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Props:

Dan Murphy
Nick Wood
Rupert Harden
Guthro Steenkamp
Coonie Ousthieuzen
Nicholas Mas
Jamie Johnstone
Juan figallo

Hookers

Joe Gray
Adriann Strauss
Deon Fourie

Locks

Richie Grey
Tom Palmer
George Robson
James Percival


Back row

CJ Stander
Andy Saull
Stephen Ferris
Willem Alberts
Maure Fa’sivalu replaces by Tom croft at end of season
Schalk Burger
Alexandre Lapandry
Immanol Harinordoquoy
Jamie heaslip
Akapusi Qera



Half backs

Will Genia
Connor Murray

Ryan Lamb
Dan Carter
Stephen Donald


Centres


Juan De Jong
Berrick Barnes
Richard Kahui


Back three

Charlie Sharples
Zac Guildford
Horsea Gear
Jonny May
Israel Folau
Isreal Dagg.
Iain Balshaw


ACADEMY
TH Antoine Guillamon 135kg beast
SR Eben Etzebeth 29/10/91
Pr Luke Cowan-Dickie - Joins at end of season
WG Charlie Walker 23/12/92
BR Karl chateau 15/6/92
SH Dan Robson 14/3/92

FH Johan Goosen 27/7/92
N8 Gareth Evans 19/9/91
HK Jamie George
9 Tj perenara 23/1/92
Ardie savea 14/10/93
8/6/7 Arno Botha * 26/10/91
10/12/13/15 ryan Mills 30/5/1992
11/14/15 Raymond Rhule -joins at end of season.
12 Matt Scott*
10/12 Michelle Campagnaro. 13/3/93
6/7 Nizaam Carr 19/4/91
7 Sean Addendorf 28/5/1992
marvin o Connor
1Ofa tufungisi 19/4/92
*International

Junior Academy
Wg Steph Reynolds
WG Iain Clarke
11/14/15Carpenter
Prop tom heard
Second row Elliot stookes 10/9/93
OH Billy Burns
Hk Ryan Charles
Hendre pollard

Rate both Parling & Robshaw well above tbh so agree would struggle

castro for mas is a bit pointless. like for like, except i prefer castro.

Couldn't do that.

Could do Thion for Robson though

Mat, Pollard and Goosen need to be in your senior academy. Only players who are in Gloucesters academy in real life and are under 20 can be in your junior/protected academy.

I think this may put you over you academy limit mate, so you will need to either release or sell someone.

Ozzy3213 wrote:Mat, Pollard and Goosen need to be in your senior academy. Only players who are in Gloucesters academy in real life and are under 20 can be in your junior/protected academy.

I think this may put you over you academy limit mate, so you will need to either release or sell someone.

I've highlighted where you have gone wrong above Mat.

There is a good chance id offer you more than release price if you have to release an academy player to fit in Goosen and Pollard.

As would I

That's fine mate.

Miller top scorer in AP and best young EQ FB around. JSD quality but not got great deal of time at the top left.

I'd need an improvement.

Parling is there on merit not because of who he plays for, bit of an odd comment.

Sharples is a good prem winger, not sure he has the quality to make the grade on Int stage (unlike May if he sorts out his defence) but I do like him.

Can only lose England starters for similar abilty really, you don't really have any at that level.

"To be fair lawes, attwood etc mean we will get a good engine room soon, botha and Parling probably our weakest pair in my lifetime"

Could be worse, we could have Robson starting! lol

We always struggle (both rate our players too high lol)

No deal, rate Brown higher than JSD.

Thoughts on this sort of deal?

Laulala + Miller + du Toit + (EFS on loan till end of RC)
for
JdJ + Palmer

Loathed to let him go, but I could get Jordaan in to the above somewhere maybe.

Matt Banahan + Luke Burgess for Charlie Sharples?

Yeah could do, could do with a number eight

He's more of a flanker mate.

Any chance of taking Jamie George on loan?

Nice one, I'll stick it on confirms

Can you also take fasIvalu otherwise I will go over squad limit as ge

Can you also take fasIvalu otherwise I will go over squad limit as geOrge is u21

Who could you loan till AI's?

Would need to be worth my while. Laulala pushing first team, I've got croft and SOB...

i can loan you max evans if you need a 13? in return you can loan me fasivalu?

With the squad limit and ruling on loan players, see the sytem as basically defunct now.

If you loan a player out he is in your 40 - so if you loan someone in return thats 41.

No worries Matt.

Palmer has admitted himself he’s not great at leading the lineout. Has mostly struggled when given the role for England. Gray is a fantastic jumper but Hamilton would call ahead of him for the Scots. Heaslip is a decent jumper but would be behind POC/Ryan and POM and on a par with SOB in the Ireland jumping stakes and when did he call the line for Ireland? Ryan and McLaughlin were in charge of calling the line this summer? So up against Wentzal who is a real tactician at the lineout I could see you struggling a bit.

Never noticed Grey calling the line. Always thought it was Hamilton. Kellock calls ahead of him at Warriors. Top top jumper but unsure on his ability to call the lineout yet mate similar to Tom Croft to be honest

Anything for Fa'asavalu Mat?

Ozzy3213 wrote:Anything for Fa'asavalu Mat?

and anything for JSD?

That is a more than fair offer mate, but would leave me short in the front row which is a key area for me.

I can't do it mate, Corbs is one of them players that I just don't think I could let go. I can see this being a bit of struggle, as I have no depth in some areas where I had masses of it previously, so not sure what I can offer really. No worries.

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/story-16734472-detail/story.html

You see that? Reckon he could break through this season?

He was a bit of a standout in the backline for England I thought. Shame he's had op as could have got gametime.

Looks a real all rounder and solid for a small guy.

You really do produce some backs at your place.

Any chance of taking Fa'asavalu on loan?

You are correct mate, I will have to release someone to take him, but he is better than some of my players and will add to my squad.

Cheers

I can't let world class players like Dusautoir go mate, think I will be needing him if I am in a relegation battle.

The issue for me at 9 will be the AI's, where I will lose Parra and Hougaard which means I am one injury away from having to use an academy 9 in the matchday squad.

Depth is what I've not got. Happy enough with my strongest XV, it's just beyond that I need to work on.

I'll confirm Fa'asavalu if that's ok then mate.

There are plenty of players that I would happily take from you Mat, but am struggling with what is a fair one for one swap. Is there anyone else on my for sale list that you fancy also as it might be easier putting a deal together if a couple of players were involved.

I could do Alexander for either Heaslip or JSD

Or I could do Alexander for cash.

I've not seen the NZ v Aus game yet and don't even know the score, although I know Aus got beat.

For Alexander in foreigns you'd be looking at paying £18-20 million, so would do him for £15m

I'd need a gain on Horne

Prob wont be on much this week, so thought I would give you a rough idea of what my team will be so you can do tactics etc.

Taumalolo Hartley Hayman Davies Lawes Lydiate Salvi Parisse Phillips Giteau Ashton Fofana Tuilagi Halfpenny Foden

What for Tim Payne?

You made a decision on Alexander yet mate? I have an offer involving him on the table from Bath, but would prefer the cash deal in all honesty.

Good article on Saull in the Rugby Paper http://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/index.php/domestic-club-rugby-union/english-rugby-premiership/saracens-andy-saull-working-to-build-same-power-as-jacques-burger/

They do love to talk about Saull as future great

Still interested in Tim Payne mate