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Danno wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:25 pm Fuck you too Puja

Captainhaircut wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 6:47 pm Mail reckon Gloucs want Sotutu to replace Mercer. Fancy Saints and Leicester might have a look too if he’s available.

Puja wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 9:09 pm

Captainhaircut wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 6:47 pm Mail reckon Gloucs want Sotutu to replace Mercer. Fancy Saints and Leicester might have a look too if he’s available.

Glaws appear determined to have an 8 who'll move countries and then be disappointed at the lack of interest from England.

Puja

Danno wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 10:55 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 9:09 pm

Captainhaircut wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 6:47 pm Mail reckon Gloucs want Sotutu to replace Mercer. Fancy Saints and Leicester might have a look too if he’s available.

Glaws appear determined to have an 8 who'll move countries and then be disappointed at the lack of interest from England.

Puja

jimKRFC wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 1:47 pm Not sure if it should go here, but Fissler reporting that the Irish sides are looking at signing George Kloska as he's Irish qualified and he's seen as a potential future Irish international.

jimKRFC wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 6:58 pm Bristol sign Jamie Hodges on a two month loan deal. Sounds like a decent bit of cover but would be good to get Joe Owen some more game time.

Ilona Maher also joining a short term deal, 3 months, from January.

jimKRFC wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 6:58 pmIlona Maher also joining a short term deal, 3 months, from January.

Puja wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2024 1:35 am

jimKRFC wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 6:58 pm Bristol sign Jamie Hodges on a two month loan deal. Sounds like a decent bit of cover but would be good to get Joe Owen some more game time.

Ilona Maher also joining a short term deal, 3 months, from January.

Good call all around - she'll draw a crowd and drive a lot of interest from Yank country, and it's good that she's at a decent club with a good stadium. Hopefully she'll take well to XVs.

Puja

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2024 3:47 am

jimKRFC wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 6:58 pmIlona Maher also joining a short term deal, 3 months, from January.

That's a hell of a signing

She contacted several clubs at the end of 2023 as she wanted to play in the English top flight. Maher had it in mind to join a club after the 2024 Olympics had concluded. However, as she had not played 15s rugby since 2021 she was not eligible to play.

However, during her stint on Dancing with the Stars, Bristol got in touch and said they would put the work in to get Maher a visa so she could play for them. This included an appeals process, which the Rugby Football Union supported, and the club were successful.

It was then, when reports emerged that Maher may be joining an English club, that other sides started to contact the star.

“All of a sudden I was getting all of these calls and emails from people saying: ‘We’re hearing you might be eligible to play, you want to come for us?’ OK well I did want to play for you, I did want to do this. I had a lot of other teams calling to come play. I think I stood by Bristol because they did this work and I wanted to stick with them.”

FKAS wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 5:06 pm From Tigers

The club is disappointed to confirm that Corné Beets will not be joining Leicester Tigers this season.

Beets, who was announced in March of this year as a signing for the 24/25 season, will remain in South Africa after visa requirements to allow him to play in the Premiership, were not met.

Despite sustained efforts from the club, the player, and his management, exploring all avenues, securing a visa for Beets is not going to be possible this year, therefore both parties have agreed to terminate the agreement.

Speaking about the outcome, General Manager Richard Wilks said: "Unfortunately, he falls just short of the visa requirements which would have allowed him to join us at Leicester Tigers this season, both parties are extremely disappointed and will continue to be in communication moving forward."

"For now, I want to thank Corné, his management and commend the efforts of all at Leicester Tigers in trying to find a positive outcome and, on behalf of the club, wish him all the best for the future."

Puja wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 5:37 pm

FKAS wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 5:06 pm From Tigers

The club is disappointed to confirm that Corné Beets will not be joining Leicester Tigers this season.

Beets, who was announced in March of this year as a signing for the 24/25 season, will remain in South Africa after visa requirements to allow him to play in the Premiership, were not met.

Despite sustained efforts from the club, the player, and his management, exploring all avenues, securing a visa for Beets is not going to be possible this year, therefore both parties have agreed to terminate the agreement.

Speaking about the outcome, General Manager Richard Wilks said: "Unfortunately, he falls just short of the visa requirements which would have allowed him to join us at Leicester Tigers this season, both parties are extremely disappointed and will continue to be in communication moving forward."

"For now, I want to thank Corné, his management and commend the efforts of all at Leicester Tigers in trying to find a positive outcome and, on behalf of the club, wish him all the best for the future."

Piss. Now what.

Puja

ETA. On the bright side, I am perversely pleased that it was a visa that killed it. The rumour mill was suggesting that he'd just decided he didn't fancy it, which I would've been quite annoyed about, so having it be out of everyone's control is a better situation than what I had worried about. Bloody Rassie Erasmus though - chucked caps at everyone this year to build depth; couldn't he have brought Beets off the bench for one game?!

Puja wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 1:51 pm Rumours of Dino Lamb leaving Quins mid-season to join Perpignan as medical joker. Not sure how accurate they are though, given that he's starting for Quins this weekend and you'd imagine they'd need a good few quid to be persuaded to release him.

Puja

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 2:14 pm I was slightly confused to see his name on the teamsheet just then. Thinking he'd already gone to Italy at some point. I think the same happened with Lynagh last season.

Launch, Lewies and Hammond would be a nightmare in terms of their ability to pick up injuries.