Joe Tomane

ronk · Post by **ronk** » June 13th, 2018, 7:16 pm

Most of his caps for Oz were stats. Some stats here http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/pl ... view=match

Post by **limecat** » July 24th, 2018, 11:42 am

https://twitter.com/JoeTomane29/status/ ... 3439554561

CiaranIrl · Post by **CiaranIrl** » July 24th, 2018, 12:50 pm

limecat wrote:https://twitter.com/JoeTomane29/status/ ... 3439554561

He should make it marginally less obvious where he lives.

robinbanks · Post by **robinbanks** » July 25th, 2018, 11:11 am

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 229&type=3

wixfjord · Post by **wixfjord** » July 25th, 2018, 11:38 am

Admittedly it's hard to tell from a few photos, but he looks a bit more svelte than he did for Montpellier last season, and I think with a full pre-season the Leinster fitness guys will have him in good shape.

Welcome Joe!

neiliog93 · Post by **neiliog93** » July 25th, 2018, 1:49 pm

wixfjord wrote:Admittedly it's hard to tell from a few photos, but he looks a bit more svelte than he did for Montpellier last season, and I think with a full pre-season the Leinster fitness guys will have him in good shape.

Welcome Joe!

He looks a lot leaner. He's lost a few kgs of body fat by the looks of it, and maybe one or two kgs of muscle. He was listed at 106 kg for Montpellier, I think a leaner build suits 'the Leinster way' a bit more anyway!

wixfjord · Post by **wixfjord** » July 25th, 2018, 1:56 pm

It does, but not too much hopefully. He'll be very beneficial as a heavy carrier at 12/13 in league games.

wixfjord · Post by **wixfjord** » July 25th, 2018, 1:58 pm

Interestingly he's down as 115kg on the site!

No way he could be that big surely? That's heavier than Rhys Ruddock!

neiliog93 · Post by **neiliog93** » July 25th, 2018, 2:21 pm

wixfjord wrote:Interestingly he's down as 115kg on the site!

No way he could be that big surely? That's heavier than Rhys Ruddock!

I'd say that was his weight when he arrived in from Montpellier (they probably massaged down his true weight) but he looks lighter now. He's variously listed as 6'2" - 6'3" and is built like a brick s***house. He looked very slightly overweight at Montpellier and when you factor in all the muscle mass he has it's not impossible that he would have been 115 kg.

LeRouxIsPHat · Post by **LeRouxIsPHat** » July 25th, 2018, 2:34 pm

How much of that is his hair though?

hugonaut · Post by **hugonaut** » July 25th, 2018, 8:11 pm

neiliog93 wrote:
wixfjord wrote:Interestingly he's down as 115kg on the site!

No way he could be that big surely? That's heavier than Rhys Ruddock!
I'd say that was his weight when he arrived in from Montpellier (they probably massaged down his true weight) but he looks lighter now. He's variously listed as 6'2" - 6'3" and is built like a brick s***house. He looked very slightly overweight at Montpellier and when you factor in all the muscle mass he has it's not impossible that he would have been 115 kg.

He looked very heavy when they came over here to play. They don't focus as much on an athlete's diet in France as they do over here: they've an incredibly engrained culture of food and wine over there, for one thing. In a long slog of a season – including four winter months – there's little point in losing 2-3 largely aesthetic kgs if you're comfortable at the weight. It's a particularly attritional league and carrying a bit of conditioning probably does no harm.

mildlyinterested · Post by **mildlyinterested** » July 27th, 2018, 1:25 pm

Tomane interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBsUXrgIkfw

arsebiscuits1 · Post by **arsebiscuits1** » July 27th, 2018, 2:36 pm

Interesting what he says about Fardy being a big reason he came. Makes sense as there is a person he knows and their wives get on.

But if Tomane turns out to be a big success, some of that can definitely be attributed to Fardy. What an influence he will have had on the club if that comes to pass

mildlyinterested · Post by **mildlyinterested** » July 27th, 2018, 2:39 pm

Got to have Fardy stay at Leinster past this season IMO.

Lar · Post by **Lar** » July 27th, 2018, 3:12 pm

He'll be 35 at the start of next season if he does stay on....
A wonderful signing based on last season's contribution alone.

mildlyinterested · Post by **mildlyinterested** » July 27th, 2018, 3:14 pm

Lar wrote:He'll be 35 at the start of next season if he does stay on....
A wonderful signing based on last season's contribution alone.

Don't see a problem with that, given his position.

35 for the 19-20 season
36 for the 20-21 season

wixfjord · Post by **wixfjord** » July 27th, 2018, 5:03 pm

I thought Fardy might've had an impact alright. Good to see.

Am sure Leo asked him for advice on Tomane too.

TerenureJim · Post by **TerenureJim** » July 29th, 2018, 7:59 am

mildlyinterested wrote:
Lar wrote:He'll be 35 at the start of next season if he does stay on....
A wonderful signing based on last season's contribution alone.
Don't see a problem with that, given his position.

35 for the 19-20 season
36 for the 20-21 season

No reason he can't do a Simon Shaw working in the row, we let a veteran lock/6 go before (Hines) and it hurt us in the mix for silverware. Lesson learned hopefully.

neiliog93 · Post by **neiliog93** » July 29th, 2018, 10:15 pm

Fardy has low mileage on the clock, only went pro at 27/28.

Peg Leg · Post by **Peg Leg** » July 30th, 2018, 11:09 pm

The only thing stopping Fardy from staying one more year is whatever stopped Hines, Pienaar and Van Der Merve.

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