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Argentina hooker Santiago Socino set for Pro D2 move

16 Apr 2024

Santiago Socino of Gloucester Rugby looks on during the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Gloucester Rugby and London Irish at Kingsholm Stadium on December 31, 2022 in Gloucester, England. (Photo by Harry Trump/Getty Images)

Gloucester have confirmed that Argentina hooker Santiago Socino will leave Kingsholm at the end of the season to join Agen in France.

The Argentina international has been with the Cherry and Whites since 2020, having originally signed on a short-term deal. He will join an Agen side that currently sit in tenth place in Pro D2, France’s second division.

The 31-year-old has made 60 appearances so far for Gloucester. He started on the bench in Gloucester’s recent Challenge Cup victory over the Ospreys, where they booked their place in the semi-finals.

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Gloucester are set to see plenty of change over the summer, with a number of arrivals and exits at the club. Socino joins Adam Hastings and Alex Hearle in leaving at the end of the season, as well as the huge midseason departure of Louis Rees-Zammit to the NFL.

Wales internationals Tomos Williams and Gareth Anscombe, and England wing Christian Wade are all set to arrive, in addition to the return of England hooker Jack Singleton from his loan to Toulon.

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WI 5 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

Would you call that freely? Yes, the tries have a skillset of their own attached to them. Would not call it freely. They did outscore France in that game thought, which is in and off itself something to admire.

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IkeaBoy 9 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

You missed the part about the lab getting shut down in Bloemfontein in March last year - FOR THE SECOND TIME. Got stripped of it’s accreditation.

As previously explained, few schoolboys in Ireland would be 18, as in an ADULT. The vast majority of their active schools players are classed as MINORS. Not just in law, in every sense. The youngest grade governed by the IRFU is U19 and is overseen by a union who has never not been WADA compliant. Ever.

It’s obviously the norm to not test children in amateur sports.

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RedWarriors 9 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

If there is doubt about the interpretation of laws then the Intention of the law is the law.

This is what SUPREME courts do. The black and white must reflect the intention of the law. If the intention of the law was 5-3, then thats the law. That is the entire basis of how law is interpreted. You are arguing against centuries of legal norms. You should stop making stuff up to suit your argument.

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RedWarriors 12 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

Owen Doyle was a referee until 1994. He was in charge of the IRFU referees through the last replacement change (from 7 to 8 re[placements in 2009). He was subsequently an elite referee coach before becoming a journalist in the last few years.

The changes were made in 2009 very much the professional era.

The proposal that the IRFU agreed with is below. It is disappointing that you attempt to distort facts that contardict your argument.

In any Law whether legislation for running a State or for World Rugby the intention of the law when drafted is what counts. Now you can put your hands over your ears and sing ‘La, La, La’ because this contradicts your article in some respects but you can’t make up facts you don’t like. You’re argument that 7-1 splits etc should be allowed is a different one. My argument is because the INTENTION of the law was 5-3 then new laws will need to be drafted for less than 3 backs on the bench. If World Rugby ignore the law to the tune of ridiculous PR nonsense like ‘Its discriminating against South Africa’ then the entire basis for faith in laws becomes eroded. Big Unions will interpret laws to suits themselves at odds with their intention knowing that World Rugby won’t defend their laws.

I was part of the law group that determined the IRFU’s position on how things work currently. In short, we agreed with what was being proposed. It was to ensure that there must be three specialist frontrow players on the bench, plus a secondrow, and a backrow player, hence five. The backs were allowed to cover the specialist positions of nine and ten. Finally, one utility back would be permitted, making up the three.

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IkeaBoy 15 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

This is news to me!!! Game changer.

I must have been the only Irish rugby fan unaware of their record at RWC knockouts.

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IkeaBoy 17 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

Yep! I live with one.

Draft dodgers

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IkeaBoy 18 minutes ago

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WAYNE BARNES - WAYNE BARNES.

Player of the match in the final…

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MM 18 minutes ago

Glasgow hit back at Stephen Donald's 'absolutely unfounded' comments

The only thing he traded up by going north was his salary….

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PB 19 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

You clearly have no idea of how much fatigue factor there is among the front five. I challenge you to a fitness test against any Bok forward!

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Indrani aushal 24 minutes ago

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GrahamVF 30 minutes ago

Glasgow hit back at Stephen Donald's 'absolutely unfounded' comments

Let them continue to think they have the answer only to fall at the last hurdle again. Long may Stephen Donald’s rugby nous guide New Zealand thinking.

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IkeaBoy 32 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

The 2019 Final?? Graham, lad????

England emptied the sack to hammer the ABs in the semi. They got the boks in the final. It was the physical equivalent of a seniors team playing an U12s.

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IkeaBoy 34 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

That’s my point though. For a confidence player I don’t think it’s great to get waved off by your coach for an early bath.

His kicking is still suspect which I can’t understand. It’s his only weakness in a strong all round game. Don’t get why he isn’t being coached overtime to improve.

He’s the twice the player that Pollard is in open play.

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GrahamVF 36 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

He’s starting to sound more and more like the TMan with every post. Any minute now he’s start clicking.

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PR 38 minutes ago

Glasgow hit back at Stephen Donald's 'absolutely unfounded' comments

Not sure why anyone is taking Stephen Donald seriously. Dead average player back in the day and clearly not the sharpest tool in the box.

Simple fact is that Barrett traded up not down when he moved to the Northern Hemisphere and some fragile egos in NZ, where they still believe the All Blacks are the game’s standard-bearers, can’t handle it.

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IkeaBoy 39 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

I did. There’s an Irish language channel (TG4) that shows most of the Irish clubs games.

I thought the score flattered Connacht. They were well beaten. Again, he looks the business but he’d an arm chair ride from a dominant pack against one of the worst defences in the league.

If he does it in the next RWC final then he can have a statue.

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GrahamVF 46 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

have googled and tour speaking the worst kind of Irish,. You are generalising in desperation. Start testing 18 year old schoolboys before you point fingers.

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GrahamVF 48 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

Four SA players tested positive for Clenbuterol of the four only Nkosi and Jantjies were involved in 2019 - none of them in 2023. During the WC campaign they were tested and found clean by WR. If you really think drugs was the reason why SA won the WC I sincerely hope all the Irish coaches and staff believe that too.

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GrahamVF 57 minutes ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

Could you name your sources for this statement of fact? All those squad members were playing in international competitions regularly so how did they get away with it. And I still come back to the question why Ireland steadfastly refuse to test 18 year old schoolboys? Schoolboy rugby union players report the highest susceptibility to doping among those sampled, compared with other athletes and non-athletes.” the RFU issued this statement in 2019. The Craven Week competition is the most intensively tested rugby competition in the world. But of course Irish schoolboys are different.

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Ed the Duck 1 hour ago

How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

Agree with all that you say here Nick, the mix of the Atonio’s, Skeltons and Tamiefunas with the Kolbe’s, Arende’s and Darcy Grahams is great to watch but you are wide of the mark on data set analysis. Your quote on table sets even references tables with millions of records regarding mean for a reason. Data on a few hundred (and that’s stretching it) props is nowhere near this category and doesn’t have the same statistical characteristics or parameters. The smaller the data set becomes, the more relevant median also becomes for certain purposes.

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