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More than anything most clubs won't want to reduce the cut of the funding they receive. Fewer clubs = a bigger share each. Less clubs = less fixtures = less money from games + less money from TV Less money from TV might be debatable. If they could show TV they'd have more games with higher level of...

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If Burt did well with Ireland he'd put himself right back in the frame for the England job.

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In other words: Rugby Europe is a mess, in terms of governance of the highest level of the game they are responsible for. Which in turn means World Rugby took their eyes off the ball in an inexcusable manner as well. It's not like it ran smoothly back when it came more under the purview of the IRB....

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I have to say I don't like the idea, yes some clubs mayn't invest now for fear they'll relegate, but many businesses fail for not having the balls to invest and/or investing badly, and right now we address that with relegation. If we take away the relegation how to we address clubs who'd then be per...

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At the moment both Romania and Spain look to have some issues over eligibility. Though both might be able to cite they've tried to check and World Rugby has been complicit in their error. Which perhaps leaves Germany and Russia as the qualifiers, and no doubt people are already checking the players ...

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The chap in charge of devising a solution to the Irish border has had a cunning plan to resolve the problems inherent to his job, he's quit

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More opinion? Britain already trades under WTO rules with the US (our biggest single-country trading partner). The majority of our trade, in fact, is outside the EU, largely under WTO rules. Such non-EU trade is fast growing and generates a surplus, adding to the UK’s national wealth. Our EU trade,...

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Ah, that is for rather longer than I was assuming. I was willing to give some leeway for the law technically calls for a special election in April but if we just hang on until May there'll be a general election. The claim being made than is that a year earlier isn't before? That seems on the face of...

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DragsterDriver wrote:Enjoyed that, there’s something pretty honest about Newcastle.

The Deano halo effect

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Bloody hellfire. This isn't making huge headlines right now (probably not enough involvement from pornstars), but in Wisconsin they're trying to avoid holding the special elections they're required to have, to avoid losing seats to the opposition. http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/380045-wisc...

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Fellas. There is not going to be a replay of the game. Maybe the ref was shit. Maybe the players were but a replay? Nah you see, you are saying so because you're a cùnt of a mod, and you are right as your counterparts at WR will do the same : when you're in charge, no matter what happened, you neve...

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If this is all some sort of set up so a future bog standard FTA can be presented as a triumph, and the "sky not falling in" as an acceptable future for the country, then pardon me for not being enthused. Congrats UK - top Brexiting. They have many predictions showing how we'll be better off, okay t...

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The British Lions tours are a unique thing in sport ..even in how a quarter of it's component is often missed in it's title. 'British and Irish sorry no disrespect, Ireland is a valued contributor blah blah.. get over yourselves' :P I love the Lions tours as much because it's a bit of an odditity a...

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Don't be piquant, ref is Romanian so no part of the inner circle of WR refs. Seems irrelevant really, not being Romanian but whatever nationality the ref happens to have. It seems they're more worried about the losing team feeling aggrieved and they're just leaving the ref hanging out on his own as...

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https://www.revista22.es/2018/03/ultima-hora-estan-reunidos-en-poznan-y-la-fer-pide-un-comite-independiente/ Last minute: World Rugby takes the reins and on Monday there will be another meeting During the evening of today, the meeting of the Arbitration Appointment Committee of Rugby Europe was hel...

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I think Spain has a case for a replay. Not because of decisions made by the ref on the pitch (which weren't completely impartial, esp when you see the deliberate knock-on) but were nowhere near as biased as the narrative claims. But because having a Romanian ref in charge was absurd. It clearly aff...

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Then it can't be that unfair to note he kicked badly. Not as badly as Belgium out of hand mind, that really was something. For both sides of course that didn't look a good pitch, and it did seem windy, so it was tricky but if you want to qualify for a major tournament those are kicks that need to b...

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Killing the Lions would’ve be a bad thing to be honest. Apart from the traditional it’s an outdated concept. Don’t get me wrong I enjoy watching the series but it’s a way outdated concept now. We should all make merged tours with other nations. Mix it up. Shortened tours. Completely disagree. All T...

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Killing the Lions would’ve be a bad thing to be honest. Apart from the traditional it’s an outdated concept. Don’t get me wrong I enjoy watching the series but it’s a way outdated concept now. We should all make merged tours with other nations. Mix it up. Shortened tours. Completely disagree. All T...

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Then it can't be that unfair to note he kicked badly. Not as badly as Belgium out of hand mind, that really was something. For both sides of course that didn't look a good pitch, and it did seem windy, so it was tricky but if you want to qualify for a major tournament those are kicks that need to b...

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But yes, the idea to replay it is absurd IMHO, unless there is irrefutable proof of match fixing. The biggest indicator of match fixing would be the missed Spanish kicks at goal Easy on, that's a good mate and teammate who's been playing with a serious knee injury for some time now and went under t...

