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INFORMATION
Old Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A84388378
Head Coach: Bathite
Forwards Coach: Danny Grewcock
Backs Coach: Mike Catt

FIXTURES

Heineken: Finished 2nd in Group
1. Ospreys (A) 25-18 (L)
2. Clermont (H) 29-20 (W)
2nd in Group - Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup: Winner
Semi-Final: Leinster (N) 30-31 (W)
Final: Stade Francais (N) 21-30 (W)

Knockout Cup: 1st Round Loss
1st Round. Highlanders (A) 25-22 (L)

League: 4th
Record: P22 W13 D3 L6
1. Leinster (A) 26-19 (L)
2. Northampton (H) 23-22 (W)
3. Ospreys (A) 32-19 (L)
4. Toulouse (A) 30-16 (L)
5. Highlanders (H) 22-24 (L) LBP
6. Stade (A) 22-22 (D)
7. Toulon (H) 28-17 (W)
8. Bath (A) 28-26 (W)
9. Biarritz (H) 31-23 (W) WBP
10. Clermont (A) 19-31 (W) WBP
11. Leicester (H) 27-20 (W)
12. Leinster (H) 30-22 (W) WBP
13. Northampton (A) 33-20 (W) WBP
14. Ospreys (H) 29-29 (D)
15. Toulouse (H) 25-28 (L) LBP
16. Highlanders (A) 27-25 (L) LBP
17. Stade (H) 31-22 (W) WBP
18. Toulon (A) 19-33 (W) WBP
19. Bath (H) 32-22 (W) WBP
20. Biarritz (A) 21-27 (W)
21. Clermont (H) 20-0 (W)
22. Leicester (A) 23-23 (D)



MATCHDAY

Position	Strongest Squad
1	S.Tonga'uia
2	B.Du Plessis
3	O.Franks
4	L.Nallet
5	P.Albacete
6	R.Elsom
7	S.Burger
8	S.Parisse
9	J.Cowan
10	N.Evans
11	H.Gear
12	M.Nonu
13	J.Fourie
14	D.Mitchell
15	I.Toeava
16	R.Roncero
17	P.Dixon
18	R.M-Chluski
19	M.Bergamasco
20	R.Wigglesworth
21	B.James
22	C.Heymans

FIRST TEAM SQUAD

Hookers: 2
Props: 5
Lock: 4
Back Row: 7
Half Backs: 4
Centres: 3
Back Three: 5
Squad Size: 29 (29 Available)

Forwards

Name	Position	Nationality	Squad Status	Value
Soane Tonga'uia	LH	Tonga	Key Player
Rodrigo Roncero	LH	Arg	First Team
Wyatt Crockett	LH	NZ	First Team
Owen Franks	TH/LH	NZ	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Matt Stevens	TH/LH	Eng	First Team	INJ
Bismarck Du Plessis	HK	SA	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Pieter Dixon	HK	Zimb	Back Up	£10m
Lionel Nallet	LK	France	Key Player
Patricio Albacete	LK	Argentina	Key Player
Romain Millo-Chluski	LK	France	First Team
Julien Pierre	LK	France	Rotation
Rocky Elsom	BS/N8	Australia	Invaluable
Schalk Burger	OS/BS/N8	SA	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Sergio Parisse	N8	Italy	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Mirco Bergamasco	OS/BS	Italy	First Team
Wycliff Palu	N8/BS	Australia	First Team
Thomas Waldrom	N8/BS	NZ	Rotation	£18m
Matt Todd	OS/BS	NZ	Rotation

Backs

Name	Position	Nationality	Squad Status	Value
Jimmy Cowan	SH	NZ	Key Player
Richard Wigglesworth	SH	England	First Team	£14m
Nick Evans	FH	NZ	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Butch James	FH/IC	SA	Rotation
Ma'a Nonu	IC/OC/WG	NZ	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Jacque Fourie	OC/IC/WG	SA	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Brad Barritt	IC	England	Rotation
Hosea Gear	WG	NZ	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Drew Mitchell	WG/FB	Aus	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Isaia Toeava	FB/WG/OC	NZ	Key Player
Cedric Heymans	WG/FB	France	First Team
Ben Smith	FB/WG	NZ	First Team

INJURIES
Ma'a Nonu HEALED
Rocky Elsom HEALED
Matt Stevens

FINANCES
Budget: £5m

No im not asking for too much at all.

