Bayonne confirm signing of Alex Moon
Top 14 club Bayonne have confirmed the signing of Northampton Saints second-row Alex Moon, who has signed for the next two seasons.
Moon, aged 27, has contributed to Northampton's rise to the top of the league in England this season and their progression to the Investec Champions Cup round of 16, participating in all four pool games.
The 6'7, 123kg lock has been with Saints for over eight seasons.
The growing appeal of France's top-flight rugby competition is evident with recent high-profile signings like Owen Farrell to Racing 92 and the anticipated acquisition of England tighthead Kyle Sinckler by Toulon.
Moon, a product of St Joseph's College and Sedbergh School, progressed from the Saints Academy to make his first-team debut in 2016.
He soon became a Premiership regular and won consecutive Premiership Rugby Shields in 2017 and 2018. The 2018/19 season marked his breakthrough with 18 appearances and a key role in Saints' Premiership Rugby Cup victory. His performances, including scoring against Clermont, secured him a senior contract and an England summer training camp invite in 2020 after 20 appearances the prior season.
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Why would Eben lie? The guy has achieved so much. He saw it as arrogance. Any normal person who plays against the ABs year in and year out would have the same thoughts. Why even talk about the final when you have the biggest game of your lives next week in a stage you have never gotten passed? Rugly is simple in SA. Have fun but the most important thing is respect. I’m not buying any of this misinterpreted nonsense. Eben isn’t English, but no one during that interview was asking what did he say? He's speaking and therefore his understanding is perfectly fine. It was an arrogant thing to say, esp for a team that has never been to a final, never mind a semi. You guys up north can interpret it in a different way if you wish, maybe that s why you don’t win the biggest tournaments.
Go to comments> with Sky TV in New Zealand saying it has seen an 11 per cent lift in overall viewership this year. It’s easy for these kiwi “journalists” to throw around meaningless numbers to make it seem that things are improving, but if you look at the stats behind this 11 percent it says that after 10 rounds of rugby there is only a paltry 160k cumulative viewers in total.. That is on average 16k viewers watching a single round of Super Rugby. I very much doubt any of the other numbers that Gregor so proudly “reports” on.
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