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Says “the mind is still keen to carry on but I think the body has had enough”

Koroibete was offered a modest wider squad contract with the Queensland Reds and held discussions with the Fijian Drua, but ultimately settled on continuing his career in the west of Wales on a one-year deal worth more than $200,000.

Prima squadra

Piloni

- Paolo Buonfiglio

- Luca Franceschetto

- Matteo Nocera

- Sergio Pelliccioli

- Juan Pitinari

- Luca Rizzoli

- ⁠Mohamed Hasa

Tallonatori

- Tommaso Di Bartolomeo

- Francisco Minervino

- Giovanni Quattrini

- Giampietro Ribaldi

Seconde linee

- Matteo Canali

- Franco Carrera

- Leonard Krumov

- Alex Mattioli

- Pietro Turrisi

Terze linee

- Iacopo Botturi

- Giacomo Ferrari

- Giovanni Licata

- Samuele Locatelli

- David Odiase

- Alessandro Ortombina

- Francesco Ruffolo

- Davide Ruggeri

- Bautista Stavile

Mediani di mischia

- Patricio Baronio

- Lorenzo Citton

- Thomas Dominguez

- Alessandro Fusco

Mediani di apertura / Estremi

- Tommaso Allan

- Giacomo Da Re

- Giovanni Montemauri

- Lorenzo Pani

Centri / Ali

- Giulio Bertaccini

- Mirko Belloni

- Simone Gesi

- Damiano Mazza

- Jacopo Trulla

- Marco Zanon

- Leonardo Sodo Migliori

Permit Player

- Octavio Barbatti (pilone destro – Petrarca Rugby)

- Riccardo Casarin (centro – Valorugby Emilia)

- Dewi Passarella (centro/ala – Petrarca Rugby)

- Federico Pisani (pilone sinistro – Petrarca Rugby)

- Migael Prinsloo (mediano di mischia – Valorugby Emilia)

Invitati al raduno preseason

- Filippo Alongi (pilone destro – Valorugby Emilia)

- Simone Brisighella (ala/estremo – Valorugby Emilia)

- Francesco Colombo (ala – Valorugby Emilia)

- Federico Cuminetti (centro/ala – Valorugby Emilia)

- Giacomo Foglio Bonda (centro/ala – Biella Rugby)

- Filippo Lazzarin (ala – Valorugby Emilia)

- Giacomo Milano (terza linea – Valorugby Emilia)

- Gianmarco Pietramala (mediano di apertura – Valorugby Emilia)

- Tom Whorrod (mediano di apertura – Warwick School, Progetto Exiles)

Accademia Ivan Francescato

- Francesco Alderighi (mediano di apertura/estremo – Scandicci Rugby)

- Simone Invernizzi (seconda linea – Rugby Parabiago)

- Massimo Molina (centro – LA Rugby L'Aquila 2021)

- Manuel Scappini (ala – Unione Rugby Capitolina)

- Matteo Sebastiani (terza linea – Stade Valdôtain Rugby ASD)

These guys are losing their minds by saying theyre selling their season tickets and wont attend games because of the logo change but that the investors are ruining the club.

I think they set out to be the Galacticos of URC rugby but it did fall flat. However investors spent hard cash at the Sharks. Which fans want. And is from a commercial POV the worst thing as the yields are no where near being valid just on return on investment. But a necessary one.

I mean I wish we had money like that.

Yes, the Plumtree experiment didnt work and some of the players they got didnt seem to pitch up with being marquee signings.

But our logo is equally kak. We moaned for a day and then still pitched up.

I understand them disliking the investor because he showboats a bit but like thats who the guy is and at the core of this he wants to make the team work.

Just seen a clip of the team training at thurles and looks to be Oli in the background holding a camera on the far side of a maul.

Is he sticking around to do some coaching? He had to pickup the front row skills much later in his career which to me could translate across as a decent scrum coach potentially.

Thoughts?

Made this a while ago, so apologies that it's a little out of date. Still plenty to be excited about!