http://www.therugbyblog.com/cockerill-brands-castrogiovanni-sad-after-post-game-rant Rugby Union opinion and discussion, for the fans, by the fans. Thu, 07 Dec 2017 17:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.8 http://www.therugbyblog.com/cockerill-brands-castrogiovanni-sad-after-post-game-rant#comment-373372 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:32:06 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=35880#comment-373372 Agree with Brighty here. I think he would be a great addition to the Welsh squad, but he needs to be playing in Wales to cement his place. So many players in the Welsh squad are now coming back to Wales to play. I think if he was playing in Wales he would be in the squad. I would definitely have him in ahead of Priestland.

]]> http://www.therugbyblog.com/cockerill-brands-castrogiovanni-sad-after-post-game-rant#comment-373371 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:34:11 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=35880#comment-373371 I actually agree with Brighty! Personally I think that if the AP wants to see more Welsh stars playing in the league, it needs to have a slightly more flexible attitude to their contracts and release clauses.

]]> http://www.therugbyblog.com/cockerill-brands-castrogiovanni-sad-after-post-game-rant#comment-373370 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:29:35 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=35880#comment-373370 I read more than just the title Baz so I could see that about half of it is about Owen Williams and whether he will sign for Tigers or a Welsh dual contract.

]]> http://www.therugbyblog.com/cockerill-brands-castrogiovanni-sad-after-post-game-rant#comment-373369 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:24:01 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=35880#comment-373369 @Brighty – how did you even think that had anything to do with Welsh contracts? Boring welsh record…….

]]> http://www.therugbyblog.com/cockerill-brands-castrogiovanni-sad-after-post-game-rant#comment-373368 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:24:30 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=35880#comment-373368 He proves my point. Had to have a special clause in his contract that cost Saints 80 grand in fines. Everyone else has now been warned that they will not tolerate any similar contracts.

]]> http://www.therugbyblog.com/cockerill-brands-castrogiovanni-sad-after-post-game-rant#comment-373367 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:20:01 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=35880#comment-373367 George North.

]]> http://www.therugbyblog.com/cockerill-brands-castrogiovanni-sad-after-post-game-rant#comment-373359 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:34:53 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=35880#comment-373359 But the key thing Cockers is that he can’t simply play for Wales if he stays at Tigers. He will be at a disadvantage compared to Welsh players in every other country because they will either give complete access or negotiate. The English stance is ZERO negotiation (unless you’re an American) so he will get less training time and less game time than others he is competing with. Right now he’s not proven to be good enough for that not to be a limiting factor. If he is on the same level or similar as Anscombe/Patchell/Priestland then he won’t get a look in. So by staying in England he will need to be much, much better than them to get into the squad.

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