Confirmed Transfers

[IT157]

Financial decision?

Christian Wade: Gloucester winger says cross-code Wigan move is a product of Premiership change

Christian Wade says his upcoming cross-code move from Gloucester to Wigan Warriors is a product of how much the Premiership is changing.

www.bbc.com

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Not very excited by this at all tbh. He's a class player but is coming into a position of relative strength and is only with us for a season, so is hardly building towards the future. Along with the Tom Hooper signing it really seems like we're pumping quite a lot of cash into the wrong positions; a quality 10 really should be top of the list.

 

[BPM]

Yep. When your 9/10 axis is arguably the weakest in the league, it doesn't make much sense to spend big on centres …

 

[Flankers' paradise]

From what I can see, he will only be with you from December - June anyway. Same money could have secured you a higher quality option at 9

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Christian Wade: Gloucester winger says cross-code Wigan move is a product of Premiership change

Christian Wade says his upcoming cross-code move from Gloucester to Wigan Warriors is a product of how much the Premiership is changing.

www.bbc.com

Saying he thought the game would have progressed - well from an attacking sense, which was his thing it clearly has.

Bemoaning the lack of world stars which Wasps had back in the day. Er, where are Wasps now? Inflated salaries aren't the key reason they went under but they didn't help.

Reads like he couldn't get the deal he wanted. Well he chose to spend what should have been his very peak years away from the game, which will have detracted from his value. He's nearly 34 and now comes across as a bit of a gun for hire - a year here, a few months there in differing codes as long as the ball's roughly oval shaped.

When he was at Wasps the bubble was being inflated but it's now well and truly burst and everyone has to live with that. He's doing what he feels right for him - can't criticise him for that, but you can't expect to command regal salaries in a struggling industry.

 

[odw26]

Edinburgh have signed Scottish-qualified props James Whitcombe from Leicester Tigers and Rhys Litterick from Cardiff.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

JLdP to Bordeaux confirmed

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

JLdP to Bordeaux confirmed

Is Dan off?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Is Dan off?

He was linked to French clubs early in the season but nothing for a while - I reckon his injury might have scared them off (like it did with Jonny Hill last year) so they'll wait until he's out of contract next season and available for free (both twins currently under contract)

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Nick Schonert --> Dynoboars

Will be raging if that leads to him signing for Tigers rather than getting match fitness before signing for Worcester

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Tigers head of media confirming on a podcast a current prem club DOR called up Tigers basically telling them that they need to hire him

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Tigers head of media confirming on a podcast a current prem club DOR called up Tigers basically telling them that they need to hire him

Dimes?

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Dimes?

I saw a news article saying he had called up Tigers about a job, but didn't think it was true

But who knows

 

[Flankers' paradise]

any chance it could've been Billy Millard? Surely he's ran his course with quins

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Tigers head of media confirming on a podcast a current prem club DOR called up Tigers basically telling them that they need to hire him

Baxter….

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

any chance it could've been Billy Millard? Surely he's ran his course with quins

He's already signed with Connacht. Regardless, he isn't really an on pitch guy, that is Wilson's failure

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Stu Townsend signs for Quins
Care staying another season

Not sure Care staying is the best thing for Quins.

Townsend a good signing though

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Chiefs and Falcons going to be playing 5-a-side next season at this rate*
Good signing for Quins though, as you said - depth at 9 is definitely an issue for them


Edit: Forgot that Chiefs signed Varney

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Care staying another season

This was confirmed a while ago. Tbh I doubt he's on much money, and he'll be a great mentor for Friday especially

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

This was confirmed a while ago. Tbh I doubt he's on much money, and he'll be a great mentor for Friday especially

Personally I feel that he has too much sway over the coaching aspect
It sort of feels like Tigers during their crap years when the players really had too much say over the coaching.