Exodus
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@sparky Honestly kind of impressed that hes going North. He definitely could have easily gone and ripped up in Japan for 6 months for an easier ride. Will be very interesting to see how he goes in that environment, considering hes been sort of the golden boy for auckland/blues for so long and will need to prove himself in Leinster, and will be directly compared with Jordie having just been there
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Seems Leinster may have a good relationship with NZR and helping them get these players. I sure I read that Razor or some from NZR met with Leinster to help plan how Jordie would be used ,ie not burnt out, and hope same is done here. A win win situation.
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He had a torrid time on Friday against Norris during the scrum but the Force have liked what they've seen so far from Josh Smith. Might be more difficult to tempt him back across the Ta$man in a few years, if the Force show this kind of faith early on.
Let's hope they can actually develop him, though. The Aussies don't have a great track record for developing props in recent years, at least not when it comes to the set-piece.
Emerging prop Smith re-commits to Force until 2027
