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All Blacks hooker Coltman heading to France - reports

Liam Coltman. (Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images)

All Blacks hooker Liam Coltman looks to be on his way to France – according to reports this weekend.

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Coltman has been linked with a move to the well-financed Lyon – who are set to lose two hookers this summer.

Veteran No.2 Mickael Ivaldi will leave for Paris, while US Eagle and former Worcester Warriors hooker Joe Taufete’e is set to return to the United States.

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    That has left LOU Rugby badly in need of a quality import in the position and Coltman looks like he is the man to fit the bill.

    According to reports in RMC Sport, the 32-year-old has given his informal agreement to Lyon, who currently sit seventh in the Top 14. The Highlanders hooker – who won eight caps for the All Blacks – is expected to bring experience and a hard edge to the pack.

    Coltman’s current contract with the Highlanders comes to an end this year.

    Described by former All Blacks Head Coach Steve Hansen as the ‘ultimate team man’, ‘Colty’consistency and form at Super Rugby level saw him earn his first All Blacks Test cap in 2016.

    He hasn’t played for the All Blacks since 2019, but clearly still has enough fire in his belly to top up his pension pot with a sojourn to France.

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    In 2019, former Highlanders Head Coach Aaron Mauger said Coltman was a joy to coach: “Liam is a great example of a guy who does not require too much pushing. He is internally driven and our influence around that is pretty minimal. He sets high standards for himself and is a true professional.”

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    JW 45 minutes ago
    Ex-All Black Richie Mo’unga teases return to ‘Test match setting’ in 2025

    They didn’t really let him go though did they. He was gone, already signed to leave some 18 months earlier. Not much they could do.


    Definitely a shame though, hence why I criticize the coaching for not unlocking that composure earlier. We would have seen he was definitely the player we need to take us through that WC, and the next, before the contract talks started. After, was too late. Conversely, if he had of continued to play the way he had been when he signed to go to Japan, I have no doubt Damien McKenzie would have been the player to lead us in 23’, and then we very likely would have won that Final. I’m not so sure Dmac would hve been good enough to get us past Ireland, Richie definitely deserves a lot of credit for simply getting us to the Final.


    But that was all my message to HHT was. That class, or talent in this case, is permeant, and games like Ireland showed he did definitely had that. Obviously Richie’s got a large responsibility in realizing it sooner too, but in terms of not displaying it when it counts in 2019 or 2023, I reckon that’s on the coachs more than a lack of talent on his part, and it’s the same shame when it comes to your sentiment. If he was at the point were he could have saved out bacon against Ireland in 2022, it might not have been too late for NZR to have come in with a big contract offer. The bigger problem now is that Razor is only exasperating that problem with this new group. We now clearly know he was a big factor in Richie taking so long, because he’s replicating the same problems with the current batch. Thankfully NZR had no other option but to offer a big contract to secure Dmac this time though, regardless of how he must have felt after being treated like that.

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    Head high tackle 1 hour ago
    Super Rugby draw heavily favours NZ sides but they can't win in Australia

    Very targeted article that writes to deliberately put across a fake point. Please John tell us who each side has played?

    Why has NZ and AUs sides not really clashed? Because of all the “local” derbies John. How many times will the Reds, Brumbies, Tahs and Force , play the Blues, Canes, Saders, Highlanders, Moana and Chiefs John? ONCE per season. If you want to write an article about the failings of the draw then please write about the actual failings of the draw, Not a fabrication about the draw being unfair to the actual sides it heavily favours. Not 1 Aus side will play an NZ team twice to get to the finals. ALL NZ sides will.

    To give you ONE example lets look at the Blues draw.

    In 9 rounds so far they have played every NZ based side. ( 5 games ) then the Canes twice, Chiefs twice, And this weekend they play the 2nd game v the Saders this season. ( 3 more games ) so the only side they have played thats not an NZ based team is the Brumbies. 1 GAME! Still to play the Reds, Tahs, Force and Drua and will only get 1 game V those sides.


    There are 4 Australian sides John. Pure maths tells me that means 2 home games against Aus sides and 2 away games v Aus sides. So basically NO NZ side should ever play more than 2 games in a season in Aus. Aus cut their teams down to 4. This is the direct result.


    Yes the draw is not fair, but that heavily favors Aus sides. Either have 1 round or have 2, but this 1.5 rounds isnt fair to ALL NZ based sides.

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