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Could Allan be away with Italy?
No he has apparently told Italy he wants to concentrate on Quins. Presumably that was agreed prior to contract. -
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No he has apparently told Italy he wants to concentrate on Quins. Presumably that was agreed prior to contract.
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No he has apparently told Italy he wants to concentrate on Quins. Presumably that was agreed prior to contract.
The impression I got from the commentators on Friday night was that Allen was aware he had missed a lot of time with Quins so wanted to gel more with his club teammates. Consequently, he had recently told Italy “thanks but no thanks this time.” -
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When we signed Botta, it was apparently on the agreement that he would no longer play for Argentina. When we signed Allan I guessed it would be a similar arrangement
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Tommy has played for Italy and is already an International player. Who would rather play for an international team who will very probably lose every game of the 6N , over a Premiership winning side that plays a winning open exciting style of rugby and you are guaranteed to play all the games for two months. Barring injury.
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I don't like the practice of signing players on the understanding that they won't play for their country anymore. Sort of fair enough if they're at the end of their career, but telling younger players they can't play for their country, as happened a lot with Pacific Islanders is pretty off.
I obviously have no idea what the deal is with Allan so not commenting on his situation, just generally.
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Hughes scored for Hartpury in their draw with the bottom side London Scottish. It looked like the Exiles were on for their first win of the season until a late score by Hartpury levelled the match. Apparently Hughes and Eadie were made to look average.
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I don't like the practice of signing players on the understanding that they won't play for their country anymore. Sort of fair enough if they're at the end of their career, but telling younger players they can't play for their country, as happened a lot with Pacific Islanders is pretty off.
I obviously have no idea what the deal is with Allan so not commenting on his situation, just generally.
Makes sense for Allan to get a run of games to settle in properly
Same here. Although in Allan’s case, I think Crowley had also made it clear to him that he was prioritising Garbisi and Canna, so there’s no guarantee he would have been called up anyway. -
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Same here. Although in Allan’s case, I think Crowley had also made it clear to him that he was prioritising Garbisi and Canna, so there’s no guarantee he would have been called up anyway.
Exactly. It's not as if Allan is leaving them in the lurch for fly halves when then have one of the most promising of a young global crop coming through. It seems to be a move that has worked out at the right time for everyone - Allan gets to focus on having a post-international career with a club where his workload is managed but he's highly valued and in with a good chance of winning silverware, Italy get to focus on their rising star without having to manage two egos, Quins get a better backup than we could reasonably have hoped for. Everyone, as the user's handle says, is a Quinner. -
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Aly Eykyn has just tweeted that Hughes is straight into the Bath 23 for Friday:
LinkQuoteStuart Hooper confirms Nathan Hughes will go straight into Bath 23 v Harlequins on Fri night. Played for Hartpury on Friday, arrived at Farleigh Monday. Underhill, Bayliss & McConnochie added to injury list. Hopeful of return for Muir & JJ
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Christophe Ridley is ref with Paul Dix and Luke Pearce A/R.
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Injury update from Bath. I wouldn't mind if we did something similar as we never seem to get any updates on injured players.
27 January 2022
Bath Rugby can provide an injury update ahead of Friday’s Gallagher Premiership match against Harlequins.
Jonathan Joseph and Will Muir are available for selection again after missing last weekend’s match with Leinster. Will Spencer and Mike Williams, who both left the field with knocks against the Irish province, are also fit to play. Jaco Coetzee has recovered from his injury sustained back in November and is back in contention.
Tom Dunn, Taulupe Faletau, Joe Cokanasiga, Tom de Glanville, Ethan Staddon and Richard de Carpentier will all return to training in the coming weeks following their respective injuries.
Lewis Boyce, Miles Reid, Valeriy Morozov, Johannes Jonker and Tian Schoeman are continuing to progress with their rehabilitation programmes, while Beno Obano and Anthony Watson are progressing well with their knee rehabilitation.
Ruaridh McConnochie met with a specialist this week following the injury he picked up against Leinster. He has begun his rehabilitation.
Sam Underhill, Josh Bayliss and Danny Cipriani are going through their individual Graduated Return to Play protocols. -
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Quins did much the same under JK but IIRC there was disquiet about 'getting your excuses in early'
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Injury update from Bath. I wouldn't mind if we did something similar as we never seem to get any updates on injured players.
https://www.bathrugby.com/news/bath-rugby-injury-update-1/
27 January 2022
Bath Rugby can provide an injury update ahead of Friday’s Gallagher Premiership match against Harlequins.
Jonathan Joseph and Will Muir are available for selection again after missing last weekend’s match with Leinster. Will Spencer and Mike Williams, who both left the field with knocks against the Irish province, are also fit to play. Jaco Coetzee has recovered from his injury sustained back in November and is back in contention.
Tom Dunn, Taulupe Faletau, Joe Cokanasiga, Tom de Glanville, Ethan Staddon and Richard de Carpentier will all return to training in the coming weeks following their respective injuries.
Lewis Boyce, Miles Reid, Valeriy Morozov, Johannes Jonker and Tian Schoeman are continuing to progress with their rehabilitation programmes, while Beno Obano and Anthony Watson are progressing well with their knee rehabilitation.
Ruaridh McConnochie met with a specialist this week following the injury he picked up against Leinster. He has begun his rehabilitation.
Sam Underhill, Josh Bayliss and Danny Cipriani are going through their individual Graduated Return to Play protocols.
IMO, that statement form Bath is a really good way of seeming to give info whilst actually saying very little.
Quins' teamsheets generally say who is unavailable for selection due to injury. Bath have used a lot more words to say nothing more.
All we know from the Bath comms is who is injured and who is fit again. Of those who are injured, there is no information about return dates beyond such vague statements as "in the coming weeks". -
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