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South Wales Argus
5 days ago
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
Van Poortvliet relishing Tigers and Norfolk connection with Steward
England take on the USA in Washington DC on Saturday night fresh off the back of a 2-0 series victory in Argentina. Norfolk-born star Van Poortvliet, 24, was the matchwinner in the second of those Tests as a dramatic last-gasp try extended England's current winning streak to six matches. Van Poortvliet and Steward, also 24 and from Norfolk, grew up playing rugby against each other and are both avid Norwich City fans away from the rugby field. The bubbly duo have recruited several Tigers teammates to attend East Midlands away days with them and Van Poortvliet, who will start at scrum-half in the American capital this weekend, has revelled in the last few weeks alongside Steward and the rest of the squad. 'I've loved it – it's my first time in America, so we've done lots of historical bits and museums, which were great and very cool,' said Steward, who met many members of the Norwich squad when they went to watch Tigers train two years ago. 'Argentina was great – I've never toured there before so it was amazing to explore different parts of it. 'It's always nice touring but to top it off with two really good wins was amazing. 'To have a new experience of exploring a new county, touring and winning away has made this one of my favourite rugby experiences of my life. 'Me and Fred used to play each other before then both going to Leicester aged 13. 'Norfolk is my home and always will be – I grew up on a family farm there, so as soon as I finish my rugby career I'm going to be going back to Norfolk and carrying on with the farming there. 'And I'm still a massive Norwich fan – I don't get back as much as I'd like so it's quite good living in Leicester because there's a lot of Championship football teams around there!' Borthwick's squad for the transatlantic trip has been diversely-assembled with many leading players away on The British & Irish Lions' tour to Australia. That has thrust Van Poortvliet, who has earned 20 England caps, into a newfound leadership role as many younger faces get their first taste of life on tour. He has relished that responsibility and reckons camaraderie away from the pitch – including daily viewing sessions of Love Island – has helped the group connect. 'I'm there if people need to ask questions, and I can share my experiences,' he added. 'If they want anything from me I can give that – rugby wise my role hasn't changed much but off the pitch, I've had a few more questions and probably been more of more help. 'The group have been amazing and such good fun – we've competed amazingly but enjoyed ourselves off the field as well. 'We started watching Love Island back in England – this season has been quite tasty so every night there's about 10 of us crammed into one room! 'I was one of the early pioneers for it – we watch in Fred's room as he's got a VPN. 'It's been great fun and very enjoyable.' The match against the USA Eagles will be streamed live on RugbyPassTV and England Rugby's YouTube channel.
South Wales Guardian
5 days ago
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Van Poortvliet relishing Tigers and Norfolk connection with Steward
England take on the USA in Washington DC on Saturday night fresh off the back of a 2-0 series victory in Argentina. Norfolk-born star Van Poortvliet, 24, was the matchwinner in the second of those Tests as a dramatic last-gasp try extended England's current winning streak to six matches. Van Poortvliet and Steward, also 24 and from Norfolk, grew up playing rugby against each other and are both avid Norwich City fans away from the rugby field. The bubbly duo have recruited several Tigers teammates to attend East Midlands away days with them and Van Poortvliet, who will start at scrum-half in the American capital this weekend, has revelled in the last few weeks alongside Steward and the rest of the squad. 'I've loved it – it's my first time in America, so we've done lots of historical bits and museums, which were great and very cool,' said Steward, who met many members of the Norwich squad when they went to watch Tigers train two years ago. 'Argentina was great – I've never toured there before so it was amazing to explore different parts of it. 'It's always nice touring but to top it off with two really good wins was amazing. 'To have a new experience of exploring a new county, touring and winning away has made this one of my favourite rugby experiences of my life. 'Me and Fred used to play each other before then both going to Leicester aged 13. 'Norfolk is my home and always will be – I grew up on a family farm there, so as soon as I finish my rugby career I'm going to be going back to Norfolk and carrying on with the farming there. 'And I'm still a massive Norwich fan – I don't get back as much as I'd like so it's quite good living in Leicester because there's a lot of Championship football teams around there!' Borthwick's squad for the transatlantic trip has been diversely-assembled with many leading players away on The British & Irish Lions' tour to Australia. That has thrust Van Poortvliet, who has earned 20 England caps, into a newfound leadership role as many younger faces get their first taste of life on tour. He has relished that responsibility and reckons camaraderie away from the pitch – including daily viewing sessions of Love Island – has helped the group connect. 'I'm there if people need to ask questions, and I can share my experiences,' he added. 'If they want anything from me I can give that – rugby wise my role hasn't changed much but off the pitch, I've had a few more questions and probably been more of more help. 'The group have been amazing and such good fun – we've competed amazingly but enjoyed ourselves off the field as well. 'We started watching Love Island back in England – this season has been quite tasty so every night there's about 10 of us crammed into one room! 'I was one of the early pioneers for it – we watch in Fred's room as he's got a VPN. 'It's been great fun and very enjoyable.' The match against the USA Eagles will be streamed live on RugbyPassTV and England Rugby's YouTube channel.
