Transfers & Rumours Non-Tigers 2022

[Rugbygramps]

Tom West to Ealing? Great pick up for them

Wow. What a pick up by then. Presumably this is West just wanting to show some form and fitness to pick up a Prem contract for next season?

Also how many premiership sides would he get the starting berth at.
Off the top of my head premiership loose heads include, Marler, Vunipolar, Sio, Genge, Rapava Ruskin, Cronin, Rodd, and Obano when fit. At best he’s on par with all those, which leaves Irish and Saints as his options

[sam16111986]

Tom West to Ealing? Great pick up for them

Wow. What a pick up by then. Presumably this is West just wanting to show some form and fitness to pick up a Prem contract for next season?

Also how many premiership sides would he get the starting berth at.
Off the top of my head premiership loose heads include, Marler, Vunipolar, Sio, Genge, Rapava Ruskin, Cronin, Rodd, and Obano when fit. At best he’s on par with all those, which leaves Irish and Saints as his options

He'd walk in at Falcons. Saints scrum looks dodgy and he'd help there. LI have got a couple of decent options. Gloucester would be a good shout as there's a substantial drop when VRR goes off and Ellrington comes on. He'd be a great understudy to Genge at Bristol. Obano is out for the season so I'm surprised Bath haven't continued to give that medical dispensation allowance a work out. There's quite a few options for him.

These days you need at least two decent props each side. More so if you've got an international incumbent. He may have something lined up for next season and a reason to stay in the UK otherwise surely there would be a French team ready to take a loosehead who's entering his prime years and who's been in England training squads (unlucky timings with injuries hampering him).

[No6_Flanker]

Obano is out for the season so I'm surprised Bath haven't continued to give that medical dispensation allowance a work out.

Bath’s latest injury update says Obano might be back at the end of January.

https://www.bathrugby.com/club-news/inj ... er-chiefs/

[sam16111986]

Obano is out for the season so I'm surprised Bath haven't continued to give that medical dispensation allowance a work out.

Bath’s latest injury update says Obano might be back at the end of January.

https://www.bathrugby.com/club-news/inj ... er-chiefs/

Some good news for the poor bloke. He's had no luck whatsoever with injuries.

[Rugbygramps]

Wow. What a pick up by then. Presumably this is West just wanting to show some form and fitness to pick up a Prem contract for next season?

Also how many premiership sides would he get the starting berth at.
Off the top of my head premiership loose heads include, Marler, Vunipolar, Sio, Genge, Rapava Ruskin, Cronin, Rodd, and Obano when fit. At best he’s on par with all those, which leaves Irish and Saints as his options

He'd walk in at Falcons. Saints scrum looks dodgy and he'd help there. LI have got a couple of decent options. Gloucester would be a good shout as there's a substantial drop when VRR goes off and Ellrington comes on. He'd be a great understudy to Genge at Bristol. Obano is out for the season so I'm surprised Bath haven't continued to give that medical dispensation allowance a work out. There's quite a few options for him.

These days you need at least two decent props each side. More so if you've got an international incumbent. He may have something lined up for next season and a reason to stay in the UK otherwise surely there would be a French team ready to take a loosehead who's entering his prime years and who's been in England training squads (unlucky timings with injuries hampering him).

I did say starting berth and if you look at the names the 2 teams I omitted are Saints and Irish but there you go

[Rugbygramps]

Leinster and Ireland James Tracey forced to retire following not being able to recover from a neck injury sustained in April.

[tigerburnie]

Marlon Yarde signed for Bayonne

[Rugbygramps]

Marlon Yarde signed for Bayonne

Had forgotten completely about him. All charges dropped then I’m guessing

[TigerFeetSteve]

Marlon Yarde signed for Bayonne

Had forgotten completely about him. All charges dropped then I’m guessing

Yes, charges dropped.

[Tigerbeat]

Marlon Yarde signed for Bayonne

Had forgotten completely about him. All charges dropped then I’m guessing

Yes, charges dropped.

https://www.ruck.co.uk/barbarians-state ... inclusion/

[TigerFeetSteve]

https://twitter.com/BathRugby/status/16 ... gye1w&s=19

Underhill extends at Bath

[Rugbygramps]

Luke Morahan’s last game for Bristol off to France in the new year.

[ay2oh]

Quite a few clubs seem to be announcing various contract extensions/new signings so hopeful we will do the same soon.

[Robespierre]

Damian Penaud, one of the world's best wingers, is leaving Clermont with whom he has been since 2014, to join Bordeaux/Bègles.
Older Tigers' fans will remember his Dad, Alain, who played outside half for Brive, particularly in the 1997 Heineken Cup final in Cardiff (which I have faint memories of, as I suffered a terrible hangover the following day!)

[longlivethecrumbie]

Rugby Inside Line are reporting that Stephen Jones and Gethin Jenkins have left the Wales coaching setup