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2023-2024 transfers

We're not far off from losing a whole pack now. If you count Loto at 5 that's a whole pack in 2 years!

1 Waller
2 Matavesi
3 Hill
4 Moon
5
6 Lawes
7 Ludlum
8 Augustus
 
Ribbans as well, if you stretch to two seasons

I wonder why?
Is it money? I know Saints do better than most financially (can't remember if they make a profit or just break even?) is that because they pay below market rate?
Is the forwards coach a nightmare to work with?
Or just a coincidence?
 
Ribbans as well, if you stretch to two seasons

I wonder why?
Is it money? I know Saints do better than most financially (can't remember if they make a profit or just break even?) is that because they pay below market rate?
Is the forwards coach a nightmare to work with?
Or just a coincidence?
It's mostly our players getting offered massive wedge in France, there's no negatives in it for me other than us not choosing to pay over the odds for players.

I know we offered Lawes and Ludlum brilliant premiership offers but couldn't afford to keep them compared to what they were being offered abroad.

I also think we have enough young players to cover those leaving that really we'd have only kept most of those for another couple of seasons anyhow (bar Ludlum who I think would have stayed a lot longer).

1 Waller - retired
2 Matavesi - France
3 Hill - let go not needed
4 Moon - France
5 Ribbons - France
6 Lawes - France
7 Ludlum - France
8 Augustus - Ulster
19 Loto - back to Australia for the WC

The replacements for the players above also can't really be argued with in terms of quality apart from Lawes but he was never replaceable.
 

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