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THE SENIOR SQUAD

Squad Size: 36/40

Front Row
Gethin Jenkins (LH) [ENG]
Tatafu Polota-Nau (HK) [AUS]
Euan Murray (TH) [SCO]
Leo Halavatau (TH) [TON]
Paulică Ion (TH) [ROM]
Faan Rautenbach (TH) [RSA]

Second Row
Tom Palmer (LK) [ENG]
Bryn Evans (LK) [NZL]
Simon Shaw (LK) [ENG]
Nick Kennedy (LK) [ENG]

Back Row
Liam Messam (FL) [NZL]
Jerome Kaino (FL) [NZL]
Declan Danaher (FL) [ENG]
David Pocock (FL) (AUS) (Captain)
Richard Thorpe (FL) [ENG]
Ally Hogg (N8) [SCO]
Tom Guest (N8) [ENG]
Imanol Harinordoquy (N8) [FRA]

Half Backs
Joe Simpson (SH) [ENG]
Darren Allinson (SH) [WAL]
Daniel Bowden (FH/IC) [NZL]
Quade Cooper (FH/IC/FB) [AUS]
Brock James (FH) [NZL]

Centres
Shontayne Hape (IC/OC) [ENG]
Regan King (OC) [NZL]
Jamie Noon (OC) [ENG]
Jonathan Spratt (IC/OC) [WAL]
Aurelien Rougerie (OC/WG) [FRA]
Ryan Shortland (OC/WG) [NZL]

Back Three
Paul Diggin (WG) [ENG]
Alesana Tuilagi [SAM]
Tom Homer (WG/FB) [ENG]
Sailosi Tagicakibau (WG) [SAM]
Delon Armitage (FB/WG/OC) [ENG]

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THE ACADEMY

Squad Size: 19/20

Rob Herring (HK) [RSA]
Tom Smallbone (TH/LH) [ENG]
Max Lahiff (LH) [ENG]
Kieren Low (LK) [ENG]
Gerard Ellis (FL) [WAL]
Jack Ramshaw (LK/FL) [ENG]
Ben Pritchard (FL) [ENG]
James Sanford (FL) [ENG]
Ed Shiggery (FL) [WAL]
David Sisi (N8) [ENG]
Freddie Clarke (N8) [ENG]
Jack Moates (SH) [ENG]
Ludi Hopkinson (FH) [ENG]
Guy Armitage (IC) [ENG]
Luke Peters (IC) [ENG]
Anthony Watson (WG) [ENG]
Marland Yarde (WG) [ENG]
Conner Gaston (WG) [IRE]
Sam Edgerley (FB) [ENG]

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INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS
AP 7 - G Jenkins
AP 8 - I Harinordoquy
AP 9 - N Kennedy

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I'm interested in a few of your players, so what players of mine are you interested in so i can try and rustle up a deal that you might be interested in.

Go on then, let's get it confirmed, been ages since i've done a deal

This is the deal I was talking about

Hipkiss + Flatman + Donald
=
Lahiff + Watson + Yarde

Donald is the bit i'm unsure about to be honest, he is the one I most want to keep, think he'll come good next year with a full preseason. I'd do the deal for the 3 youngsters and have to get another 10 in foreigns

Am interested in Delon, Losi, Yarde, Watson and Lahiff.

Willing to go big for them and include Wilko and some other of my english starters and maybe J.Fourie if the deal was right?
Do you have any interest??

Bathite wrote:This is the deal I was talking about

Hipkiss + Flatman + Donald
=
Lahiff + Watson + Yarde

Donald is the bit i'm unsure about to be honest, he is the one I most want to keep, think he'll come good next year with a full preseason. I'd do the deal for the 3 youngsters and have to get another 10 in foreigns

We good to go then or not? Otherwise, I'll change my foreign U21

There's no way I can do that, that's why we added Hipkiss in the first place. I'd lose three solid ex internationals for 3 completely unproven, although talented youngsters. Flatman and Donald both start for me, you're three are replacements at best!

Wilko, J.Fourie, Cueto, Gaskell and 2 mill
for
Delon, Losi, Yarde, Watson and B.Evans

I'm thinking 3 gains to you and of 2 of those massive.

None of those players would go for the players offered.

I'm pretty sure he is too....Croft is EQ though and not seeing out his career in Japan so is much more valuable for the future.

I'm struggling Pull tbh, I'd need a centre back and they're all a big drop from Barnes.

Thats too much of a risk for me. Fourie is the best in the world, Losi is not.
Gaskell is young and EQ starter for me, Evans is a squad player.
Cueto is a solid international, and Yarde and Watson are not even first choice for an Amlin club.

