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    Posted: 03 March 2014 at 7:14pm
Is this the new Scarlets number 8 for next season maybe 35 but did nt come in to pro rugby until he was 26 or 27 years of age .London Irish fans are convinced he has signed for us ,going to terrorise defences of our powerful scrum .
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Nothing wrong with a mature narled beast in a team for 2 years -what about  (cant recall his christian name ) Shaw who played till he was 37 in England-beast of a forward-its all about fitness levels and skills
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Makes sense he was sitting with Gypo during the Munster game. Had to have been impressed with that performance by both the team and the crowd who I here were also on good form.
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he guy can certainly play and is a ball carrier. he does though have a bad record for getting himself banned...but with us being near of the fair play league anyhow, who cares!!!
seriously, he would be good for 2 years and give us go forward from the base.
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Senior moment recovered SIMON SHAW -he was no youngster either ! would have loved him in our second row frankly! Smile ... Shift+R improves the quality of this image. CTRL+F5 reloads the whole page.
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Personally don't think this is a good signing. Yes he is a good carrier but at 35 past his best and a poor discipline record. If he's just a back up 8 then not so bad but if this is all we are signing I'd rather stick with rob.
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Some impressive clips in that video. We certainly need someone like him to share a half each with Timani. I'm just trying to work out which one would be best to start with. On the whole I'd start with the bigger Timani, to wear down the opposition, and then when the game opens up bring on Hala'Ufia, who is faster and more dynamic (and also more likely to get carded)  -Nick Williams -who needs him?

 Sorry I'm getting way ahead of myself now. Still where would we be without our dreams. 

 
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Will timani be with us next season?
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Strangely enough Derwyn Jones was getting out of his Merc today in Bryn Area... may be acting for someone!!!
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I agree with Gofer on this one.

The age factor isn't really putting me off TBH, but his disciplinary record is.

We need players on the pitch not in the bin.
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The guy is a scum-bag isn't he? But to be fair to him, he puts in a shift and the only time he seems to miss a game is when he's suspended or being disciplined.
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Originally posted by gofer88 gofer88 wrote:

Personally don't think this is a good signing. Yes he is a good carrier but at 35 past his best and a poor discipline record. If he's just a back up 8 then not so bad but if this is all we are signing I'd rather stick with rob.

personally I cant see why we don't start Sione Timani at 8, soon as he came on against edinborough and munster this week, he tore them apart taking out 4 or 5 players a time and making ground and controlling things from the back, rob is getting better yes- but he does lose control of his feet at 8- with turnbull going towards the bridge next season, maybe Timani is the fix we are looking for! and move rob to 6
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Have I missed something here? I know he had a blinder against Ulster but how many games at Regional level has he played at 8. More importantly how many games has he played this season in any position for anyone at any level. Sorry if it was deemed he was not good enough to fill that role last year because if his fitness and footballing ability then I cannot see what's changed. If the London Irish lad is coming so be it, could there be a Jake Ball of an 8 out there for us to develop over the next year 18 months with Rob covering as no.3.
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Sione is really struggling with injuries, I believe it's his knees. This is probably one reason why he's not on a full contract with us this season. He has had a couple of great performances but I'm pretty sure he won't be here next year. After all he was off to agen last season until it fell through last minute.

If halu'afia stays fit and on the pitch he will give us a different dimension but I'd like to think we would sign someone in their mid to late 20s who can offer a lot more than a 35 year old.
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Timani can't take the rigours of pro-rugby. Did you see his knees on Saturday? They had more bandages than the set of Casualty. o Holby City, depending on your fancy.

After that Ulster game, where he had a career high, he hsnt sarted a game since, has he? Shame. Easters did talk about him being alittle injury prone he? For a player at 8, that aint ideal! A least Chris H plays consecutive games. That'll do until we unearth the next Lions 8.
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Watched that video with an open mind and I'm convinced. Forget the age/discipline etc. He's the type of number 8 I've been craving for years. Maybe a quick short-term fix is what we need for a season or two until our situation stabilizes.
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