Folau re-signing
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Ken Catchpole (46)
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Alex Ross (28)
Particularly when Izzy suggested he was already feeling a bit jaded at the beginning of this season. I suppose it might be different to go live in an entirely new culture and see a whole range of entirely new things, though.
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Rocky Elsom (76)
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hmmm, yes cause for celebration however the elephant in the room is the 'flexi-contract', I'm assuming it is only for 1 off-season, the ARU wouldn't be sill enough to let him take 2 offseason's i hope.
I see 2017 Israel Folau been burnt-out and carrying injuries from playing 3 consecutive seasons of rugby union, everyone will complain he is past it and deride the man who introduced the flexible contract.
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I see 2017 Israel Folau been burnt-out and carrying injuries from playing 3 consecutive seasons of rugby union, everyone will complain he is past it and deride the man who introduced the flexible contract.
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Simon Poidevin (60)
Yep - the Red Hurricanes have announced him and Etzebeth.
Having no offseason after a world cup year seems a bit....optimistic
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Jimmy Flynn (14)
$2 million a year for 3 years. What a load of shit! Instead of spending the $6 million on developing the game and players in Australia, which is desperately needed, lets spend it all on 1 player, who is not worth that much by a long shot.
Absolutely bonkers from the ARU. Seriously stupid.
Absolutely bonkers from the ARU. Seriously stupid.
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Georgina Robinson reporting that it's 2 seasons in Japan...
So is is how it will play out:
Nov-Feb -Japan Top League
Feb-Aug -Super Rugby(including inbound tours)
Aug-Oct -Rugby Championship
Oct-Nov -EOYT
Nov-Feb -Japan Top League
*repeat*
Oh dear, good luck izzy......
So is is how it will play out:
Nov-Feb -Japan Top League
Feb-Aug -Super Rugby(including inbound tours)
Aug-Oct -Rugby Championship
Oct-Nov -EOYT
Nov-Feb -Japan Top League
*repeat*
Oh dear, good luck izzy......
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Read the details next time, that $2million is speculated and inclusive of third party deals and money from his Japan contract...
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Ken Catchpole (46)
The Japanese rugby is softer, players go on holiday there. The ARU should prepare a special break for him, something like the NZRU does with the top class players. A break for the first 5 rounds of Super Rugby
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And as people have said a million times, the percentage of revenue spent of player contracts is fixed due to a RUPA agreement. They can't just save money there and spend it somewhere else.
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Chilla Wilson (44)
Folau is worth every cent. His signing benefits every level of Australian rugby. From inspiring kids to play to attracting sponsorship and publicity.
I think he'll be missing the EOYT when playing in Japan. And it'll only be one time as the first season there will be after the world cup.
That article said that the 2 Japanese seasons won't be consecutive so he'll get a break after the 2016 season.
I think he'll be missing the EOYT when playing in Japan. And it'll only be one time as the first season there will be after the world cup.
That article said that the 2 Japanese seasons won't be consecutive so he'll get a break after the 2016 season.
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Phil Kearns (64)
Seriously stupid is the right phrase. The ONLY positive publicity that our game gets in the mainstream media revolves around Folau.
Take Folau out of the picture, and we would be getting nothing. Worse still, imagine the negative stories if he had decided to go back to the NRL.
Open you eyes, chum, look at the world we actually live in, a world in which we are a niche sport with very, very few public faces, and Izzy is by far the biggest.
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