JOC (James O'Connor) Gooonne

[Quick Hands]

Damn if he does damn if he doesn't.. His back with a team that won't take his ego.. And he lost his wallaby jersey.. He will be alright..

I hope so. As I said right back near the start of this thread - it's such a shame that a young man who obviously has plenty of talent found himself unwanted because of off-field matters. He's the only one who can change his own behaviour and attitude.

 

[A mutterer]

so what, you guys brought in stan pilecki as a full time minder to keep homebrand in line?

 

[Slim 293]

The harsh punishment of earning a shit tonne of cash while living in the south of France along the Meditteranean coast will have shown him the error of his ways..........

 

[Pfitzy]

so what, you guys brought in stan pilecki as a full time minder to keep homebrand in line?

Don't think we want Stan in jail for justifiable homicide.

 

[Ignoto]

so what, you guys brought in stan pilecki as a full time minder to keep homebrand in line?

Clubs up here don't allow smoking so I'm not too sure how much minding Stan will be able to do!

 

[NFL]

I'm excited JOCs with the Reds.
I think he'll go hard this time around and without all the horseshit off field.

 

[boyo]

Do you want to buy a bridge?

 

[Ruggo]

I got to give him the benefit of the doubt but I don't want him stuffing up Quade.

 

[I like to watch]

He won't.
Only Quade can stuff Quade.
But based on the last year or so,I don't think it's an issue anyway.

 

[Jagman]

Toulon are saying he's signed to them after the World Cup for another two years with no escape claus.


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[Pfitzy]

another two years with no escape claus.

Fuck! Doesn't even get to go home at Christmas?!!

 

[GaffaCHinO]

Toulon are saying he's signed to them after the World Cup for another two years with no escape claus.


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[qwerty51]

I'm guessing the 2nd year option is James'.

 

[oztimmay]

(Fr the aus v saffa thread)

Not a good sign at all. Since all the facts aren't on the table (mainly because of Jim's silence) makes it hard to judge who's telling the truth. The fact that JOC (James O'Connor) hasn't really done any media on this in Australia worries me too.

 

[Sully]

If it was up to me I wouldn't pick a player who sets up that kind of a deal.

 

[Wilson]

If it was up to me I wouldn't pick a player who sets up that kind of a deal.

Based on selections this year (Kane Douglas for example) Link wouldn't either. He's been in discussion with Link though and they must of discussed it if this was his plan. So either it's been decided the super rugby season will be enough to qualify and anyone else who announces that they're going overseas after the world cup (even without one of the ARU's new contracts) will also be available, or this a bit of bullshit coming out of Toulon and the French papers. I'm not sure which.

 

[Train Without a Station]

Wilson. Everybody - Kane Douglas, Ben Mowen, etc. is available. They have just preferred not to select them. See Sitalecki "Concrete for fucking hands" Timani in 2013.

 

[Slim 293]

Mowen is already in France.........

 

[Train Without a Station]

Because he was released from the back end of his contract though. He wasn't unavailable for the French series. He was just not selected.

 

[Scoey]

Semantics really. I don't think any one has actually said that they were ineligible. Wilson actually just said (on Douglas) that Link didn't pick him.