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Falcons have signed a big Fijian centre from the Army....
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Falcons sign Army 7s star Vereimi Qorowale
Newcastle Falcons have announced the signing of three-quarter Aloisio Vereimi Namuatabu Qorowale on a two-year deal.
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Has he been in the country for 5 years?Falcons have signed a big Fijian centre from the Army....
Falcons sign Army 7s star Vereimi Qorowale
Newcastle Falcons have announced the signing of three-quarter Aloisio Vereimi Namuatabu Qorowale on a two-year deal.
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He's an outstanding league player, hope it goes well for him.
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Simpson confirmed on a 6 month deal:
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Good pickup with Raffi and Cliff both out for the start of the season
Joe Simpson joins the Sharks Family! | Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks have signed former England scrum-half Joe Simpson on a short-term contract ahead of the 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership season. The former Wasps and Gloucester man, who has one England cap and was part of his country’s squad for the 2011 World Cup, has put pen to paper on a six-month...
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Good pickup with Raffi and Cliff both out for the start of the season
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Simpson confirmed on a 6 month deal:
Joe Simpson joins the Sharks Family! | Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks have signed former England scrum-half Joe Simpson on a short-term contract ahead of the 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership season. The former Wasps and Gloucester man, who has one England cap and was part of his country’s squad for the 2011 World Cup, has put pen to paper on a six-month...
Good pickup with Raffi and Cliff both out for the start of the season
and you gave tigers grief about Ashton.
Simpson is catching up to him with clubs.
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Don't get jealous, he'll sign for you soon enough - just needs to hit your minimum age limit first
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It's mad he's 5 years younger than Wigglesworth
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@big ginger 8 as per your rumor Mike McDonald has signed for Ulster
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Who and what is this man?
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Born in Louth, raised in Australia, neither of which are rugby strongholds
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Just saw am article. Doubt he's progressed one bit since Dundalks u13s. Uphill challenge.
Would have thought we'd be the best destination for him, need to rid ourselves of McGrath with some IQ blood.
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Another saffer to Farliegh
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Experienced Namibia prop Coetzee joins Bath Rugby
Namibia prop Aranos Coetzee will join Bath Rugby as injury cover from 1 August 2022.
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Bath will some how mess up the signing saffas = wins routine
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TBF, the whole squad was trash last year, but not in terms of actual talent of player.
Of those 4, Jaco Coetzee and Tian Schoeman spent the vast majority of their time injured, Jonker was... a bit **** really, and Juan Schoeman was about what you'd expect for a 3rd choice LHP.
This season, we're still not recruiting for the first XV, they're all depth cover, with Attwood (bumped up due to Ewels injury), Francis and Cloete making bids for the bench. Only Annett will really fancy his chances of starting with a full squad to select from.
Any turn around this season is coming from the coaches and the mindset, not the players - which, quite frankly, sounds right to me.
Whilst joking about this, I've just had a look at our squad breakdown:
32 Englishmen
1 Irishman
1 Namibian
7 South Africans
3 Scotsmen
It's still 73% English, and at least 2 of them are EQP (so 78%), with another 6 uncapped (ETA: Oops, I was taking it from a source that had forgotten that Bayliss is Scottish now)
Instinctively, that probably still puts us at the high end of EQP ratio for the Premiership.
Annett should be able to push Dunn on merit, and be well ahead based on last season's form.
ACoetzee is realistically 3rd choice THP (unless Jonker starts living up to his hype), but Stuart and Rae will be missing the start of the season.
Attwood would have been coming in to rotate in and out of the starting XV, as we would have to manage his game time well (same goes for Spencer) - ideally he'd have been rotating with McNally, but Ewels injury already puts paid to that idea.
Tonks, Cloete, Van Velze and White would likely be fighting for a bench spot, whilst Underhill, Reid, Bayliss and JCoetzee are available. Cloete is probably the favourite, and most likely to fight his way into the starting XV.
Schreuder is behind Spencer
Francis is the FH cover from the bench, probably behind both Redpath and Ojomo for starting IC. Assuming Bailey doesn't suffer Second Season Syndrome, of course.
Gallagher may or may not make the bench for versatility - if he's ahead of De Glanville then we've got a much better signing than I expect.
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Annett is underrated. IMO he's a very solid Premiership hooker with a good all-round skill set.
I wouldn't rule out a return to form for Dunn though. I wonder if his drop in form was linked to shabby treatment from Eddie Jones combined with a pretty terrible environment at Bath last season?
The pecking order/selection preferences might change under van Graan too. I'd have Reid, Underhill and Bayliss as the starting back row, but van Graan might prefer some South African beef.
I wouldn't rule out a return to form for Dunn though. I wonder if his drop in form was linked to shabby treatment from Eddie Jones combined with a pretty terrible environment at Bath last season?
The pecking order/selection preferences might change under van Graan too. I'd have Reid, Underhill and Bayliss as the starting back row, but van Graan might prefer some South African beef.
