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Six foot seven, 19.5 stone NRL convert the ideal signing according to many Scarlets fans

Israel Folau and Sam Lousi

Scarlets fans have taken to Twitter to show their excitement at the signing of forward Sam Lousi from Super Rugby’s Hurricanes ahead of next season.

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The 27-year-old is capable of playing as a lock or a loose forward, and will be a new addition to go alongside incoming coach Brad Mooar.

Despite being 6ft 7 and weighing over 19 stone, Lousi is dynamic for his size and is a strong and direct ball carrier. It is his expertise in the loose that is exciting the Scarlets fans, as he will suit the style of rugby that the region currently play under Wayne Pivac.

Mooar, who is coming from the Super Rugby champions Crusaders, is likely to continue with a similar structure as Pivac, and Lousi could be integral to that, as he will bring his influence from the southern hemisphere. A former rugby league player with the New Zealand Warriors, he will surely add more ball carrying options to their pack.

The Scarlets have been one of the top sides in the Pro14 and Europe over the past few seasons, and the region have a lot to look forward to now that they know they future is secure after the merger saga. Lousi looks to be a signing that could start a new era under Mooar and many fans seem eager for him to start.

This is what they are saying:
https://twitter.com/IanRedeyes/status/1113057344303190016
https://twitter.com/cedricybran/status/1113068809630466048
https://twitter.com/bigbev526/status/1113052409872441344
https://twitter.com/SionEds/status/1113049729926139904
https://twitter.com/MikeRees27/status/1113053689055457281
https://twitter.com/24Janelle/status/1113050681613733889
https://twitter.com/AledRichards/status/1113098548097187840

Sometimes a side may bring in players that look good, but may not necessarily suit the style of rugby that the team play. However, in this instance, the fans seem very confident that Lousi will be well suited to the Scarlets, which makes this a very promising signing indeed.

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PMcD 7 minutes ago
'If the Boks' beauty doesn't get you, its Bomb Squad beast certainly will'

I think we started to see flashes of the “Old Marcus” with the Lions. I think 6 weeks of non-stop rugby with minimal distractions, may have been just what he needed and hope we see his best game on the field this season.

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RugCs 26 minutes ago
'Tonyball, ageing warriors and worrying growth' - What the Springboks learned from the Rugby Championship

I think that Kolis is well covered with Renzo and Roos, as younger, faster and stronger versions, there is van Staden of course but he is not as good asJC Pretorius, who is a new Kwagga.

For PSDT I think that Rassie may play Norte as his backup, as he plays lock and no. 7 flank for the Bulls, he is very similar to Mostert. Rassie also has Cobus Wiese, BJD, Ruan Venter and Tshituka as specialists no. 7 flanks. He could even go for those two U20 monsters, Norton and JJ Theron who have already played Currie Cup as back row forwards, and will now be playing URC this season. PSDT job will now be to mentor whoever Rassie picks as his insurance.



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PMcD 28 minutes ago
'If the Boks' beauty doesn't get you, its Bomb Squad beast certainly will'

Ultimately they have acquired a stake in The Premiership, URC, Six Nations and if the TRC was expanded to a Southern 6 Nations (adding Fiji & Japan), I think they would probably have what they need to push this through.

They are prepared to be patient but ultimately they own the “commercial rights” so their return is all about getting more money through tv, which is ultimately paid by the fans but making it a better spectator event, moving away from Soccer is no bad thing.



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RugCs 35 minutes ago
'Tonyball, ageing warriors and worrying growth' - What the Springboks learned from the Rugby Championship

We need Fassi indeed! To manage Willemse’s game time and also for Fassi to develop as the second Willemse type players. The more test matches he plays the narrower the gap becomes between him and Willemse. I have to wonder if it was Tony who intervened at the Sharks to have Fassi play in the first-five position? As a way to make him like Willemse in the next two years as an insurance policy on Willemse. Rassie has to bring in a third fullback now as extra insurance now that Willie has seemingly retired from test rugby. Two years is a long way to go.

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PMcD 42 minutes ago
'If the Boks' beauty doesn't get you, its Bomb Squad beast certainly will'

To be honest HH, this is the maverick genius you have to embrace and accept with these players.

I experience the same thing with Fin Russell at Bath. I have reached the point where I want him to give a silly intercept pass in the first 5 mins and then miss his first kick . . . . . Because when he does that he goes full throttle to overcome the mistakes and you get the best version of him for the next 75 mins . . . . and he wins us far more games than he loses as a result.



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PMcD 51 minutes ago
'If the Boks' beauty doesn't get you, its Bomb Squad beast certainly will'

Quick question NB - Whilst Etzebeth & Lood de Jager were the preferred starting pair (and in 2019), do you think Etzebeth/Nortje were the best 2 and does RG Snyman deserve a starting place?

Personally, I think Etzebeth/Nortje became the starting pair (it worked really well) and I also think (like Kwagga), RG Snyman does that off the bench impact role really well, so feels like the obvious 3.



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PMcD 1 hour ago
'If the Boks' beauty doesn't get you, its Bomb Squad beast certainly will'

I prefer the end on view, which helps understand the structure, player spacing and lets you see the patterns of play for how teams like to attack.