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But yes, the idea to replay it is absurd IMHO, unless there is irrefutable proof of match fixing. The biggest indicator of match fixing would be the missed Spanish kicks at goal Easy on, that's a good mate and teammate who's been playing with a serious knee injury for some time now and went under t...

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Toro wrote: But yes, the idea to replay it is absurd IMHO, unless there is irrefutable proof of match fixing.

The biggest indicator of match fixing would be the missed Spanish kicks at goal

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The whole argument with ref from a directly interested country is stupid as there are plenty of precedents like NZ - Fra quarter final in 2007 by Barnes. In REC is a common thing, a Belgian reffed Romania - Germany and last one being contender at avoiding relegation. Iordachescu reffed the other qu...

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Brumby_in_Vic wrote:McCuntery should be told fúck off for one. Second the Lions Commitee should tell McCúnt and his Clown College that no player contracted to an AP club will be eligible for the Lions and the RFU receive no revenue from the tour as part of a split.

Where do we sign up for this agreement?

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They're not going to have a replay, the number of games where they'd get requests for replays would be absurd. The 6n would take 6 months to complete if losing teams didn't have to accept the ref might not like them on a given day, and there's not even enough in the Spain game just gone to get upse...

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Mills would be an interesting choice maybe, but I can't see why we'd ignore Lozowski, Slade and Francis. I'm not touching BOC over Ben Curry even with a very long stick.

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They're not going to have a replay, the number of games where they'd get requests for replays would be absurd. The 6n would take 6 months to complete if losing teams didn't have to accept the ref might not like them on a given day, and there's not even enough in the Spain game just gone to get upset...

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Just watched the game. A couple of close calls but that always happens. My overall impression is there wasn't a problem with the work of the referee as regards bias for Belgium, I suspect a good few players wouldn't be used to the amount of competition the ref allowed for the ball, and I think Belg...

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Just watched the game. A couple of close calls but that always happens. My overall impression is there wasn't a problem with the work of the referee as regards bias for Belgium, I suspect a good few players wouldn't be used to the amount of competition the ref allowed for the ball, and I think Belg...

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Just watched the game. A couple of close calls but that always happens. My overall impression is there wasn't a problem with the work of the referee as regards bias for Belgium, I suspect a good few players wouldn't be used to the amount of competition the ref allowed for the ball, and I think Belgi...

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In the centre of Birmingham there isn't a better pub than The Wellington. Proper old man pub with a wide selection of real ales. If you're into wine then go to Loki. For higher quality selection of wines, cocktails and girls head to Hotel du Vin. Why not try some Jamaican food instead, there's a th...

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In the centre of Birmingham there isn't a better pub than The Wellington. Proper old man pub with a wide selection of real ales. If you're into wine then go to Loki. For higher quality selection of wines, cocktails and girls head to Hotel du Vin. Why not try some Jamaican food instead, there's a th...

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Why? If the sru follow the eqp agreement then why not? I think there's going to be some real resistance to the idea of directly handing funding over to a rival union (even if the rules do allow it) Either way it's a moot point, it won't be allowed to go ahead. If Altrad had his takeover of Gloucest...

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Suicide. I mean, you could spend a night out on on Broad Street. But I would mainly be recommending suicide. This might be a slight exaggeration. It's to be avoided on St Georges Day, whenever England play football, and other big football games, and it'd not by my choice of a Friday or Saturday nig...

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If the SRU or any other union tried to take full control the RFU can (if they want) simply say no. I don't think they've the same leeway on partial ownership but we'll see perhaps. The point still stands if the club is getting payments for doing what the RFU wants what does it matter when they're do...

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Do you know Birmingham? And is it Birmingham you're wanting to go out in if you're in Solihull? They're not that far apart of course, just further than you're likely going to want to walk, a taxi is an easy solution and there must be trains and buses even on a Sunday. If you don't know Birmingham th...

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So, the SRU chief confirms they're interested in taking a stake in an English club http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/43473255 I wonder how the RFU would view this. For me, it's a zero sum game - any benefit Scottish rugby gets is a benefit that English rugby is no longer getting. I'm agin it. ...

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The French will also demand that the UK pays for a massive Border Inspection facility in Calais Remember all this will be the direct fault of Jacob Rees Mogg, Steven baker and other hardcore Eurosceptics who refused to countenance any kind of pragmatic Brexit. There is no such thing as pragmatic Br...

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Raggs wrote:
To me those aren't blunt stats about George Ford, they're blunt stats about the effect the change of personnel at 12. 2015 Ford was working mostly with Burrell and JJ, since then, Farrell has been in the 12 shirt.

And the big shift in how we attack.

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