George Earle is in fact going to Llanelli Scarlets
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George Earle is in fact going to Llanelli Scarlets
This just in.
It seems Scotland lost out on this one, he says he wants to play for Wales.
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The highly-skilled line-out jumper, who signed with Griquas this year, has featured prominently for the Cheetahs in the Super Rugby competition.
His agent, Anthony Johnson of World Artists, confirmed to this website that Earle will head to Llanelli in Wales after the conclusion of the Super Rugby season in mid-July.
“He has signed a three-year contract [with the Scarlets],” Johnson told this website, adding that Earle hopes to make enough of an impact to come into consideration for the Welsh national team once he qualifies to play for his adopted country at the completion of the three-year residency period.
“Playing at the next World Cup [2015 in England] is definitely attractive to the player,” Johnson told this website.
Earle represented Western Province at age-group level from 2005 to 2008, before making the step up to Vodacom Cup level.
The big lock forward moved from Cape Town to the Lions in Johannesburg in 2010, where he played for two years, before signing with Griquas this year.
However, he has been released from his contract in Kimberley and will head overseas without playing a single game for the Kimberley-based team – which lost to WP in the Vodacom Cup Final last Friday.
The arrival of Earle at the Scarlets follow the announcement earlier this month that the Welsh World Cup lock Lou Reed, 24, and veteran second row forward Damian Welch (29) are leaving the club.
The club on Monday reiterated the “commitment already made to supporters” that investment is being made to significantly bolster strength in the senior squad front five for the 2012/13 season.
* Earle is the third Cheetahs player who have announced that he would head abroad at the end of the Super Rugby season.
Cheetahs prop WP Nel will move to Edinburgh in Scotland, while Springbok loose forward Ashley Johnson will join London Wasps.
It seems Scotland lost out on this one, he says he wants to play for Wales.
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Re: George Earle is in fact going to Llanelli Scarlets
I listened to an interview with him and it sounded more like he wouldn't mind playing for Wales if they called him. He isn't going to the Scarlets with the mission of being capped.
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Re: George Earle is in fact going to Llanelli Scarlets
Yeah, it seems that has been the drawcard for him.
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Glad the Scarlets have signed a lock, who appears to be good. Gutted we have signed one who is so open about his lack of loyalty, and his willingness to settle for second best.
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Re: George Earle is in fact going to Llanelli Scarlets
spiderman, maybe deep inside he feels like Luke watson about the springbok Jumper, just a little more diplomatic about it.
But then of course you're probably right.
But then of course you're probably right.
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Yeah in an ideal world he would prove his worth at the Scarlets and be selected for SA, or decide to return there after his contract is up.
Judging by the way the press is with players applying for nationality on residency the whole 'I want to play in the RWC in 2015' may have been played up by his agent, as opposed to be a true feeling. I guess only time will tell.
Judging by the way the press is with players applying for nationality on residency the whole 'I want to play in the RWC in 2015' may have been played up by his agent, as opposed to be a true feeling. I guess only time will tell.
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