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Trevor Brennan's 130kg son Daniel has signed for Brive

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Sizeable France age-grade prop Daniel Brennan will be hoping an old friend of his father can be pivotal in catapulting his Top 14 career onto the next left after he joined Brive as a medical joker from Montpellier until the end of the 2020/21 season.   

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Trevor Brennan, the French league and European Cup champion from the early noughties Toulouse team run by Guy Noves, won six of his 13 Ireland caps playing in 1999 with Jeremy Davidson, the celebrated 1997 Test-series winning British and Irish Lions lock who is now in charge at Brive following a long apprenticeship coaching in France.

As the boss, Davidson made unfashionable Aurillac a consistent PRO D2 challenger before taking on an assistant’s role at Bordeaux which was followed by his takeover at Brive, whom he guided to Top 14 promotion at the first attempt. 

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Now in his second top-flight season in charge, he has recruited Daniel Brennan, Trevor’s 23-year-old son who tips the tighthead scales at 130kgs. 

Brennan rose to prominence as part of the World Cup-winning France U20s some years ago having emerged at Toulouse. 

He joined Montpellier in summer 2018 but has been limited to just six appearances at the club, just one this term after finding himself behind first-choice France prop Mohamed Haouas, Antoine Guillamon and American international Titi Lamositele.

With Brive looking for cover following an injury to Cody Thomas, Philippe Saint-Andre agreed to allow Brennan link up with Davidson in the hope that exposure there can accelerate his career. 

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I’m very happy to sign for Brive,” said Brennan. “It was important for me to find a family environment. It’s a club with a great history in a city that loves rugby. I’m here to find some playing time and bring everything I can to the team.”

Davidson added: “We had the opportunity to recruit Daniel who completes our workforce in the front row. He is a player with great potential and great hope for French rugby. He is aggressive, mobile and mentally strong.”

 

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Trevor 2 hours ago
Will forgotten Wallabies fit the Joe Schmidt model?

Thanks Brett.. At last a positive article on the potential of Wallaby candidates, great to read. Schmidt’s record as an international rugby coach speaks for itself, I’m somewhat confident he will turn the Wallaby’s fortunes around …. on the field. It will be up to others to steady the ship off the paddock. But is there a flaw in my optimism? We have known all along that Australia has the players to be very competitive with their international rivals. We know that because everyone keeps telling us. So why the poor results? A question that requires a definitive answer before the turn around can occur. Joe Schmidt signed on for 2 years, time to encompass the Lions tour of 2025. By all accounts he puts family first and that’s fair enough, but I would wager that his 2 year contract will be extended if the next 18 months or so shows the statement “Australia has the players” proves to be correct. The new coach does not have a lot of time to meld together an outfit that will be competitive in the Rugby Championship - it will be interesting to see what happens. It will be interesting to see what happens with Giteau law, the new Wallaby coach has already verbalised that he would to prefer to select from those who play their rugby in Australia. His first test in charge is in July just over 3 months away .. not a long time. I for one wish him well .. heaven knows Australia needs some positive vibes.

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Bull Shark 6 hours ago
Jake White: Are modern rugby players actually better?

Of the rugby I’ve born witness to in my lifetime - 1990 to date - I recognize great players throughout those years. But I have no doubt the game and the players are on average better today. So I doubt going back further is going to prove me wrong. The technical components of the game, set pieces, scrums, kicks, kicks at goal. And in general tactics employed are far more efficient, accurate and polished. Professional athletes that have invested countless hours on being accurate. There is one nation though that may be fairly competitive in any era - and that for me is the all blacks. And New Zealand players in general. NZ produces startling athletes who have fantastic ball skills. And then the odd phenomenon like Brooke. Lomu. Mcaw. Carter. Better than comparing players and teams across eras - I’ve often had this thought - that it would be very interesting to have a version of the game that is closer to its original form. What would the game look like today if the rules were rolled back. Not rules that promote safety obviously - but rules like: - a try being worth 1 point and conversion 2 points. Hence the term “try”. Earning a try at goals. Would we see more attacking play? - no lifting in the lineouts. - rucks and break down laws in general. They looked like wrestling matches in bygone eras. I wonder what a game applying 1995 rules would look like with modern players. It may be a daft exercise, but it would make for an interesting spectacle celebrating “purer” forms of the game that roll back the rules dramatically by a few versions. Would we come to learn that some of the rules/combinations of the rules we see today have actually made the game less attractive? I’d love to see an exhibition match like that.

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