Exodus
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@nostrildamus Would be a great addition to a Kiwi franchise, looks like he has some pace.
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@sbw1 being Samoan and having played 5 x tests for England in 2017
I reckon Moana Pacifika would be a good fit for Solomona and with the current stand down eligibility it would put on the radar for Samoa at international level . -
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@themojoman said in Exodus:
@bobily2 Patty T's bro? Interesting as a development player. He any good?
Yup. He's a tighthead prop - honestly, I'm not sure how good he is. He has always been there or close to the Blues/Auckland age group teams, but I haven't exactly heard rave reviews about him.
I'm sure there are a couple of posters who will know a little more about him.
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@bobily2 Anyone have any stats on the number of Kiwis in Aussie super teams.
I think they've added a few since their initial squad announcements, because we were so late to announce our squads. It's roughly 1 per team (depending on how you want to define Kiwis), with an extra couple at the Force (for the full squads, at least).
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I have Ili and Nun at Rebels, Thrush, Kahui Mataele and Parata at Force, Cridge and Foketi at Waratahs, and Kautai, Frost, Brown, Samu and Sapsford at Brumbies and about 7 with Drua. Some left some time ago.
Frost, Foketi and Samu are a big stretch, as far as being NZers.
Yeah, all are either born in Aust or developed there.
Tiaan Tauakipulu is NZ-born and played schoolboy rugby in NZ.
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Qld has 3 Fijians but the rest are Aussies.
Toni Pulu is another from the Force.
James O'Connor is probably the closest to a Kiwi in the Reds. Actually, he probably is a citizen and might have been a NZ citizen and not an Aussie one when he played his first Super rugby match.
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Qld has 3 Fijians but the rest are Aussies.
Toni Pulu is another from the Force.
James O'Connor is probably the closest to a Kiwi in the Reds. Actually, he probably is a citizen and might have been a NZ citizen and not an Aussie one when he played his first Super rugby match.
Maybe technically, but there was never any real chance of him coming over and representing the ABs. At least Vunivalu and Tupou were actually in the NZ rugby and school system at one point (not that I'd count them as Nzers either, particularly given the length of time they've been away).
From a probabilistic view, they were much more likely to have actually played for the All Blacks, and im sure will be viewed by NZR as talent we failed to retain. I doubt theyd view JOC as someone they lost.