Im losing Parisse my best player so I will only sell to you if one of your big players are involved.

That being Gear or Fourie.

But it's with Parisse involved.

You need.

Gear 4 Guildford
Elsom 4 Thomson
Fourie 4 Hook

To get Parisse, one of your locks Bekker needs to go for Jack while Albacete can be swapped for Chisholm. Habana 4 Pietersen is ok but only for acceptions Parisse and Hook is not the answer.

Make something including.

Jack 4 Bekker
Chisholm 4 Albacete
Pietersen 4 Habana

To get Parisse off me, I would need the following back.
Gear 4 Guildford
Elsom 4 Thomson
Fourie 4 Hook

What for Alba, Habs, Franks and Hape?

That'd leave me short at prop. And I wouldn't lose 'Captain tackles' in such a small deal.

Still no sorry. Look back at the deal I did with Pull for McCaw. Something similar would tempt me.

Still no sorry. Look back at the deal I did with Pull for McCaw. Something similar would tempt me.

Do you want me to do results?

What for Gear?

Wouldn't include either of those, no probs

£26m - Pape and Pierre

Enq

Anything for Bekker or Toeava?

Parisse 4 Easter, like I said only selling Parisse for a good offer or a good player don't think Easter is that.

I know I will be getting quality back, but Parisse is my best player and I have done well to get him in.

Not going unless the replacement is good and sutible, Easter doesn't fit the bill sorry.

Habana and or Bekker interest you?

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Not really mate. Habana has no form and Bekker isn't really any better than Russouw. Bear in mind neither start for you so why would they start for me?

To lose Domingo I'd need Nallet/Albacete/Gear/Schalk in a deal

Bekker, Steenkamp
=
Domingo, Crane

enq.

Crane can play lock, and don't you get them back next week?

No, I have them for week 16 but you have them after that. I'm not that keen on that. I don't really see Bekker as a massive improvement.

Since you rate him so much,

Domingo + Russouw
=
Steenkamp + Nallet/Albacete

Bekker can step back in..

Good offer mate but I'm still not keen. Domingo is the best in the world - I don't see much difference between Bekker and Russouw.

I really would need Nallet/Albacete/Gear/Schalk to lose Domingo

I'm still not sure I want to deal.. Steenkamp is a bit fat..

I'll have a think and let you know

I know, otherwise you would have already done a Bekker, Palu = Parisse, Chisholm deal..

In word on the above mate?

That's fine, I've got McCalman, Croft and Bardy as cover.

So can I confirm the lock deal?

So would you sell Bekker then.

20 million?

Ok.

Bekker 22 million
Albacete 32 million
Nallet 27 million

Any of them take your fancy, willing to push the boat out.

But at this current time Hoeata is inexperienced for a game like this.

Those are my offers, breaking my bank for Albacete there, if you sell one of them you will still have say Bekker to come into your starting 15 which would be good and shouldn't knock your ratings down because he is a beast with very good line out skills because of his height.

You won't lose because Bekker can step in if you want to sell Albacete or Nallet for fantastic prices.

Your team looks strong all over the field, maybe Steenkamp being a bit of a weakness. Coenie Oosthuizen should get ratings on here, he is an incredible player.

Thought you told me they weren't selling yet...

Yep I do.

Could always do.

Albacete
4
Chisholm & 10 million

?

Do me Nallet then if you don't want to lose your best lock.

Will push to 28 for Nallet.

What for Alba?

Burger & Easter & Bekker & Gear & Maitland
4
Warburton & Parisse & Chisholm & Clerc & Guildford

?

Easter & Bekker & Gear & Maitland
4
Parisse & Chisholm & Clerc & Guildford

What about that instead, if you think Maitland is better than Guildford your wrong.

Bathite wrote:Albacete+Evans
4
Gray+Carter

??

Not interested really mate , Still rate Carter leaps above Evans

Easter & Bekker & Habana & Maitland
4
Parisse & Chisholm & Tuilagi & Guildford

Rather have Guildford and Maitland in the same team, even though Habana > Tuilagi is a massive gain but Habana has been poor for ages.

