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Balance - £28 Million

Honours

Aviva Premiership Winner 2008/2009
LV Cup Champions 2010/2011

Squad

J.B Poux - Loosehead / Tighthead Prop
G. Shiells - Loosehead Prop
M. Stevens - Loosehead Prop / Tighthead Prop

M. Castrogiovanni - Tighthead Prop
WP. Nel - Tighthead Prop
B. Harris - Tighthead Prop

A. Hore - Hooker
J. Buckland - Hooker
T. Lindsay - Hooker
D. Fourie - Hooker (On loan from Gloucester for 4 weeks)

D. Mumm - Lock
N. Kennedy - Lock
S. Hooper - Lock
M. Garvey - Lock
J. Muller - Lock

J. Kaino - Blinside Flanker
Y. Nyanga - Blindside Flanker

H. Fourie - Openside Flanker
S. Armitage - Openside Flanker
W. Fraser - Openside Flanker

P. Spies - Number 8
N. Talei - Number 8
K. Daniel - Number 8

N. De Kock - Scrum Half
J. Dupuy - Scrum Half
R. Pienaar - Scrum Half

S. Geraghty - Fly Half / Centre
L. Beauxis - Fly Half
N. Evans - Fly Half
E. Jantjies - Fly Half

L. McAllister - Inside Centre / Fly Half
S. Naqalevuki - Inside / Outside Centre

C. Smith - Outside Centre
M. Bastereaud - Outside Centre
M. Evans - Outside Centre / Wing

S. Tagicakibau - Wing
J.P Pieterson - Wing
B. Basson - Wing

D. Armitage - Full Back / Wing
Z. Kirchner - Fullback

Academy Players

M. Anderson - Hooker
K. Low - Lock
G. Armitage - Wing / Outside Centre
D. Sisi - Flanker
A. Watson - Winger
M. Yarde - Winger
M. Morgan - Fly Half
J. Moates - Scrum Half
M. Coetzee - Blindside Flanker
J. Taufua - Number 8
G. Ellis - Hooker / Flanker

First Choice XV

1 Jean Baptiste Poux
2 Andrew Hore
3 Martin Castrogiovanni
4 Matt Garvey
5 Johann Muller
6 Yannick Nyanga
7 Steffon Armitage
8 Pierre Spies
9 Ruan Pienaar
10 Nick Evans
11 Bjorn Basson
12 Luke McAllister
13 Conrad Smith
14 JP Pieterson
15 Delon Armitage

16 Matt Stevens
17 Tom Lindsay
18 WP Nel
19 Stuart Hooper
20 Will Fraser
21 Julien Dupuy
22 Shane Geraghty
23 Marland Yarde

Make an offer for Payne.

Garvey + S.Armitage interest me

A bit.

Mullan and Lambie for Steffon and Sisi?

I know mate, your man love for him is as strong as mine is for Corbs!!!

How about Lahiff for Yarde?

What for Poux nick ??

What for Kennedy mate?

Poux?

Can't lose English Int without similar back mate

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Can't lose English Int without similar back mate

Same for me nick

thats where there will always be a problem with this game

5 English in match day makes it hard to let English go

exactly mate

what for Poux mate?

Sgt_Pooly wrote:5 English in match day makes it hard to let English go

Disagree. People wanting the best end of deals is what makes deals difficult and stops people letting English go.

Parling for Poux is pretty fair if English not such an issue. 5 is tough to do.

People alway want best put of deal but not many will let English go with none in return

I have. Gave you Goode for Kitschoff.

I will happily let English go for a better foreign with the Englishness being the balance against the other player being a bit better.

That deal was very much exception I think Pete, Sarries have great academy too so you can afford to a little

other thing to consider with English is that everyone had the chance to bid for youngsters - i've spent loads of money on guys like Tuilagi, Launchbury, Wade, which luckily came off, but then spent £11m on Sam Harrison.

dont think any of my Saints real life academy have played for me in this game - but have spent shed loads getting in English - so personally think its all on peoples own transfer policies!

Saints have a pretty good stockpile of English Chris to start and plenty coming through.

You already had Ashton, Foden, Hartley, Lawes (ok sold him) that's 4 of England's better players who I guess you'd never part with as they're English.

Only Manu has really paid off in yr buy all youngsters approach (do far)

I just think its hard for teams with not great English to progress.

Have to take risks to get good young English players. Academy limits are in place so that the best can't be hogged.

Part of the game is spotting the value of your young players.

That's the thing, not many want to take risks. Got to speculate to accumulate sometimes.

You do like a risk lol

Kitschoff is very special though

i wouldnt say it is hard for other teams, i'm doing terribly in the league and have got a lot of English players - but went for English instead of getting world class players when I could have done.

You calling Kitschoff 'special' because he's ginger?! That's bullying you know

Not really wanting to let Lambie go mate. Only others than Steffon who interest me for Mullan are Losi or Delon.

Haha...brightest LH talent in world rugby. Been watching him a while now....gutted to lose him tbh but I have no English back 3 talent coming through at Falcons.

Kennedy and Naquelavuki?

Get back to me on Kennedy mate

Sorry mate just seen that, make me an offer. You know who I like

sorry - have agreed to swap geraghty for lahiff with pete.

Stevens still available though if your interested in him?

let me have a think, if I get rid of Messam a lot will depend upon who I can replace him in the foreigns, as planning on offloading Kankowski, so really need someone who can cover 6&8 - Messam does that perfectly for me and impact from the bench.

Scott Lawson for David Sisi???

Enq

Not sure on a big deal mate, as have a few big ones going through for the end of the season already. Am very keen on Sisi though.

geraghty is definitely available, I have too many 10s!

wont be selling messam though as he covers 6&8 and that will be really important for next season for me.

do you have a list of players you are going to release?

Interested in:

Pienaar
Hernandez
James
McAlliste
S.B Williams

Anything there?

would you do de villiers and shane for hernandez?

would you do Lapandy and Geraghty for Fourie?

Make an offer mate. EQ needs EQ.

I'm not a massive spies fan, and any of your other 8's would weaken my starting 8 IMO which I wouldn't want to do. Guess I'd be looking at working Kaino in to something.

See if you can put a deal together.

Poux?

Stanks for Poux?

What could I tweak to it?

would Tait be available?

yeah happy with that

think that deal works nicely for us both there - hopefully Tait will get over his injuries and start for Tigers a bit more, whilst Geraghty should get good ratings now he's back in England for you - he's played well for Brive when I've seen him.

Interested in Naqelevuki mate.

See anything for him?