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Re: Harlequins line up Springboks star Pieter-Steph du Toit to
replace Robshaw
DIR By: Yareet
Date: February 14, 2020, 5:56 am
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--- Quote from: MadMax link ---
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> I agree he would be a great signing and one or two SAffers
would be fine. I just don't want us to be like Sale and be full
of them.
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Alright I’ll defend my team.
Define “full”.
Out of the first team squad on the Sale site, 9 of 34 are Saffer
- of whom I believe Ross is still an EQP.
Beyond that there are (I think) 4 non-EQPs. In total that’s 38%.
For comparison, Quins have 48 players in the senior squad of
which there are 18 are non-EQPs (37.5%).
On balance therefore, I’m not sure Sale are anymore “full” of
non-EQP players than Quins and certainly not “full” of Saffers.
By a quick count I also reckon that 9 of Sale's 34 are Academy
products so we're just as "full" of Academy players as we are
Saffers.
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Re: Harlequins line up Springboks star Pieter-Steph du Toit to
replace Robshaw
DIR By: Mayor West
Date: February 14, 2020, 9:02 am
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I’m sure all the teams would be full of Aussies and Kiwis if
they could still play for their countries while abroad. Saffas
are fine by me as they can play abroad and SA. If it’s within
the rules what’s wrong with it.
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Re: Harlequins line up Springboks star Pieter-Steph du Toit to
replace Robshaw
DIR By: Fish Quin
Date: February 14, 2020, 9:16 am
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For me the question isn’t how many SA or non EQP a club has, but
whether these imports are taking the place of an EQP or not. For
example, if we signed Pollard I would be disappointed as he
would take game time away from Smith and Heron who are both good
players at this level. With Louw I’m not bothered as I am sure
we would have kept Sinckler if we could have afforded him and he
wanted to stay, for whatever reason he isn’t staying and we
don’t have a Young EQP tight head ready to step up, so we need
to bring someone in. What nationality that player is doesn’t
bother me. I like the fact that Quins, and generally all prem
clubs, are good at bringing through young home grown talent
where possible. It’s unrealistic to expect the whole squad to be
from this route though.
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Re: Harlequins line up Springboks star Pieter-Steph du Toit to
replace Robshaw
DIR By: Rocker
Date: February 14, 2020, 9:18 am
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Sensible way of looking at it Fish Quin 👍
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Re: Harlequins line up Springboks star Pieter-Steph du Toit to
replace Robshaw
DIR By: MadMax
Date: February 14, 2020, 11:30 am
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--- Quote from: Yareet link ---
>
> Alright I’ll defend my team.
>
> Define “full”.
>
> Out of the first team squad on the Sale site, 9 of 34 are
Saffer - of whom I believe Ross is still an EQP.
>
> Beyond that there are (I think) 4 non-EQPs. In total that’s
38%.
>
> For comparison, Quins have 48 players in the senior squad of
which there are 18 are non-EQPs (37.5%).
>
> On balance therefore, I’m not sure Sale are anymore “full” of
non-EQP players than Quins and certainly not “full” of Saffers.
>
> By a quick count I also reckon that 9 of Sale's 34 are Academy
products so we're just as "full" of Academy players as we are
Saffers.
>
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OK "full" is an exaggeration but at first glance last time out
forty percent of the starting fifteen were SAffers which seems a
pretty high percentage. It also seems to me that many of your
key players are South African. Not there is anything wrong with
this approach but I'd prefer my club to be based on and have
more home players.
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