I also think with Homer starting every game for Irish next season his stock will rise very quickly, but if you don't want to get rid of Delon thats fair enough.

If you were to put a ££ value on Yarde and Watson individually what would it be?

Fourie is only 28, he's got plenty of time left in him. For me he will be SA's 13 at the next world cup. He is better than any northern hemisphere 13 by a mile, BOD is past it and Rougerie has never been succesful on the international stage at 13. AAC and Smith you could make cases for but in reality theres nothing in it.

12 mill is too much for such unproven talent. Watson isn't even in the England squad for the junior world cup, so i think i'll leave it

Bathite wrote:

Bathite wrote:This is the deal I was talking about

Hipkiss + Flatman + Donald
=
Lahiff + Watson + Yarde

Donald is the bit i'm unsure about to be honest, he is the one I most want to keep, think he'll come good next year with a full preseason. I'd do the deal for the 3 youngsters and have to get another 10 in foreigns

We good to go then or not? Otherwise, I'll change my foreign U21

Is this dead in the water now then?

Didn't realise he got slated, just others said they preferred Barrett and some of those questioned his defence. I've had an awful couple of days on here, missed a deal and all my preferred U21 targets and now you've grabbed my number 1 foreign target! C rapsticks!

Lahiff was actually my first target really, not that fussed on Yarde / Watson.

Just thinking about my next 10, what do you reckon, McAllister, Grant, FTD, Hook?

I'll leave it mate. 10 mill is too much for players who don't start for clubs when you can get players who are excelling in super rugby and close to international honours for 16 mill e.g. Goosen.

Nope , the fact that Evans is available all year out ways the pros of having Cooper.

12 for Lahiff + Yarde

Too much mate, 14m is best I can do

Wouldn't pay that for them Pull, especially not with foreigns opening soon

You have an U21 bid left

Full foreigns will open next week I think

How much for Evans and Allinson?

what for evans and lahiff?

What for Lahiff?

It's a huge drop to Simpson so unlikely

Simpson + Pocock + Homer 4 Genia + Hooper + Garvey

No thanks, lose a world class player for players that I wouldn't consider world class player. I need a player of similar quality to Genia in any deal

I'll give you £10m for Lahiff

Can we get this sealed up please mate?

I kinda included that as I don't think Weepu is world class. Been terrible in the S15 this year

sorry mate JTH not for sale.

i would be interested in a deal for lahiff and evans but dont want hape as his future is dodgy cos of knee injury

Sheridan and 5 mill
for
Lahiff and Evans
?

I'll withdraw that actually

Fourie needs Losi in a deal with a gain for me as well.

Fourie and Myall
for
Losi and Kennedy

.

I could do Matt Smith in a deal if you want a physical OC to partner Bowden? He won't set the world alight but a good option always available

Doing Fourie for Losi weakens my starting XV, so i need to make an improvement in another area. As you want to keep Delon, anyway of getting Homer involved?

Fourie and Amesbury
for
Losi and Homer

No thanks

Sorry mate rate AAC way above Rougierie

With servat retiring could give you a EQ hooker for some players?

Sorry mate thought if replyed.

If I lose Fofana I lose a lot of fire power in my back line and I'm not keen to lose him.

Yep, all 3, but can't work out in what order. Who you after from me?

Think Franks, Steyn and Dagg the only ones NFS, but reluctant to lose starting EQs without at least equal replacements

Can't see how that deal works out mate, try writing a few down and we can go from there

Not selling players for cash fella

Mate I didn't see you were in this league!

Yeh I'm good bud - yep working with my mum training adults. Loving it - once I got over the nerves of talking to large groups of people!

How's things your end?
You still in football league and in touch with the old crowd?

I could let Mitchell go. Will consider your £10m offer and let you know

Not keen on losing Fofana at all. Farrell could be available.

I'm sorry, Parra is utterly integral to how I intend Saracens to progress

Quite happy with my hooker options mate

Botha, Amesbury and Powell
for
Homer and Guest

Bowden, B James, King, Losi, Armitage, Watson and Yarde

Anything for those? Can give you an EQ hooker as Servat is retiring and gains elsewhere.

The only Londno Irish players i know who are definetly retiring are Roche and Casey. Rautenbaach is going to play in the french division 2 i read somewhere, and i think Dermody is off back to NZ to play ANZ cup so i don't think they've retired.

I'd double check with Stnick though mate

Interested in Pocock mate.

Pocock
=
Tom Wood + ??