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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2021/22 SQUAD/TRANSFERS/CONTRACTS: Steve Borthwick and the Chamber of Oval Park

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Scott1 wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 2:17 pm Did Manz get picked in the 23 of one of the Covid cancelled games? Or was he picked 8n a game once and didn't come.odf the bench? It's on my head for some reason, I was really looking forward to seeing him
Tom Manz was on the bench Vs Connacht but didn't come on.
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sam16111986 wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 2:27 pm
Scott1 wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 2:17 pm Did Manz get picked in the 23 of one of the Covid cancelled games? Or was he picked 8n a game once and didn't come.odf the bench? It's on my head for some reason, I was really looking forward to seeing him
Tom Manz was on the bench Vs Connacht but didn't come on.
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Scott1 wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 2:17 pm Did Manz get picked in the 23 of one of the Covid cancelled games? Or was he picked in a game once and didn't come off the bench? It's in my head for some reason, I was really looking forward to seeing him
Got picked vs Connacht away, the game we won on the last play with Saumaki's try, but he didn't come on.
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An added complication in Tommy's decision is the mooted reduction of Welsh regions from 4 to 3. Probably best to stay at Tigers if he can until that is sorted. He'd also have a better idea of where he stands with Pivac.
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There are half a dozen or so Premiership players in the Wales squad. He knows that if he is good enough he will get picked and his best chance of getting better and better is at Tigers. Enough said. :smt023
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Noggs wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 10:18 am There are half a dozen or so Premiership players in the Wales squad. He knows that if he is good enough he will get picked and his best chance of getting better and better is at Tigers. Enough said. :smt023
Not beyond the end of his current contract thought and that's the issue
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MrG2 wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 12:39 pm
Noggs wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 10:18 am There are half a dozen or so Premiership players in the Wales squad. He knows that if he is good enough he will get picked and his best chance of getting better and better is at Tigers. Enough said. :smt023
Not beyond the end of his current contract thought and that's the issue
You never know, he may have already signed a new deal.
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If he were to sign a contract extension to take him beyond the end of next season, would any cost implications only come int being at the beginning of the 23/24 season
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Kyle Cooper leaving Falcons apparently. The move to prop has been farcical at times given how much he's understandably struggled in the scrum. He was a very good hooker prior to the switch though, as a hooker there's a good signing there for the right club.
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ABClub wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 1:58 pm Kyle Cooper leaving Falcons apparently. The move to prop has been farcical at times given how much he's understandably struggled in the scrum. He was a very good hooker prior to the switch though, as a hooker there's a good signing there for the right club.
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longlivethecrumbie wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 12:42 pm
MrG2 wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 12:39 pm
Noggs wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 10:18 am There are half a dozen or so Premiership players in the Wales squad. He knows that if he is good enough he will get picked and his best chance of getting better and better is at Tigers. Enough said. :smt023
Not beyond the end of his current contract thought and that's the issue
You never know, he may have already signed a new deal.
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Greenwhiteandred wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 1:03 am
MrG2 wrote: Tue May 17, 2022 2:39 pm
Greenwhiteandred wrote: Tue May 17, 2022 1:07 am

Rupert Moon played his formative rugby at Queen Mary’s Walsall and Walsall Rugby Club … I know as played against him many times at a junior level …. About as Welsh as Kevin Pieterson is English 🤣
One of my claims to fame is that I played rugby with Rupert and Richard Moon at Walsall. Their dad, Henry, was a stalwart member of Walsall RFC. They celebrate their centenary next season. Hoping to go along to an event
If that’s the case I played against you 👍 Lichfield RFC and Lichfield Friary Grange - same age group as Rupert. I was doing the dirty work 😂
I'm 6 years older than him he played for our 3rds when he was 16 or 17. Different class even then. His entrance exam for Queen Mary's was by all accounts passing a ball through a tyre haha
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Interesting
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/chris-as ... reer-plan/
Between Gopperth, Ashton and Wigglesworth we have 3 of the most experienced Prem backs in the league and all want to transition/are transitioning to coaching.
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Old Hob wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:48 am
Scott1 wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 9:26 am Manz would be a monstrous 6. He's 6,6 18+ stone already isn't he and still growing. Will most definitely end up in the row
Yah, I mean, hi dude, like what's with this "row" jive, man? I mean, it's not like it's the first time I've seen it but, well, um, you know "The" row? I thought there were two.
This made me chuckle! :smt005

Not a fan of the term either.. second row works just fine for me but each to their own..
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OakhamTiger32 wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 8:21 pm
Old Hob wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:48 am
Scott1 wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 9:26 am Manz would be a monstrous 6. He's 6,6 18+ stone already isn't he and still growing. Will most definitely end up in the row
Yah, I mean, hi dude, like what's with this "row" jive, man? I mean, it's not like it's the first time I've seen it but, well, um, you know "The" row? I thought there were two.
This made me chuckle! :smt005

Not a fan of the term either.. second row works just fine for me but each to their own..
Each to their own of course. Front row you can be either prop or hooker, back row flanker or 8(number 8 if preferred) play second row, you play in the row. Just my understanding of course
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