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honkytonk

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Transfer Talk
« on: Saturday 04-Jan-2020, 16:31* »
Seems to be lots of rumors floating around at the moment.  From what I can gather from different places we have

IN

Nakarawa LK - Glasgow
Williams TH - Exeter
Balmain TH - Gloucs - Signed New Deal
May WG - Tigers
Frans Malherbe TH - Stormers
Ben Tameifuna TH - Racng 92
Nick Isiekwe LK - Sarries
Wilco Louw  TH - Stormers
Jordan Els LH - Ealing
Steph du Toit BR - Stormers
Matt Cornish HK - Ealing
Craig Trenier TH -Ealing


CONFIRMED

Dombrandt  New Deal

Collier New Deal
Symons New Deal
Northmore New Deal

Lasike New Deal

Andre Estherhuizen CE - Sharks
Wilco Louw  TH - Stormers

OUT

Dombrandt - Saints
Crumpton - Worcs/LI
Earle - Saints
Buchanan - Released
Kunatani - Castres

CONFIRMED

Auterac  - Saints
Sinkler - Bristol
Robshaw -

« Last Edit: Thursday 13-Feb-2020, 18:21* by honkytonk »
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J Scott

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 04-Jan-2020, 16:44* »
Like the idea of Nakawar and Williams coming, would like to see Dombrandt, Sinks and Earle stay. Crumpton would be a loss for th future.

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 04-Jan-2020, 17:04* »
Losing Crumpton would be daft. When fit he’s our best all round hooker.

Nakarawa would be great but I can’t see it happening. We don’t do those sorts of signings....
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New Forest Quin

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 04-Jan-2020, 17:09* »
Before anyone would be interested in signing Earle, he is going to have to prove that he has made a full recovery from a potential career ending knee injury and so to see this rumour at this stage of the season seems strange and unlikely.

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 04-Jan-2020, 17:40* »
Good idea to start this thread honkytonk, best to have transfer talk in one place.

Yareet

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 05-Jan-2020, 20:46* »
Hasn’t Nakawara (re-)signed for Glasgow? Or is that just for the rest of this season?

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 05-Jan-2020, 22:54* »
Hasn’t Nakawara (re-)signed for Glasgow? Or is that just for the rest of this season?

Currently just to the end of the season. However if the rumour about Jonny Gray going to the Chiefs is true, I suspect they will want to hang onto him. He's popular with the Warriors fans AFAIK

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #7 on: Monday 06-Jan-2020, 01:58* »
Kyle Sinklair is off to Bristol, according to Chris Foy in his daily mail column.

That should open up some extra funds for next season.

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #8 on: Monday 06-Jan-2020, 08:45* »
I am not convinced Sinklers departure is a bad thing.Seems to perform better for England
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Yareet

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #9 on: Monday 06-Jan-2020, 08:54* »
Currently just to the end of the season. However if the rumour about Jonny Gray going to the Chiefs is true, I rubbish they will want to hang onto him. He's popular with the Warriors fans AFAIK

Gray confirmed

https://twitter.com/exeterchiefs/status/1213097679984697344?s=21

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #10 on: Monday 06-Jan-2020, 11:15* »
I am not convinced Sinklers departure is a bad thing.Seems to perform better for England

I have come to the same conclusion. If he is off and he is not 100% committed (1 serious injury could ruin his big move), he should be nowhere near the team.

We need to invest in our young tight heads, use the Sinkers salary cap to bring in a non-English tight head, who can play 80% of games. Hopefully with money left over the re-distribute for a new scrum-half or two.

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #11 on: Monday 06-Jan-2020, 11:39* »
He’s so good at his best but after his last few panto villain appearances, have to conclude it would be a positive for the team if he left now. He’s not playing for the team and strikes me he can’t wait to be on his way to get down the M4 to collect the enhanced pay cheque he believes he so thoroughly deserves.

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #12 on: Friday 10-Jan-2020, 13:34* »
I for one will be very disappointed to see Sinckler go, if that is what is happening. He doesn't owe us anything apart from the best performances he can produce for the rest of his contract. If there is a breakdown in the relationship between him and the club, that's worrying. If he's leaving for more money, I can't blame him (I've left a few jobs for more money in my time) but I'm annoyed at the perverse incentives the salary cap and marquee player system produces. Either way, I'm not going to knock him unless and until there is some clear evidence he has behaved badly towards us.

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #13 on: Friday 10-Jan-2020, 14:35* »
If - and it's a big if - the difficulty in offering him more money is due to the cap, then it's a shame. But unless we can shuffle our marquee player status around, there's not much we can do. Kyle is still young and hopefully has many years ahead of him. Make hay while the sun shines.

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Re: Transfer Talk
« Reply #14 on: Friday 10-Jan-2020, 19:21* »
As Mark Evans has said on the latest Ruck podcast, teams will struggle to hang onto there top players if they perform well. Sinclair has been the form right head in world rugby of late.

As Evans said, sometimes under a salary cap, you have to move big players on.

 

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