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Working Class Rugger

Maybe there could be some interest from the URC unions to run development teams in new regions in the comp? A 3rd Scottish team either in the Borders or Aberdeen? A 3rd Italian team in Rome? Keep Dragons alive but in the 2nd division? I know the Italians have thought about running a U23 team out of...

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We must absolutely expand it to 24 teams preferably for the next world cup. We can then have the current teams plus USA, Canada and who else? Spain is better than Romania currently, and probably Canada and the US too. They'd be here had they not accidentally fielded an ineligible player as a sub in...

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I do think 8 teams is probably too many logistically, but expansion to 6 with Japan and Fiji is long overdue. No reason you couldn't have that and a second tier of Samoa, Tonga, Uruguay, Chile etc fighting for promotion and relegation. Add in a degree of crossover between divisions and that probabl...

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Can’t wait for the 65 point drubbings of Uruguay. France made them look far better than they are How many 50pt drubbings have Argentina suffered in the RC? I think they got hammered by 70pts in their second year. However they improved far more rapidly than Italy in the 6 Nations. Uruguay have a sim...

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I saw this online from one guy at one of the big Rugby pages. https://i.imgur.com/MR4g1MZ.jpg I can only imagine it’ll be the long-term future (if at all) and it can’t involve home & away matches. Just one round of matches. It gives impetus for the RC to be staged every two years though. With tradi...

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Absolutely. All these 'don't expand the World Cup' takes are short sighted nonsense. We need to grow the game, not shrink it. I hope we get to a point where we have 32 teams like the football world cup one day. Expansion to 24 is certainly long overdue. I think that's something many people overlook...

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Hence my idea of having a T2 comp at the same place and time. Build some hype without subjecting them to 100 point losses which probably cause most might-be rugby players to go "Yeah, I don't want to get pounded into the grass by massive pros." ~ signed, Canadian who misses the Epsom Pacific Cup :(...

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Don't. Why? If we don't expand the showpiece how is the game expected to grow? It has no purchase in most of Europe, imagine proper teams from Holland or Germany Absolutely. All these 'don't expand the World Cup' takes are short sighted nonsense. We need to grow the game, not shrink it. I hope we g...

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Well done all in showing no vision. Hence my idea of having a T2 comp at the same place and time. Build some hype without subjecting them to 100 point losses which probably cause most might-be rugby players to go "Yeah, I don't want to get pounded into the grass by massive pros." ~ signed, Canadian...

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Romania only qualified because Spain made a mistake with an ineligible player and Putin decided to be a naughty boy. Realistically, adding Spain, USA, Canada etc won't have any worse blow-outs one would expect. Id hold that thought until the end of the tournament, some matches scare me. Plus Romani...

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6.Jones wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:54 pm Yeah... I still don't believe it. There's no way Donaldson is in the same class as Kellaway, who has been outstanding. Jones is foxing.

Seen it mentioned elsewhere that Kallaway isn't 100%. No point risking him if he's not fully fit so early in the tournament.

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Not overly fond of SoO myself due to the way it led to the (already few) RL internationals being downgraded in importance here in Straya. League is a club game though. I’m not convinced that RL is a great game. More that the NRL is a great competition. That's what someone who has never played would...

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So i trawl youtube for game reviews, previews, expert tips, anti english sentiment ;) as per usual and one thing I have noticed that has exploded is the ammount of African American youtube rugby channels. Dont believe me ? go and do a search I hope that interest in Rugby from the USA is geniune bec...

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So i trawl youtube for game reviews, previews, expert tips, anti english sentiment ;) as per usual and one thing I have noticed that has exploded is the ammount of African American youtube rugby channels. Dont believe me ? go and do a search I hope that interest in Rugby from the USA is geniune bec...

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Are you a black-belt in jujitsu, a former rep. tae-kwon-do competitor and a kickboxer? Because Rogan is. And although he's short, I wouldn't call him fat. He's very strong. Don't get me wrong here, I'm firmly on the "Rogan is dreaming" team. I'm just not on the "any old hardman could beat him" team...

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Fat Bottomed Girls cut from Queen’s greatest hits to appease younger audience https://i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/300954298/fat-bottomed-girls-cut-from-queens-greatest-hits-to-appease-younger-audience I mean...seriously, in a world of rap music with on the nose sexualy explicit lyrics, I just...

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2023 11:22 am What a game. Great game by Australia. That last goal from Vine was unreal. She was our 10th ranked kicker. She's basically an amateur, earning a pittance in Australia's Women's league against highly paid, fully pro French players. Gotta love the young ginger!

Most likely not for much longer.

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Penalties such a brutal way to settle a match. Inevitably one girl goes off feeling like shit. On a lighter note, great to see the Aussie public really getting behind the girls. Must be an incredible experience for them. Womens football is a superior spectator sport to men’s anyway. The women actua...

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Penalties such a brutal way to settle a match. Inevitably one girl goes off feeling like shit. On a lighter note, great to see the Aussie public really getting behind the girls. Must be an incredible experience for them. Womens football is a superior spectator sport to men’s anyway. The women actua...

