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Major League Rugby

'King' Carlos Spencer makes MLR switch

By Ian Cameron

15 Oct 2021

(Photo by Masanori Udagawa/Getty Images)

All Blacks great and former Auckland Blues coach Carlos Spencer has revealed that he is to join up with NOLA Gold in 2022.

Speaking on Instagram, the former New Zealand standoff said: “I’d just like to let you know that I will be joining NOLA Gold for the 2022 MLR season as an assistant coach, having recently coached in Japan, South Africa and New Zealand.

“I look forward to bringing my experience and my skill to NOLA Gold outfit… working with coach Nate Osborne, the management group, and most of all the players. I’m really excited about the challenge ahead. Hopefully, we can create some memorable moments for our fans and supporters, I can’t wait to get over there”

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Spencer made an early exit from his contract with NZ Super Rugby’s Hurricanes last June.

The 45-year-old, who played 44 Tests across 10 seasons, arrived in Wellington in late 2018 following coaching stints in South Africa and Japan. Spencer, who retired from serious rugby in 2010, made a cameo for the Blues at the Brisbane Tens in 2017.

Spencer spent three years in the South African Rugby Union where he coached the Lions (2012), Sharks (2013), and Kings (2014). From 2016-2018 Spencer coached the Munakata Sanix Blues in Japan Rugby League One before returning to New Zealand to join the Hurricanes as an assistant coach.

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AlanP 6 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

Feel free to come with another conclusion and show your proof.

I've told you twice already how I did it but your refuse to listen and it is getting late.

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fl 8 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

"Well, you know what they:"

what they indeed!

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Barry 8 minutes ago

Glasgow coach jumps to defence of McDowall who faces possible huge ban

It was certainly picked up by the citing commissioner though.

The video isn't hard to find and very damning.

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fl 9 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

You get more places if you have more points, but how many points you need to get extra places is determined by a set of rules that are entirely exogenous to the points system.

In other words there is no rule that says that X number of points should translate to Y number of places, unless you came up with that rule.

So I ask again:

How did you come to the conclusion that half of the champions cup teams would be french if a UEFA style points system was adopted?

Why are you being so evasive about this?

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AlanP 9 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

Well, you know what they: "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser."

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Ed the Duck 13 minutes ago

Glasgow coach jumps to defence of McDowall who faces possible huge ban

Allegedly! Wasn’t picked up in commentary or replays at the time. There was some unexplained rancour at the end of the game from Ollivon so it’s possible there may be something to it but pretty difficult to expect to get away with anything untoward in high profile match these days.

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AlanP 19 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

This is how the UEFA system works, if you have more points you have more places, and currently, if you don't put a limit of places per league, the top14 is so overwhelmingly dominant that they would reach half of the places.

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fl 22 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

there is no rule that says that X number of points should translate to Y number of places, unless you came up with that rule.

So I ask again:

How did you come to the conclusion that half of the champions cup teams would be french if a UEFA style points system was adopted?

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AlanP 23 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

That's what I tried to explain but you don't care about the calculation

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fl 23 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

You being an idiot is getting tedious.

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OJohn 24 minutes ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

The best try I have ever seen was Quade Cooper's try near the line against Ireland on the 2013 northern tour. Pure wizardy. The Irish players just had no idea what was happening.

It was breathtaking. Ballet on sprigs.

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fl 25 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

I didn't.

I asked how you came to the conclusion that half of the champions cup teams would be french if a UEFA style points system was adopted?

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fl 25 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

The URC have had a stake in EPRC for as long as they have existed.

What have been the best of URC's contribution to EPCR rugby?

What applications are you talking about? Who has made them?

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fl 29 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

"You realise no one is going to gain entry through performance in the champions cup right? When was the last time a team was good enough to reach the best four in europe but not in their own league?"

last season. Harlequins. In 2023 Exeter. In 2022 la Rochelle and Racing 92. I can't be bothered going back further but I think I've made my point!

"Otherwise, like I've already said, you're first likely to be looking at Challenge, getting a few their, then back to Champions quarters I'd imagine."

I'm quite confused by how you're framing this. For a 20 team champions cup I'd have 4 teams qualify from the previous years champions cup, and 4 from the previous years challenge cup. For a 16 team champions cup I'd have 3 teams qualify from the previous years champions cup, and 1 from the previous years challenge cup.

"You might find it more palatable if you flip the sequence in CC qualifcation"

I'd find it a lot less palatable, hence why I didn't suggest it!

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AlanP 36 minutes ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

"I don't care how you calculated the points"

Then don't ask.

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OJohn 38 minutes ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

Na. Still here. She knows she's on to a good thing :).

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