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I thought Sowden-Taylor is off to the Dragons? And it's probably Kingsley Jones' influence Olyy, just like Sant-Andre brought in French talent to Sale. Hows Nick MacLoud doing btw? I always liked him when he was with the Blues, very solid player tbf.
 
Thingimubob said:
I thought Sowden-Taylor is off to the Dragons? And it's probably Kingsley Jones' influence Olyy, just like Sant-Andre brought in French talent to Sale. Hows Nick MacLoud doing btw? I always liked him when he was with the Blues, very solid player tbf.
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Said it yourself, solid player. He was out for a lot of the season, and for some reason we only had one of FB in the squad, Vack....something, and he was very poor by example (he's off to Doncaster next season), so was missed when he was out
 
Aironi signed french international fullback Julien Laharrague and flyhalf Ludovic Mercier (someone from Gloucester should remember him from the 05/06 season...), their backline is now pretty good with the 7s international and former Cheethaas Danwel Demas, the experienced Canavosio and Kaine Robertson, the italian yougsters Tebaldi, Rubini, Quartaroli, Bocchino, Buso, Pace, M. Pratichetti, still searching for a "high level" international inside center though
 
Strength is another Franks trademark, which the All Blacks coaches hope will see their scrum gain the upper hand early on.

The brothers, keen gym-goers, are the strongest men in the All Blacks and have epic battles in the weights room.

The elder Franks calls it even between them: he holds the deadlift record with 260kg, while Owen set the squat record with 280kg during pre-season training.

"He's probably got me on the squats just at the moment but I kind of blow him away in the deadlifts."
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http://www.allblacks.com/news/13265/Franks-eyeballs-veteran-in-scrum-clash
I know that currently the strongest bench presser in the AB's is Brad Thorn. Haven't heard what Aled can do.
 
Cymro said:
Wow ... still believe an Irish province missed out on him. I think some money was involved in this deal.
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You could be right. Ryan went to Toulon as an excellent ball carrier but out of shape and a poor scrummager. He didn't get much game time but as the season wore on, his physical conditioning seemed to improve and he was competent rather than spectacular in the scrum.

From his point of view, even if Munster and Leinster were interested, Newcastle represents the better short term opportunity. He's 26 and needs regular games- neither of the big Irish provinces could guarantee even a regular slot on the bench. If Alan Tait is offering him the starting tighthead slot it'll aid his development a lot more. Perhaps after a couple of seasons getting battle hardened in the Premiership he'll be up to scratch in the tight. I may rag on the Premiership a lot but it's a very strong league for set pieces like scrummaging.
 
snoopy snoopy dog dog said:
You could be right. Ryan went to Toulon as an excellent ball carrier but out of shape and a poor scrummager. He didn't get much game time but as the season wore on, his physical conditioning seemed to improve and he was competent rather than spectacular in the scrum.

From his point of view, even if Munster and Leinster were interested, Newcastle represents the better short term opportunity. He's 26 and needs regular games- neither of the big Irish provinces could guarantee even a regular slot on the bench. If Alan Tait is offering him the starting tighthead slot it'll aid his development a lot more. Perhaps after a couple of seasons getting battle hardened in the Premiership he'll be up to scratch in the tight. I may rag on the Premiership a lot but it's a very strong league for set pieces like scrummaging.
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When you put it like that, thats a fair point. More game time to develop. I thought he did well when he played in the Amlin Cup Final. But Buckley did a good job last week, so its not all doom and gloom in the front row.
 
Gavin Duffy has moved from Connacht to Ulster, as previously rumored. Could be another indicator that Conncaht is finished
 
durbutter said:
Gavin Duffy has moved from Connacht to Ulster, as previously rumored. Could be another indicator that Conncaht is finished
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Ime not sure the IRFU is aloud to shut them down becues if they were thye would alreay of done so. if they are shut down can leinster have carr and Cronin?
 
Well all the players and staff are on one year contracts, so when players like that are out of contract ant the end of next season, i imagine all the big teams will be after them
 
Cronin's been offered moves to Leinster and I think Ulster too. He's turned them down and is blatantly counting the days until Flannery's retirement.

I think the point of the 1 year contracts is so there can be a sweeping review and overhaul. Yes, it'll make it easier for the other Irish provinces to nab their players, but as we've just seen it was easy enough already...

Anyway, looking forwards to Duffy at Ulster. Final part of the jigsaw except a new beard for Ian Humphries.
 

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