Powys County Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Van Poortvliet relishing Tigers and Norfolk connection with Steward
Jack van Poortvliet is loving life on tour alongside old friend and Leicester Tigers teammate Freddie Steward. England take on the USA in Washington DC on Saturday night fresh off the back of a 2-0 series victory in Argentina. Norfolk-born star Van Poortvliet, 24, was the matchwinner in the second of those Tests as a dramatic last-gasp try extended England's current winning streak to six matches. Van Poortvliet and Steward, also 24 and from Norfolk, grew up playing rugby against each other and are both avid Norwich City fans away from the rugby field. The bubbly duo have recruited several Tigers teammates to attend East Midlands away days with them and Van Poortvliet, who will start at scrum-half in the American capital this weekend, has revelled in the last few weeks alongside Steward and the rest of the squad. 'I've loved it – it's my first time in America, so we've done lots of historical bits and museums, which were great and very cool,' said Steward, who met many members of the Norwich squad when they went to watch Tigers train two years ago. 'Argentina was great – I've never toured there before so it was amazing to explore different parts of it. 'It's always nice touring but to top it off with two really good wins was amazing. 'To have a new experience of exploring a new county, touring and winning away has made this one of my favourite rugby experiences of my life. 'Me and Fred used to play each other before then both going to Leicester aged 13. 'Norfolk is my home and always will be – I grew up on a family farm there, so as soon as I finish my rugby career I'm going to be going back to Norfolk and carrying on with the farming there. 'And I'm still a massive Norwich fan – I don't get back as much as I'd like so it's quite good living in Leicester because there's a lot of Championship football teams around there!' Borthwick's squad for the transatlantic trip has been diversely-assembled with many leading players away on The British & Irish Lions' tour to Australia. That has thrust Van Poortvliet, who has earned 20 England caps, into a newfound leadership role as many younger faces get their first taste of life on tour. He has relished that responsibility and reckons camaraderie away from the pitch – including daily viewing sessions of Love Island – has helped the group connect. 'I'm there if people need to ask questions, and I can share my experiences,' he added. 'If they want anything from me I can give that – rugby wise my role hasn't changed much but off the pitch, I've had a few more questions and probably been more of more help. 'The group have been amazing and such good fun – we've competed amazingly but enjoyed ourselves off the field as well. 'We started watching Love Island back in England – this season has been quite tasty so every night there's about 10 of us crammed into one room! 'I was one of the early pioneers for it – we watch in Fred's room as he's got a VPN. 'It's been great fun and very enjoyable.'
Miami Herald
6 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
Health company sues CEO over ‘greed.' How the sale of Miami hospitals is involved
A health company that gave up its five South Florida hospitals to thin debt while in Chapter 11 bankruptcy is now suing its founder and former CEO and other executives. Steward Health Care System is accusing former CEO Dr. Ralph de La Torre and other Steward executives and directors of making business deals that personally benefited them but hurt the company, its hospitals and its patients. Steward attorneys say 'their greed and bad faith misconduct,' which included de La Torre allegedly using money meant for Steward's operations to buy a $30 million superyacht, a private Texas ranch and other luxury items, 'ultimately led to Steward's collapse' and its bankruptcy last year. The nearly 70-page lawsuit, filed this week in Texas bankruptcy court, names de la Torre, other Steward executives and board members, and several Steward-related companies, as well as Tenet Healthcare, a company that sold the Miami-area hospitals to Steward. In a statement to the Miami Herald, a spokesperson for de la Torre denied the accusations. 'Dr. de la Torre disputes the allegations of wrongdoing and will vigorously defend himself against them,' spokesperson Rebecca Kral said. Attorneys for Steward are asking the court to declare some transactions made between April 2020 and November 2022 as fraudulent and force de la Torre and others to pay back Steward. One of the disputed transactions is Steward's $1.1 billion purchase of five Miami-area hospitals from Tenet Healthcare in 2021: Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, Coral Gables Hospital, Hialeah Hospital, North Shore Medical Center in North Miami-Dade and Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes. The lawsuit says Steward overpaid for the hospitals, which were initially valued at $895 million, and did not have enough money at the time for the purchase. The purchase of the South Florida hospitals was 'disastrous' for Steward and was fueled by 'de la Torre's personal desire to build a hospital empire in the Miami area, rather than on any independent financial analysis,' the lawsuit alleges. Steward's attorneys are now asking the judge to declare the 2021 sale 'fraudulent' because Steward 'did not receive reasonably equivalent value in exchange for making such payment and had unreasonably small capital in relation to its business both before and after making such payment.' 