Imagine my rage if we had two Jordans in the ABs.
@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?
@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.
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
@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.
Stormers vs Bulls sold out for 2nd year in a row. Just show the success of summer rugby in South Africa.
@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.
@OomPB said in NH Club Rugby:
Stormers vs Bulls sold out for 2nd year in a row. Just show the success of summer rugby in South Africa.
That did not look like a sell out
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.
@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
@Tim said in NH Club Rugby:
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:
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.
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.
A good day for the SA franchises. Bulls finally win one after the 7 game losing streak. Hopefully they are now on an upward trajectory after the shedding of jake the snake.
The one bulls try was quite weird though, watching it live was eyebrow raising.
don't get to watch the European stuff as I can't bring myself to add yet another otherwise entirely useless sports channel package but the Quins result yesterday was extraordinary, our defence is so weak and so porous i can't understand how we won. From everything i've read, Smith was excellent yesterday. Shame Borthers will never pick him at 10.
Interesting that 7 of the remaining 16 teams are English, I wouldn't expect many of them to get through to the 1/4s though, 2 guaranteed, 1 i think will get through. Would expect Toulouse vs Bordeaux in the 1/4s which will be tasty.
When I look at the results I often have a quick scan of the team lists. It seems that there is a real "home" and "away" mentality for many of the teams in the European competitions. For example, Sale got beaten by 70 pts by Toulouse last weekend. But no Ford and Curry unless they were both injured. OK to rotate if you are Leinster and Toulouse but I doubt the other teams can.