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FKAS wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 12:21 pm

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 12:20 pm Herbst, Hammond and Lamb all at once is a lot. Didn’t realise Lamb was going. It’s a shame, though he is very injury prone. Launch/Lewies not much better in that regard though.

Looking forward to seeing Petti come in.

Herbst's deal to Brive apparently fell through after a failed medical so Lamb is going instead.

Puja wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 12:23 pm

jimKRFC wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 11:52 am Red Bull looking at investing in rugby. Apparently looking at Bristol or Newcastle. Bristol supposedly have a board meeting to discuss it. Advantage of Newcastle is their cheap but come with huge COVID loans to pay off..


https://archive.ph/PorEq

Very speculative and I'm not sure about the ethics of moving away from the Newcastle fans - the attendances have been going downhill of late, but you can't blame them after the last two seasons and they were at one point getting a better average crowd than Sale. Plus starting afresh in a new town is a huge risk, especially Darlington - the writer references Bath, Northampton, Gloucester, Exeter which sounds nice, but Exeter and Gloucester are in existing rugby hotbeds where there's not a huge number of alternative sports to go to in neighbouring towns, and Bath and Northampton have populations of 190k and 240k each. He's talking about a 25k stadium in a town that only has 100k people - there's a reason it was a white elephant in the first place! I'd be worried about having a crowd so small it'd be embarrassing.

I'm worried that Bristol will get that sweet Red Bull money and Newcastle will be left to continue to twist. Red Bull are after an advertising and branding vehicle - they might be tempted by the idea of raising a club from the brink of disaster and being able to rebuild it entirely in their own image (Newcastle Red Bulls?), but there's no denying it would be substantially easier and less risky to buy into an already decent team with crowds and a big stadium (that play in red and blue, no less!).

Puja

francoisfou wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 12:45 pm

FKAS wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 12:21 pm

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 12:20 pm Herbst, Hammond and Lamb all at once is a lot. Didn’t realise Lamb was going. It’s a shame, though he is very injury prone. Launch/Lewies not much better in that regard though.

Looking forward to seeing Petti come in.

Herbst's deal to Brive apparently fell through after a failed medical so Lamb is going instead.

I've read that Lamb isn't going to sign for Brive because of a shoulder problem so Brive have pulled out of the deal.

FKAS wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 12:48 pm

francoisfou wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 12:45 pm

FKAS wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 12:21 pm

Herbst's deal to Brive apparently fell through after a failed medical so Lamb is going instead.

I've read that Lamb isn't going to sign for Brive because of a shoulder problem so Brive have pulled out of the deal.

Maybe it was Lamb and not Herbst then. Sounds messy either way.

Puja wrote: ↑Sun May 18, 2025 11:26 pm Fissler reckons Worcester are going to lure Billy Twelvetrees out of retirement. Seems somewhat unlikely.

Puja

Danno wrote: ↑Sun May 18, 2025 11:36 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Sun May 18, 2025 11:26 pm Fissler reckons Worcester are going to lure Billy Twelvetrees out of retirement. Seems somewhat unlikely.

Puja

Bwahahahahahaaa what

He's come up with some shit in his time but that has to be a pure turd on the floor of the school nurse's office

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 11:10 am

Banquo wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 11:34 am Not quite sure how wuss will meet minimum stds by 1st July in terms of support staff….

Banquo wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 11:34 am Not quite sure how wuss will meet minimum stds by 1st July in terms of support staff….

Puja wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 3:49 pm

Banquo wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 11:34 am Not quite sure how wuss will meet minimum stds by 1st July in terms of support staff….

Probably by poaching half of yours through throwing money at them, I'd imagine.

Puja

Danno wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 11:45 am

Banquo wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 11:34 am Not quite sure how wuss will meet minimum stds by 1st July in terms of support staff….

I've little knowledge in this area. If you can be arsed could you list roughly what/how many of each they need? I know the obvious medics, kit man but there's probably loads I don't know about at this level

Danno wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 4:15 pm Thanks Banquo.

That's a huge list!

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 6:18 pm Worcester Warriors have signed former Wales scrum-half Lloyd Williams ahead of their return to professional rugby next season.

The 35-year-old, who won 32 international caps and played at two World Cups, will join Warriors from Ealing Trailfinders.

Banquo wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 6:25 pm

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 6:18 pm Worcester Warriors have signed former Wales scrum-half Lloyd Williams ahead of their return to professional rugby next season.

The 35-year-old, who won 32 international caps and played at two World Cups, will join Warriors from Ealing Trailfinders.

average of signings now 32 . Gopperth next ?

Danno wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 6:51 pm

Banquo wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 6:25 pm

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 6:18 pm Worcester Warriors have signed former Wales scrum-half Lloyd Williams ahead of their return to professional rugby next season.

The 35-year-old, who won 32 international caps and played at two World Cups, will join Warriors from Ealing Trailfinders.

average of signings now 32 . Gopperth next ?

I think francoisfou said he's a free agent now

francoisfou wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 8:53 pm

Danno wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 6:51 pm

Banquo wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 6:25 pm

average of signings now 32 . Gopperth next ?

I think francoisfou said he's a free agent now

I think I read that his family is based in Leamington, so maybe a return to Tigers is on the cards, or west to Wuss?
Whatever, it’s a crying shame that he won’t have the opportunity to play in the Top14.

Banquo wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 9:22 pm

francoisfou wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 8:53 pm

Danno wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 6:51 pm

I think francoisfou said he's a free agent now

I think I read that his family is based in Leamington, so maybe a return to Tigers is on the cards, or west to Wuss?
Whatever, it’s a crying shame that he won’t have the opportunity to play in the Top14.

At 42, you’d think Tigers wouldn’t be that keen. Wuss is certainly a thing tho

FKAS wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 10:13 pm

Banquo wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 9:22 pm

francoisfou wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 8:53 pm

I think I read that his family is based in Leamington, so maybe a return to Tigers is on the cards, or west to Wuss?
Whatever, it’s a crying shame that he won’t have the opportunity to play in the Top14.

At 42, you’d think Tigers wouldn’t be that keen. Wuss is certainly a thing tho

Tigers are reshaping their backroom staff, a player/coach role with Gopperth joining as a skills coach would make sense. He'd likely be emergency cover and squad filler for PRC. Tigers have a couple of young 10s coming through and Titcombe incoming that he could mentor.

Worcester seems more likely if he's coming back to the Midlands though. At some point Wuss will surely announce players under the game of 30 otherwise they're going to end up with nickname "Dad's Army".

Banquo wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 3:53 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 3:49 pm

Banquo wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 11:34 am Not quite sure how wuss will meet minimum stds by 1st July in terms of support staff….

Probably by poaching half of yours through throwing money at them, I'd imagine.

Puja

there is that. Still no idea where they are getting the money from. Spending a bomb on pr as well.

We are lurking under their eyeline luckily, but they've skewed the market horribly- time will tell if that's good or bad.