Adam Jones joins the Blues

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scrum5 wrote:On the Jones signing, I noticed that he said he hadn't been paid for 2 months, he comes across as someone who was desperate, wonder did he try dipping into his savings, goodness knows how he'll survive when he finally retires
He was overpaid to begin with

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BaggyTrousers wrote:He reffed the match well & even-handedly SV, which means he is the first ref to ref the All Blacks constant killing of the ball for a long long time. The fact that NZ are magnificent at doing it and get away with it more often than not is neither her nor there, he was on top of both sides equally.

I think he will be one of the best and will be about for a long time.
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Russ wrote:
scrum5 wrote:On the Jones signing, I noticed that he said he hadn't been paid for 2 months, he comes across as someone who was desperate, wonder did he try dipping into his savings, goodness knows how he'll survive when he finally retires
He was overpaid to begin with

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Yup. He's paid by the Kilo.
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