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Luatua addresses rumours he's leaving Bristol Bears
By Josh Raisey
Bristol Bears captain Steven Luatua has dispelled any rumours that he may be leaving Ashton Gate at the end of the season with a simple Tweet today.
The 15-cap All Black had been linked with a move away at the end of the season, and has even been linked with Super Rugby’s future team Moana Pasifika.
But the 30-year-old quashed those rumours this week with this message on Twitter: “Some noise that I’m off contract? Sorry to say, unlucky Bristol Bears you’re stuck with me for a couple more years.”
Luatua signed a two-year contract extension in 2018 which ran until the end of this season. However, Bristol Live have confirmed that the former All Black was one of 33 players who signed a new contract last summer and will remain with the Bears until 2023.
This will please all Bristol fans as the Kiwi has been one of the architects of the Bears’ revolution in the past five years under Pat Lam. He joined in 2017 when Bristol were in the Greene King IPA Championship and guided them to the Challenge Cup last season (although he missed the final). Bristol also sit comfortably at the top of the Gallagher Premiership this season with five rounds remaining.
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Well said except Argentina is most certainly not an “emerging nation” as far as rugby is concerned. If you’re making global-social-political claim, then I’m out of my depth entirely.
Argentina by multiple leagues of magnitude played better than Ireland today. Striking away a try in the 2nd minute did not necessarily lead to Arg demise, but as we all know, rugby is such an emotional game that then to be down 12-0 over nothing is gut-wrenching, especially as it was effectively a 19 point swing. Argentina’s fight back throughout the rest of the match was laudable.
A howl of great sadness for a beautiful sport that has criminal administrators, feckless refs, foppish TMOs, idiotic tv pundits, et al. attempting to collectively suicide the whole thing. No fault of the players or coaches necessarily. We have a situation where punitive cards that detract away from the essence and loftiness of the game itself are celebrated to a degree that is pathologically purblind. Rugby has created for itself a fetish for punishment rather than simply allowing the game to be played. Shameful.
Go to commentsAbsolutely right, can’t expect nearly an all kiwi officiating team to know the rules properly 😉
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