Pretorius wants to be stay the Force

[jono]

oh yeah, cool. cheers beige

[Darren]

technically, was Pretorius still on a mrque contract? They allowed us a 'new' marque signing which would have to either negate the first (which means he can come on) or allow 2 (which means he can come on!)

[James]

The rule is that you can't have the same marquee for more than 2 years. Braid had done his two and they wanted to see if he could do a 3rd. Pretorius has done one so would still be elligible to do a second.

[normie]

With AP there would be a strong case for 'exceptional circumstances' in that he was ruled out of playing by injury prior to the season starting. Thus, the first season of the contract was a non event and not be counted as a season played.

[James]

The ARU wouldn't see it that way. They'll say "We want you to develop talent and not to rely on this overseas player too much. They are a short term fix and future planning should have taken place."

The ARU would let us have a marquee 10 for next year but I would expect that they'd be very resistant to the idea in 2012.

[GIGS20]

The ARU wouldn't see it that way. They'll say "We want you to develop talent and not to rely on this overseas player too much. They are a short term fix and future planning should have taken place."

The ARU would let us have a marquee 10 for next year but I would expect that they'd be very resistant to the idea in 2012.

I think that would depend very heavily on the way our backup #10 is managed next year. Expect to see Stef (or somebody else) being given a run early and decisions being made based upon how he copes.

If he does a Quade (early Quade, not recent Quade) the Force will be running to the ARU with exactly that argument you'd think!

something along the lines of "We could sign a marquee for another year to have time to develop player X to the sufficient level, or we could raid other Aussie teams for a number 10, which would you prefer?"

[TommyM]

Where did people hear that Lealeifano (sp..?)had signed for next year with the Brumbies? Or is his current contract for through next year? I think he'd be mad to stay there with Toomua being preferred at 10 and Gits guaranteed a spot at either 10 or 12. He'd be grat for the Force (assuming he's also not going to the Brumbies)

[farva]

I think that would depend very heavily on the way our backup #10 is managed next year. Expect to see Stef (or somebody else) being given a run early and decisions being made based upon how he copes.

If he does a Quade (early Quade, not recent Quade) the Force will be running to the ARU with exactly that argument you'd think!

something along the lines of "We could sign a marquee for another year to have time to develop player X to the sufficient level, or we could raid other Aussie teams for a number 10, which would you prefer?"

Ill ask the question about Daniel Braid. There is no real development being done by the Reds on a backup 7 (I think Tomeki is thier back up?) and yet the ARU has allowed Braid to be there for 2 years now. Of course, they are now shagged as Braid is heading back to NZ next year to have a crack at the world cup.

[zimeric]

the thing is that there are a number of quality loosies in aus at the minute so they won't find it too difficult replacing braid.. As opposed to quality 10's
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