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PMcD 1 hour ago
'If the Boks' beauty doesn't get you, its Bomb Squad beast certainly will'

I’m surprised they haven’t embraced more drone cameras in the International matches for tv coverage. That would certainly give them better material for the pre & post game analysis showing the overhead patterns of the way teams play.

It would really help the strategic understanding of what happens in the game. It’s the one area that still isn’t fully appreciated how complex the strike moves are and how they are trying to manipulate positions on the pitch, which is easier to see from above.



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Flankly 2 hours ago
'Tonyball, ageing warriors and worrying growth' - What the Springboks learned from the Rugby Championship

All true. IMV the back row is the big project in 2026, not only 6, 7 and 8, but the bench player too. Kwagga has been key to the Boks success, but there is no obvious succession plan for what is quite a unique and important role.

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Poorfour 2 hours ago
Top five Premiership Women’s Rugby transfers for 2025/26

Please don’t accuse me of basing things on “no facts”. You’ve acknowledged that most of the current squad broke into the England set up at a young age. I’ve observed that that was because the generation ahead of them had not played their age grade rugby in a professional setup. Something similar happened in the men’s game with a generation of young players coming through after the 2011 RWC who displaced the 2003 old guard rather than having the generation between them take over.

The lack of change in the Roses squad in that time is unsurprising. Many of the 2021 squad were that generation and at their first RWC; many of the older players decided to give it 3 more years to try to win the cup - and quite a few of them have moved from being first choice to squad players in the intervening period.



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PickOllieMathisYeowRazorYouCoward 3 hours ago
App comment - https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/have-the-all-blacks-stumbled-across-the-perfect-midfield-partnership/

Sux Big Jim did himself a mischief, I’m dying to see him get a crack at 12. He looked ok in his limited minutes.

But Jordie will need to be injured before surf Jesus will consider it.



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Jacque 3 hours ago
Flavour of the month selections for the All Blacks are not viable long-term

Parker = AVG at best

Holland = NPC Level



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Chris929 3 hours ago
Top five Premiership Women’s Rugby transfers for 2025/26

Your basing things on no facts-we simply dont yet know what impact having so many non english players will have . Its only been in the last 4-5 years that the number of non english has grown so greatly at many clubs.

The vast majority of the current red roses squad have been in it for years(many since they were 18,19,20).



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BK 3 hours ago
App comment - https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/have-the-all-blacks-stumbled-across-the-perfect-midfield-partnership/

The WBs are a bad sample in rating a power player. Let’s see what he does against the Boks in the cauldron of their stadiums and then we can start to say he should be there till ‘27.

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Over the sideline 4 hours ago
Flavour of the month selections for the All Blacks are not viable long-term

100%… particully the last sentence

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BK 4 hours ago
The losers of the All Blacks' Rugby Championship campaign

Other than a few key players i.e Savea, Jordie, Jordan, it is telling on what a constant turnstile of players the jersey has become which can only signify that we do not have stalwarts that deserve the jersey the way other players have in the past. It used to be that at least 10 out of 15 players were arguably the best at their positions. Other than Jordan, who can you say the same of … Savea is an incredible all round loose forward but without an ability to master his core roles above all like a Steph Du Toit can we even say that he’s the best in the world. It’s hard to stomach.

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JW 4 hours ago
Flavour of the month selections for the All Blacks are not viable long-term

I don’t personally. I think a lot of people are confusing Razors need to do something to take this team to the next level, now that South Africa have gone their, to the mediocre pile of crap Fosters was. Razor nearly just won the best/toughest RC in history.

I think Joe would be great replacing Wayne Smith. I think you get all his upsides without so much of his rigidness that he introduced to their structure.



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PMcD 4 hours ago
'If the Boks' beauty doesn't get you, its Bomb Squad beast certainly will'

Will Stuart is actually an introvert, which isn’t what you expect of a 140GK International tighthead. Will started life playing 10 (which is why he still has good hands) and converted to prop. He was always good around the park but his scrummaging wasn’t as good as it needed to be at Wasps.

Once Du Toit came, the Bath scrum improved but you actually saw all of the props get better, which they said was down to Du Toit in training. He does his sessions but is very open about helping the others and helps that he tells you what to do but then packs down either side of the scrum to show you, which is why he has made them all better (that’s a tough school of propping).



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GodOfFriedChicken 4 hours ago
Flavour of the month selections for the All Blacks are not viable long-term

Are you saying that he didn’t show up? Because he most definitely did for Moana on both sides of the ball, running the ball well, sometimes superhumanly so, and getting timely turnovers. He’s done the same in the black jersey too. It was pretty damn convenient that he was the one with not only the final turnover against the Boks at Eden Park but also being part of the counter ruck that ended it, while featuring heavily in the attack. The team’s an inconsistent mess in so many areas and he’s one of the only players who’s been consistent in almost every game barring the Wellington catastrophe. They definitely need to start grooming a successor given his age but effort is definitely not his problem.

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JW 4 hours ago
Flavour of the month selections for the All Blacks are not viable long-term

Those were comments for Fosters book. JS spoke again on the matter last week and said as much.

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