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@Bovidae said in NH Club Rugby:

Jordan left for Scotland in his early 20s. When he played for Hamilton Old Boys, Sevu Reece was a club teammate, which highlights how long ago that was.

I'm not sure if he made any Auckland or Blues age-group rep teams. BTW, Cam Christie also went to Orewa College, so that shouldn't have been a disadvantage if he was good enough.

Yeah, sometimes, especially when guys leave young, they're just overlooked for not being good enough at the time. A year later he might have got his break.

@Nepia or it is just a different style or coach that gets the best out of them.

Bulls lose by about 50 to Northampton Saints. Jeeze. Ackerman making Jake White look good. Sucks.

The Stormers are still unbeaten heading into the Saffer derbies. Dobson investing in local talent start paying dividends. And it look good if you look in what's waiting to come through the pipeline.

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Imagine my rage if we had two Jordans in the ABs.

@Bones the Stormers have SMZ, Willemse and Gelant. Had Libbok aswell. To many cooks spoiled whatever. SMZ is good enough.

@OomPB said in NH Club Rugby:

@Bones the Stormers have SMZ, Willemse and Gelant. Had Libbok aswell. To many cooks spoiled whatever. SMZ is good enough.

Yeah.

French annual salaries in the Top 14 by position :

LHP : 245 000 euros
Hooker : 247 000 euros
THP : 260 000 euros
Lock 4 : 290 000 euros
Lock 5 : 302 000 euros
LF : 242 000 euros
Nr. 8 : 296 000 euros
Halfback : 261 000 euros
1st Five : 343 000 euros
Centres : 274 000 euros
Wings : 223 000 euros
Fullback : 251 000 euros

@cgrant said in NH Club Rugby:

French annual salaries in the Top 14 by position :

LHP : 245 000 euros
Hooker : 247 000 euros
THP : 260 000 euros
Lock 4 : 290 000 euros
Lock 5 : 302 000 euros
LF : 242 000 euros
Nr. 8 : 296 000 euros
Halfback : 261 000 euros
1st Five : 343 000 euros
Centres : 274 000 euros
Wings : 223 000 euros
Fullback : 251 000 euros

Is that average? Also, I thought TP were supposed to be the best paid in the norf? Also, weird that the locks have a big difference, and why are LF paid relatively so low?

This is the average salary, of course. I do not have the explanations for these differences. I also thought - like you did - that THP was one of the top salaries.

@cgrant said in NH Club Rugby:

This is the average salary, of course. I do not have the explanations for these differences. I also thought - like you did - that THP was one of the top salaries.

This is where averages probably lose out to medians, quartiles, and ranges. If all teams are carrying a bunch of props, but two or three are on much higher wages and the others on the lowest, the average will look similar but the reality could be much different. The situation for locks could also be similarly skewed by fewer of them and a couple on very big contracts.

Reiko Ioane got a meat pie last night for Leinster in their win against Ulster.

Dragons climbed off the bottom of the United Rugby Championship (URC) with a remarkable 48-28 victory against Connacht that ended a 15-month league winless streak.

Stormers sign de Villiers, SMZ until 2029

@sparky hate the yellow against the Ulster player when the knock on actually helped Leinster. Funny how Ioane actually then passed when he should have held on as the last defender was edging out.

@OomPB Kolisi coming back, joining Wilco Louw

Wales Half Back Tomos Williams to join Saracens:

Len Ikitau requires shoulder surgery:

Len Ikitau confirmed to be out for up to three months.

@OomPB
Stormers and Bulls are not exactly in the NH.:winking_face:

@cgrant said in NH Club Rugby:

@OomPB
Stormers and Bulls are not exactly in the NH.:winking_face:

They're in an NH competition though...

Summer rugby is a big success in South Africa. Even Durban had a sold out last week and a big one yesterday.

The SA derbies were tough and close. Lions and Stormers got their wins with last minute tries.

There were 53 682 official. Maybe a few thousand didn't pitch up to the stadium. Babelas after the new year celebrations.

The Stormers show the way to deal with a Springbok tight 5. No current Springbok in their pack but they man up. Rassie already have two great packs, he can add the Stormers pack to them.

The URC have a great mix of the countries in the top 8.

@OomPB said in NH Club Rugby:

There were 53 682 official. Maybe a few thousand didn't pitch up to the stadium. Babelas after the new year celebrations.

Fair enough

It looked half-full on the highlights

The SA depth is currently incredible. They are only matched by France as far as the number of talents is concerned. But France has a big weakness at LHP and THP, which is one of the SA strengths.

@Tim said in NH Club Rugby:

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Plummer led his side in defenders beaten, total carries, meters carried, and line breaks as well, while the 27-year-old was also perfect off the tee.

Good thing he was given all that time to show what he could do for the All Blacks.

@antipodean said in NH Club Rugby:

@Tim said in NH Club Rugby:

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Plummer led his side in defenders beaten, total carries, meters carried, and line breaks as well, while the 27-year-old was also perfect off the tee.

Good thing he was given all that time to show what he could do for the All Blacks.

Fucking sad face.

He's been meh in the European cup games . I don't know whether he would have performed better than BB at 1st Five for the All Blacks but I don't think he was the Messiah. He is rather slow but tackles well and receives the ball from a deep run (not standing flat and still).

Did no one in the Bulls and Bristol teams want to tackle?

Rayasi was voted Man of the Match after Bordeaux's demolition of the Northampton Saints (50-28). Please watch the highlights and tell me what do you think of him.

Was at the Quins vs Stormers game yesterday, don't think i've ever been as cold in my life. Game was pretty dull, actually felt sorry for the Stormers players, not sure i'd want to fly from Cape Town to play in a game in 0 degrees, howling winds, horribly grey skies in January in South West London. Should have stayed on the beach

Reports that Max Hicks will be joining the growing Kiwi contingent at Newcastle from Perpignan.