Im losing Parisse my best player, but I don't get one of your best players back simply doesn't work with players like Bekker, Habana and Maitland. Plus Guildford in my view is better than Maitland.

Easter & Bekker & Habana
4
Parisse & Jack/Chisholm & Tuilagi

Don't like Habana and I wouldn't start him that's why I keep rejecting offers with Habana in overrated and Poopie.

£26m + JP + Aplon
=
Pierre + Pape + Gear + Toeava

Enq

Could throw in Whitelock for Nallet too.

Well can I just buy two locks?

I beg to differ lol. How much for just Pierre

Because it wouldn't take as long in domestics. But I may as well have bought one.

Gear + Palu
4
Guildford + Parisse

Will think about it, couldn't chuck in Bekker 4 Chisholm and Clerc 4 Maitland aswell could you?

Hello Bathite better going round to everyone and telling them what players would improve my side.

Of course all Toulon players for sale

Interested in
Steenkamp
O.Franks
Bekker
Albacete
Nallet
Elsom
Burger
Easter
Palu(maybe not sure)
Todd
Cowan
Evans
Nonu
Fourie
Gear
Toeava
Habana
Maitland

Thanks mate

See what your happy with from this.

Steenkamp 4 Ayerza or Tialata
Bekker 4 Chisholm or cash
Albacete 4 Boric + gain
Nallet 4 Boric
Elsom 4 Brown + gain
Burger 4 Warburton
Parisse 4 Easter
Todd 4 Louw
Cowan 4 Kelleher
Evans 4 Slade + gain
Nonu 4 Mapasua + gain
Gear 4 Guildford or Clerc
Toeava 4 Poitrenaud
Habana 4 R.Davies
Maitland 4 Clerc

If any of them appeal to you make something, gain means I will add a possible gain in your direction which could possibly be Parisse 4 Easter or Clerc/Guildford 4 Maitland or Habana.

Hope that is clear.

So if you are willing to lose.

Albacete 4 Boric
Elsom 4 Brown
Evans 4 Slade
Nonu 4 Mapasua

You will get Parisse 4 Easter or Clerc/Guildford 4 Maitland or Habana in return. But rather do 3-4 players rather than 2.

Thion - £10m

Enq

Fairly easy Bathite will break it up into two posts. Could do 2 for 2.

Albacete 4 Boric
Elsom 4 Brown
Evans 4 Slade
Nonu 4 Mapasua

Any of them with Parisse 4 Easter or Clerc/Guildford 4 Maitland or Habana as my part of the deal.

Steenkamp 4 Ayerza or Tialata
Bekker 4 Chisholm or cash
Nallet 4 Boric
Burger 4 Warburton
Parisse 4 Easter
Todd 4 Louw
Cowan 4 Kelleher
Gear 4 Guildford or Clerc
Toeava 4 Poitrenaud
Habana 4 R.Davies
Maitland 4 Clerc

Or with that list obviously there are some gains, equals and losses for me in there, if you want to make 2 players or 3 players in a deal choose from this group of how I would rate.

Gains for you
Clerc 4 Maitland
Clerc 4 Habana
Parisse 4 Easter

Gains for me
Gear 4 Guildford/Clerc
Burger 4 Warburton
Nallet 4 Boric
Steenkamp 4 Ayerza

Equals in my view(you may not agree on form)
Habana 4 R.Davies
Toeava 4 Poitrenaud
Cowan 4 Kelleher
Todd 4 Louw

So you could go with my other post, or pick 1 from each of the above catergories with whatever suits you or just pick a deal from the gains for you and gains for me catergory if anything takes your fancy rather than adding a evens deal aswell.

So will put these up as possibilities.

Albacete/Evans & Easter/Maitland
4
Boric/Slade & Parisse/Clerc

Easter & Gear/Burger
4
Parisse & Guildford/Warburton

Easter & Gear & Cowan
4
Parisse & Guildford & Kelleher

???

Gear + Easter + Todd
4
Guildford + Parisse + Louw

Knew you would go for that lol, but that was the least of them I was keen on.

Really need a lock so.

Albacete/Nallet & Clerc/Guildford
4
Boric & Habana/Maitland

OR

Easter & Habana & Gear & Cowan/Boric
4
Parisse & Clerc & Guildford & Kelleher/Nallet

Thanks