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Signing: World Cup Winning All Black Corey Fynn Joins Glasgow Warriors

Having an All Black around will help with leadership

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Glasgow Warriors have announce the signing of hugely experienced All Black Hooker Corey Flynn from Toulouse. He is due to arrive at Scotstoun at the end of this season on a 2 year deal, subject to medical.

Having an All Black around will help with leadership
Having an All Black around will help with leadership.

The 35 year old from Invercargill shows no sign of slowing down having played 32 times for Toulouse last season. He’ll bring a wealth of experience to the Pro12 Champions having played 15 times for the All Blacks and a staggering 150 times for the SuperRugby Crusaders.

[blockquote author=”Cory Flynn” pull=”normal”]”I want to help the young hookers at the club by passing on my experience and helping them come to terms with professional rugby in a similar role to the one I had at the Crusaders.”[/blockquote]

With Fraser Brown and Pat McArthur signed until 2018, it’ll be quite the battle for the no.2 shirt. His experience will also be invaluable to promising young players like James Malcolm.

Toulouse’s New Zealand hooker Corey Flynn runs with the ball during…

Toulouse’s New Zealand hooker Corey Flynn runs with the ball during the French Top 14 rugby union match between Agen and Toulouse on August 29, 2015 at the Armandie stadium in Agen, southwestern… Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

 

Apparently it was Sean Maitland who recommended the club to Flynn: “I jumped at the chance to join the Warriors after chatting to Gregor (Townsend) and I’m good friends with Sean Maitland and he couldn’t say enough good things about Glasgow.”

[blockquote author=”Corey Flynn” pull=”normal”]”When I played at Scotstoun last season the atmosphere was fantastic and it shows the club has a really good support base”[/blockquote]

This is a massive signing for the Warriors and quite the coup for Gregor Townsend, who had hinted at some big signings when talking about the loss of Taqele Naiyaravoro.

For the Warriors, who have looked a little underpowered in the scrum this season, this will be a huge signing. It will also help Jonny Gray having a leader of Flynn’s ability and experience around.

[blockquote author=”Glasgow Head Coach Gregor Townsend” pull=”normal”]”He will strengthen our leadership group, having captained Canterbury and the Crusaders, as well as the Junior All Blacks.”[/blockquote]

Let us know what you think of the signing in the comments below.

Photo Credit: All Blacks – Corey Flynn  by Geoff Trotter

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  1. I can’t understand the negativity from some regarding this signing.

    A very experienced All Black has chosen Warriors as the place he wants to finish his playing career and begin his coaching one.
    The club can only benefit from this.

    Furthermore, losing a bit of game time to a player of this experience is nothing but a good thing from a young player development point of view…if they’re paying attention and learning from the old pro.
    Cramming as many games as possible into a young player’s development can, in many proven cases, be counter productive.

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