Other than the new hotel, what "non-rugby assets" do the club own?
I think the (questionable) showed them with a decent chunk of debt, I assumed it was the costs of building their new hotel and the DCMS loans. A £1m profit from match days wouldn't go that far towards servicing them. It's a shame that it seems that the hotel isn't generating sufficient profit to cover them.
Honestly have no idea about the non rugby assets but id be interested to find out. Surely they wouldnt want to sell the hotel shares if they dont have to as that seems a good long term investment.
I have no idea. In Exeter's case, I guess that part of the deal for the County Ground could have involved the club keeping part of the build.
Very Happy for the guy but by being captured by Wales he now will have to leave Chiefs eventually and same as Tshiunza due to Wales rules. Its an odd thing really how much do you play them now if they cant sign another contract with you, im not saying you should not play them at all its just an odd situation. Happy but shame as we will lose them eventually.
Yeah it is a shame. I’d rather they both stay at Exeter for the foreseeable to be honest. Why stifle their development by moving them back to an underperforming Welsh region.
Im surprised Wales dont want the opposite, litter the prem with Wales players and then have the Welsh regions increasing the amount of players available.
This is the way I’d go now to be honest. It’s not like we’re seeing 4 class regions tearing it up in the URC each week. We evidently already have many talented players slipping through the net in Wales so why not send them out to England and treat the premiership like a nursery. Lol.
I've been saying for a little while now that I think Jenkins is even more promising than Tshiunza. He isn't nearly as athletic and won't get the highlight reel moments that Christ does but he's a proper lock who loves the set piece and the dog work. A lot of young locks that are his height (6'7) struggle to keep on weight but Jenkins is already a whisker off 120kg and looks very comfortable at that weight with plenty of room to add more on.
I think we’re just desperate full stop. I don’t think we’re desperate to tie him down per se.
I tried to find out online but couldn’t seem to find anything. Same with LRZ. I think they keep these things more guarded especially with younger players. If you find out let me know, though.
Honestly surely it would be a better policy to to say players who play for Wales must play for a welsh club when a new contract is signed, unless you are playing for a club who's academy you went through, meaning the likes of Tshiunza and LRZ could repay their clubs and be an international.
No way are we competing to get top 4 this season even when internationals are back, to many new faces in the squad, we need to still work to win but use this as a development season as we seem to have alot of up and coming talent. Such as Fusilau, Hodge, John ect., never massively rated Tuima as he just isnt very effective even with his size.
I was in the same boat as you with Tuima but by many accounts he’s finally taking a step up this season. Admittedly, I haven’t had the chance to watch him much but by the sounds of it he’s really upped his fitness and is a lot more dynamic around the park.
He doesn't own the club though (I think that's right).
Id take that, very good replacements. Wheres that rumoured?
Maybe but maybe not he's 29 and has zero international experience, with George not dropping off it's more likely to be a young guy like Blamire who will likely be first choice at Falcons.
