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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGuy" data-source="post: 678589" data-attributes="member: 44360"><p>Apparently a deal may have been reached in this and it's extremely controversial. Accoring to Rugby today, the Eagles have gotten permission to use their Aviva players in the All Blacks test provided they don't use them for their three remaining November games against Romania, Fiji and Tonga. According to the report Tolkin wasn't even consulted by management on the deal.</p><p></p><p>Not sure how I feel about this, I can see how the Eagles would be desperate for those players in order to offer some kind of resistance to NZ in front of the large crowd, but it's still going to be a big loss either way, and they've given Tonga and Fiji a pass now as well since beating them without any of the Aviva players will be difficult. The Romania game also gets more difficult at this point and it's entirely possible the Eagles will go 1-3 or 0-4 this November.</p><p></p><p>Not to mention the limited tests leading into 2015, where Tolkin will no longer be able to try out combinations or tactics in those other three games which were previously quite winnable.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.rugbytoday.com/elite/usa-rugby-trades-3-games-1" target="_blank">http://www.rugbytoday.com/elite/usa-rugby-trades-3-games-1</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGuy, post: 678589, member: 44360"] Apparently a deal may have been reached in this and it's extremely controversial. Accoring to Rugby today, the Eagles have gotten permission to use their Aviva players in the All Blacks test provided they don't use them for their three remaining November games against Romania, Fiji and Tonga. According to the report Tolkin wasn't even consulted by management on the deal. Not sure how I feel about this, I can see how the Eagles would be desperate for those players in order to offer some kind of resistance to NZ in front of the large crowd, but it's still going to be a big loss either way, and they've given Tonga and Fiji a pass now as well since beating them without any of the Aviva players will be difficult. The Romania game also gets more difficult at this point and it's entirely possible the Eagles will go 1-3 or 0-4 this November. Not to mention the limited tests leading into 2015, where Tolkin will no longer be able to try out combinations or tactics in those other three games which were previously quite winnable. [URL="http://www.rugbytoday.com/elite/usa-rugby-trades-3-games-1"]http://www.rugbytoday.com/elite/usa-rugby-trades-3-games-1[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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