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ATL sold and relocating per Reddit. Rumour is: LA No comment but when you hear the whole thing you’ll understand why I’m quite happy. From memory you're Colorado based originally from Sacramento or at least somewhere around there. So for you to be quite happy then LA isn't the location you've heard...

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I think it could be true, I think it could also be some other natural phenomena, I don’t think it could be Venus. Do I believe that in the universe as we know it being as expansive as it is that other life exists and that a percentage of that life is as intelligent or more so than ourselves. Yes. A...

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Haven't read the thread. Are there any loons here who actually believe any of this is true? I hope not. I think it could be true, I think it could also be some other natural phenomena, I don’t think it could be Venus. Do I believe that in the universe as we know it being as expansive as it is that ...

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Dan54. wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 4:06 am Couldn't agree more , bloody great news. Kind of hope they have it seperate to RC, just for me to have more rugby!!!!

It is a little puzzling as to why it hasn't happened already. But better late than never.

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Just get PNG in to be the 4th team. They’ll probably get thrashed for the first few years but they will eventually get better- poach some league players while they are at it. They can have a pacific players combine at the tournament like they do with the women. It’ll be a scouting paradise this com...

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About time. What's going to happen to the Oceania U20 tournament though? It will be bad for the PI teams if they cancel that tournament. They shouldn’t cancel it. They should work it in somehow with the Sanzaar tournament. Maybe have it running at the same venue and have promotion/relegation for a ...

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Players they should have looked to keep Harry hockings Issac Luca And personal favourite Isaiya Katoa Are examples over last few years. But Kerevi is another… The same kid that has expressed interest in returning to Rugby but only to pursue a ABs jersey. As things currently stand in terms of eligib...

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Captained my team to the Far North rugby league premiership last Saturday, which was exactly 20 years since I last win a title. So I happily can shrug off at least a couple more weeks of Tigers results with a "COME AT ME BRO!" https://i.imgur.com/AglYuhn.jpg Hey good work! For some reason I thought...

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Chinese must be licking their lips as Russia's ancient arsenal is depleted.... All that frontier with little to no ability to prevent them from just jaunting over the border. Not sure if it's likely but it will be funny if it does. I was thinking about that when I saw Wagner marching on Moscow. I t...

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So T54 used as howitzer? https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/06/29/the-russians-are-using-their-old-t-54-tanks-as-pillboxes-possibly-with-a-single-soldier-inside/ Chinese must be licking their lips as Russia's ancient arsenal is depleted.... All that frontier with little to no ability to pre...

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I think you’re over complicating it, Shute guy may just be a more natural player that needs less effort- the same with other women players I’m sure. My view is that nobody has the ‘right’ to be a pro, if the money is there and it match’s your ability why not? But often that’s not the case and many ...

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The IRFU pays something like 30 women salaries so that they are nominally a "professional" squad. But of course they're not good enough because womens rugby in Ireland at an elite level is very new indeed. I suspect there are far more elite Irish female athletes playing GAA and Aussie Rules than ru...

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The IRFU pays something like 30 women salaries so that they are nominally a "professional" squad. But of course they're not good enough because womens rugby in Ireland at an elite level is very new indeed. I suspect there are far more elite Irish female athletes playing GAA and Aussie Rules than ru...

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Irelands womens team got what they deserved. When you have a handful of players in the entire country youre going to have large peaks and throughs as a generation of players retire. The IRU are not investing in Women's rugby, yes having a small player base makes it hard, and makes them prone to pea...

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Hellraiser wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:07 am A lot more footage of captured Russian positions, equipment, and POWs, starting to come out of Zaporizhzhia.

Well let's hope that those a accompanied by confirmation of some gains.

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grievous wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:32 am 450 lead would be enough I reckon.

Largest total chased down is mid 200s. So 4-450 should be enough to really have a go at the Indian batting line up.

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Fat Old Git wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:07 am Having a political preference is natural and every judge will have one. Pubically being a fan girl or boy though is always going to raise questions about your ability to do your job in an impartial fashion.

Exactly.

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Seriously? What ever happened to the concept that the judiciary should be independent? Edit, in response to the decked out in Trump gear comment. I'm fine with someone holding differing political views. It's the decking out in red, white and blue with Team Trump emblazoned on your clothing that kin...

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The judge 'randomly' selected could prove a real cannon blow to the prosecution. Not likely in getting the case thrown out, but allowing shit loads of time for discovery, pushing back hearings, slow walking various stages, maybe even excluding some of the more damning evidence. At the very least it...

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Well the draft idea might be a thing? 'We're joined at the hip': NZ players' boss Rob Nichol embraces Super Rugby Pacific draft idea with Aussies https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/132278660/were-joined-at-the-hip-nz-players-boss-rob-nichol-embraces-super-rugby-pacific-draft-idea-with-aussies It d...

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Auckman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 2:21 am Just seen the matches. NZ forwards dominated at scrum time. Georgia would probably dominate NZ in the forwards.

You mean 'were dominated' at scrum time? Because you'd be the only person I've seen suggest otherwise if you mean they dominated.

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