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gowrie wrote:Part of the reason why there's a market is because contracts in football are so much longer than rugby. Is it because clubs anticipate players being bought out (which no-one's really had the money to do until recently in rugby), or there's more fear in rugby of career ending injuries and clubs don't want to risk a long term contract for an unavailable player?
gowrie wrote:Part of the reason why there's a market is because contracts in football are so much longer than rugby. Is it because clubs anticipate players being bought out (which no-one's really had the money to do until recently in rugby), or there's more fear in rugby of career ending injuries and clubs don't want to risk a long term contract for an unavailable player?
biffer wrote:take five wrote:The lose of Conan is regrettable and part of a bigger, more worrying, problem. Scottish pro rugby is losing too many good players to the "big money" English/French game. We are in danger of becoming a development league for big English and French clubs.
The continued loss of players like Coman, Denton, etc means ER can never progress as Pro club.
It's always going to be the case so we need to find a way to live with it. Unless you're aware of an untapped £10-15 million per year we can access.
I don't have a problem with players moving on - it's necessary to a degree otherwise we'll never be able to give younger players opportunities. SHC would have played very little competitive rugby if Laidlaw hadn't moved to Gloucester, and Kennedy might not recognise a rugby ball by now. If Barclay, Brown and Beattie hadn't moved on, players like Ashe Wilson and Fusaro would have had very limited game time. With just two pro teams, we can't have a situation where the team remains unchanged for 5-6 years at a time.
Friday Knight Lights wrote:I think it's something to do with Coman and his wife wanting to live in London for a bit not necessarily money.
With Du Preez and Hardie presumably playing a lot of International rugby next year we do need another Comanesk back row player in. Ritchie and Bradbury will become regulars and Miller getting more involved too hopefully.
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