Post by caspday on Sept 23, 2012 22:09:47 GMT -5
The Bath fly-half Olly Barkley has joined the English Saints Jerseys Shop zyhaa924 exodus to France. The 30-year-old will move to Racing Métro next month to play in the Top 14 alongside his 2007 World Cup squad colleagues Jonny Wilkinson, Andrew Sheridan, Jamie Noon, Paul Sackey and Simon Shaw.Barkley will join the Paris club as a "medical joker" – cover for an injured player – which is the only way French clubs are allowed to add to their squads at this stage of the season.
Racing's No10, Jonathan Wisniewski, is not expected Authentic Saints Jersey to play again this year after suffering a herniated disc during the defeat to Clermont Auvergne earlier this month and undergoing surgery.Barkley is the second highest scorer in the Premiership this season, one behind Nick Evans after accumulating 48 points in three matches. He has won 23 international caps, but has not featured in either England's elite squad or the Saxons under the head coach Stuart Lancaster.
"Bath is in my heart and always will be," saidNike Saints Jerseys Barkley, who spent a season with Gloucester in 2008. "When I no longer play the game, this will be the club I come to watch. This was simply the opportunity of a lifetime and one I just could not ignore. I would like to thank the club for their understanding."Barkley was contracted to Bath until the end of the season. He has played at fly-half this month because Stephen Donald and Tom Heathcote were injured.But every now and then an offer lands on the table that a bloke cannot refuse."
who kicked the winning goal for New Zealand in Saints Men jerseys last year's World Cup final against France, is expected to return for Saturday's Premiership clash against London Irish in Reading.Barkley is available for Bath's next two matches, against Irish and Sale at the Recreation Ground, before moving to Paris. "We are sorry to see him go, but he leaves with our blessing," said the Bath head coach, Gary Gold. "As a senior player, he could not have worked harder or been more welcoming to us as a group of coaches and I could not have been more impressed with his incredibly professional approach since I have been here.
Bath will need Donald, who joined Bath at the end Saints Women jerseys of last year, to step up, especially as a goal-kicker with Barkley one of the most accurate in the Premiership. The New Zealander has missed the start of the season because of an achilles tendon strain."A fully-fit Stephen Donald is a real asset for our squad," said the Bath first-team coach, Brad Davis. "You don't want to hark back too much to last season but he was undercooked when he arrived with us. He's got a great presence out on the field and having him back in the mix for us is good for our competition for places."