'Not only did [Steward Health Care] overpay, but de la Torre pushed the deal through before Steward could complete the closely-related sale of five Steward hospitals in Utah,' which it needed to buy the Miami hospitals, the suit states. That Utah hospital deal with HCA Healthcare never went through after the Federal Trade Commission sued to block the sale, alleging violations of federal antitrust laws. The Utah hospitals were eventually sold a few years later to another health company for millions less. But because Steward had to pay Tenet for the Miami hospitals before the Utah hospital sales closed, 'Steward was never able to invest in appropriately integrating the Miami Hospitals' and Steward's 'insolvency deepened even further,' according to the lawsuit. Steward Health was once considered to be the largest physician-owned hospital network in the country, with 31 hospitals. But de la Torre's medical empire has crumbled. Steward sold its physician group, shuttered some hospitals and sold others, including three Florida Space Coast hospitals, as part of the bankruptcy process. One of the Florida hospitals Steward sold to Orlando Health has since closed. Some of Steward's other hospitals, including the ones in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, were given to landlord Medical Properties Trust, which helped finance the Tenet deal and owns the land the Miami-area hospitals sit on. Steward made the deal in court last year to get out of its lease with the landlord and to keep hospitals open. The South Florida hospitals, which languished under Steward's ownership and struggled with supply shortages, unit closures, and payments to employees and vendors, are now operated by Healthcare Systems of America. This article will be updated.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Van Poortvliet lifts lid on unique Leicester Tigers connection ahead of England clash with USA in Washington DC
Jack van Poortvliet is loving life on tour alongside old friend and Leicester Tigers teammate Freddie Steward. England take on the USA in Washington DC on Saturday night fresh off the back of a 2-0 series victory in Argentina. Norfolk-born star Van Poortvliet, 24, was the matchwinner in the second of those Tests as a dramatic last-gasp try extended England's current winning streak to six matches. READ MORE: Victoria Coren Mitchell issues emotional statement about husband David Mitchell READ MORE: Meet the Leicestershire man who opened a record store after being 'dead' for 18 minutes Van Poortvliet and Steward, also 24 and from Norfolk, grew up playing rugby against each other and are both avid Norwich City fans away from the rugby field. The bubbly duo have recruited several Tigers teammates to attend East Midlands away days with them and Van Poortvliet, who will start at scrum-half in the American capital this weekend, has revelled in the last few weeks alongside Steward and the rest of the squad. ' I've loved it – it's my first time in America, so we've done lots of historical bits and museums, which were great and very cool,' said Steward, who met many members of the Norwich squad when they went to watch Tigers train two years ago. 'Argentina was great – I've never toured there before so it was amazing to explore different parts of it. 'It's always nice touring but to top it off with two really good wins was amazing. 'To have a new experience of exploring a new county, touring and winning away has made this one of my favourite rugby experiences of my life. 'Me and Fred used to play each other before then both going to Leicester aged 13. 'Norfolk is my home and always will be – I grew up on a family farm there, so as soon as I finish my rugby career I'm going to be going back to Norfolk and carrying on with the farming there. 'And I'm still a massive Norwich fan – I don't get back as much as I'd like so it's quite good living in Leicester because there's a lot of Championship football teams around there!' Borthwick's squad for the transatlantic trip has been diversely-assembled with many leading players away on The British & Irish Lions' tour to Australia. That has thrust Van Poortvliet, who has earned 20 England caps, into a newfound leadership role as many younger faces get their first taste of life on tour. He has relished that responsibility and reckons camaraderie away from the pitch – including daily viewing sessions of Love Island – has helped the group connect. 'I'm there if people need to ask questions, and I can share my experiences,' he added. 'If they want anything from me I can give that – rugby wise my role hasn't changed much but off the pitch, I've had a few more questions and probably been more of more help. 'The group have been amazing and such good fun – we've competed amazingly but enjoyed ourselves off the field as well. 'We started watching Love Island back in England – this season has been quite tasty so every night there's about 10 of us crammed into one room! 'I was one of the early pioneers for it – we watch in Fred's room as he's got a VPN. 'It's been great fun and very enjoyable.' The match against the USA Eagles will be streamed live on RugbyPassTV and England Rugby's YouTube channel.
