like the sort of thing a club serious financial turmoil would do.

Lame, I want to support them this season with their strong Aussie contingent.

 

[Wilson]

Lame, I want to support them this season with their strong Aussie contingent.

Looking at it, it might be a specific fight with Sud-Ouest - they stopped taking questions from them in press conferences towards the end of last season, and now they keep issuing these statements shaming them for not calling to confirm details in their articles before printing them (might be a bit hard if Bayonne won't take their questions....).

This might just be due to the translation, but I find this line from that statement hilarious:

Everyone will comment on this lack of rigour and the objectives of such articles.

Can't help but read it in Trump's voice.