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Darby Loudon (17)
He should try play some Shute Shield or Hospital Cup to keep match fit and let coaches have a look. If he has Wallabies world cup aspirations that is, he might be stoked with a paid year off.
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It is the same as Rennie, he is essentially on gardening leave,
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Phil Kearns (64)
Usually there'd be an option to negotiate a loan for the year where the foreign club would just pay a portion of his salary with his Japanese club covering the rest. You see it often enough with JIFF players in France, but this isn't exactly a usual situation, given his club have voluntarily stood down. I can certainly see a situation where they wouldn't be engaging in those negotiations as a matter of principle.
The other issue with a loan like that is if he were to be injured while with that foreign club he might be risking the remainder of his contract, depending on how it was structured.
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Peter Sullivan (51)
on the Offsiders program, Eddie was very dismissive of Arnold, especially his attitude of not wanting to go on EOYT last year, " i only want people who want to play for the Wallabies"
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
That's fairly surprising actually. He should still get paid but a whole year of not playing will negatively impact what he can do after.
But then again, he's probably being paid enough to set him up for life. So somewhat understandable, I guess.
As a regular peasant it's so hard for me to comprehend anyone not wanting to play for their country at a world cup.
He's played at one and the issue here is that he's potentially throwing away multiple years of the biggest contract he's had in his life if he decides he wants to have a crack at going to the RWC this year.
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Tim Horan (67)
Fair from both sides. Professional sport requires total, obsessive commitment. If Rory doesn't want to do that, that's fine.
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George Smith (75)
That's not how it works: players have seperate Super Rugby/NZR & NPC contracts.
I am purely talking about Australian Super Rugby contracted players heading to NZ to play NPC.
As far as I know they sign an NPC contract and the Super Rugby team gives them permission to go and play but doesn't have to pay them through that period.
that is correct. It's a money saver for the Aussie Super Rugby teams
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George Smith (75)
Bad read on my part. So does that mean a Super Rugby player who plays in Shute, QPR, etc is still being paid by their Super Rugby "Club"?
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Johnnie Wallace (23)
Hino Motors are not paying $1.5m for him to risk injury in the QPR lol
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
How the fuck do this silly teams function financially? Ticket sales aren't relevant? Their sponsoring companies pay for the entire set up?
Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
As far as I understand it Rugby is a corporate dick swinging game for major corporations in Japan. The teams themselves all operate at what would be a very minor loss for these companies, given the size of them.
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
Gives the feeling that Rugby in Japan could be rolled up over a weekend if the companies decide it isn't the latest thing any more and they want to get into croquet instead.
Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Yeah - and if it even hints at damaging face they wind that shit up quick smart.
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Nev Cottrell (35)
Yeh there is a disconnection with rugby fans and the actual health of the sport in Japan. It’s better than it was 10-15yrs ago, but it’s no way near as in good shape as many people believe. Most these contracts are just paying mega deals because having sports programs is culturally engrained. The crowds and tv audience surely aren’t justifying the spend. Rich Freeman is a great person on Twitter to learn about this for those interested.
I’d argue the sport is in a worse position than it was 5yrs ago, where outside a couple of emerging Latin countries, France and Ireland the games popularity isn’t where it was at last World Cup cycle.
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Herbert Moran (7)
Reports out of France is that Miles Amatosero - 2m+ /125kg has signed for the Waratahs. If true this is personally how I like to see RA spending money rather than on Rory Arnold. Nothing against Arnold who is class but Amatosero at 20 years old is one I will be excited to see in Aussie Rugby!!
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Rugby Scapulaire - Miles Amatosero devrait rejoindre les Waratahs
Recrutement - Selon les informations de Midi Olympique, le jeune deuxième ligne de Clermont, Miles Amatosero, qui aurait fait preuve d'une approche de la part de
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From what I can gather he went to Waverley College, made the CAS 1st XV when in year 11 in 2019.
Signed to play in France pretty much straight out of high school.