Troy Takiari signs for Grenoble

[jauzy19]

In french Pro D2.

http://www.fcgrugby.com/Multimedia/D...102731-001.pdf : page 9

[lara93]

so from having to many props we will have to few
but good luck to troy!

[Darren]

jauzy, our french connection! Thanks for the info, big shame to see Troy leaving, but as with the other big fellas up front, here's to them coming home again in a few years bigger, stronger, wealthier, and looking show us what we've missed out on...

[tragic]

Hear, hear, Coach!

All the best over there, Chicken!!!

[jono]

all the best troy!

[BeeJay]

Shame. I really rated him highly. Good luck big fella.

[prop53]

Good luck Troy all the best mate

[GIGS20]

Tear it up Chicken!

[Burgs]

Good luck mate, thanks for being here

[brokendown gunfighter]

my unamed sauce was on the money

[Thequeerone]

OMG - Cam Shepherd must be getting lonely in RugbyWa at the moment.

Troy thank you and Bon chance in France

[James]

While its a shame Takiari has decided to move on, its a great opportunity for the Force to put both their academy props on rookie contracts. Probably costs the same but it would be two more West Australians in the team and they'd get more exposure in training to experienced props like Dunning and Fairbrother.

[AndyS]

Buggering hellfire!! Now we are genuinely short of props.

I've got to disagree James. On a pure numbers game, you can almost guarantee that whoever replaces Troy will need to front up in a S14 match. Before throwing them out against a Woodcock or Smit, I'd want to be damn confident that our rookies weren't going to get their heads shoved back through their own bum or completely unbalance the scrum, on safety grounds if nothing else. They should be upped once they are good enough, not just because they are conveniently to hand.

Bet this wasn't in the plan when they signed Dunning and Fairbrother! Maybe they should have locked in some other signatures first...

[KalaFan]

Shame. I really rated him highly. Good luck big fella.

WHAT? He is useless, good riddance

[Burgs]

Dunno about Takiari, but they were well aware of the situation with Hardy.
Sign one and he was looking, sign two and he was gone.