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Just the 24 players unavailable to the Scarlets for their trip to Munster tomorrow.

Farce of a sport.

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Scarlets played some lovely stuff. Jac Morgan is a gem. He's got a nice mix of attributes, a bit like Josh navidi... Look forward to seeing him in a Wales shirt before too long. Pity he's off to the noisy neighbours. That Scarlets win was massive. 23 players out and playing against an Edinburgh squ...

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The solution for the Italian problem is for 6Ns committee putting extra money to get a good coach. Perhaps Scott Robertson from Crusaders. Or Jamie Joseph. Someone from NZ, seems to be where top coaches come from. Why the hell should the 6Nations pay for the Italy coaches salary ffs? :lol: They hav...

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Galthie was silly to leave the bubble, but ; 9 Scotland squad players left their bubble to be in the Glasgow team against Leinster. Presumably they hung around 2 airports, took a flight to and from Dublin then went back to Scotland bubble? etc. Not seen much press coverage about that funnily enough.

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Barnes hates Ireland. :lol: :lol: :lol: https://i.imgur.com/QS9vY2z.png Shite graphic - when did those penalties occur in the game? When Barnes was being really really mean to Ireland? Give and take bois bach. Your sides simply do not like getting refereed properly. Never have, never will.

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nardol wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:11 pm

Barnes hates Ireland.

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3 and a half regions cobbled together in a squad that's fighting amongst itself and a boozy kiwi on a jolly as coach.

He he .

€46m

#Blessed

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Excellent news. Will save rugby, Hopefully the 3 matches per nation that are allowed off FTA go to Amazon or Sky and generate further income.

WRU will give their chunk to a new amateur sevens tournament and Abershyte RFC to spend on Dai the plumber's wages though.

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SA Rugby’s long-standing commitments are to field two teams in the Guinness PRO14 and in light of the withdrawal of the Southern Kings, discussions are on-going about fulfilling this agreement from 2021 using a replacement team from its current professional franchises. https://www.pro14.rugby/lates...

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mdaclarke wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:56 pm
My preference would be for an 8 team Currie Cup with the top 4 entering the Champions Cup and the bottom 4 entering the Challenge Cup.

More games in Africa? No thanks. I'd like to see the French and English sides' reaction to having to fly to Africa for a European cup game.

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Sounds good, would definitely enhance the league. The Kings can get lost as they add nothing but I'd feel sorry for the Cheetahs as they were decent enough. What's the story with qualifying for Europe? The Kings have already disbanded I believe. Allow the Cheetahs in, merge up the Italian teams and...

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Sounds good, would definitely enhance the league. The Kings can get lost as they add nothing but I'd feel sorry for the Cheetahs as they were decent enough. What's the story with qualifying for Europe? The Kings have already disbanded I believe. Allow the Cheetahs in, merge up the Italian teams and...

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SA Rugby’s long-standing commitments are to field two teams in the Guinness PRO14 and in light of the withdrawal of the Southern Kings, discussions are on-going about fulfilling this agreement from 2021 using a replacement team from its current professional franchises. https://www.pro14.rugby/lates...

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SA Rugby’s long-standing commitments are to field two teams in the Guinness PRO14 and in light of the withdrawal of the Southern Kings, discussions are on-going about fulfilling this agreement from 2021 using a replacement team from its current professional franchises. https://www.pro14.rugby/lates...

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Been re-watching a lot of 60s and 70s western and war movies, like I used to with my father. So far seen: The Undefeated (1969) The Bridge at Remagen (1969) A Bridge Too Far (1977) Midway (1976) Hell Boats (1970) Battle of Britain (1969) The Sand Pebbles (1966) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) The Guns of...

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EverReady wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:58 am Four days that took. Jesus

Only just stopped wanking.

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Shows up the Pro14 for what it is. Leinster wrap their Irish internationals in cotton wool playing less than 10 club games per season, on home ground, with no salary cap and external financing allowing them to concentrate Irish internationals into one team, but still lose to a Saracens B team, Abso...

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-So the Welsh regions' top players will barely play for their clubs this coming season. -The 4 regions' funding has been cut from £26, to £3m -The WRU take out a bank loan of £20m. Give it to the 4 regions, but expect them to pay it all back. -Therefore, the 4 regions are literally paying the player...

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https://twitter.com/willgkelleher/statu ... 2941622273

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PornDog wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:00 am

It would, rightly, cause significant fan frustration.

Yes, what a new thing that would be for the ProWhateverNumber it is This Week

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Just the 14 changes for Connacht against semi final hunting Munster. Scarlets basically out of the play offs. You thought it would be different? Good old Irish teams having a chat before these 2 games were played. Munster will also know exactly what they'll have to do, because it'll be 24 hours lat...

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:P Welsh teams will be sucking on the hind tit wherever they land, so you're better off staying as a middling fish in a medium sized Pro 12-16 pond, instead of being perennial relegation fodder in a bigger league Couldn't give a stuff. Just want to play rival teams an hours drive away instead of ha...

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It'll be the best film of all time. Along with all of Nolan's others. He's the best.

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Just the 14 changes for Connacht against semi final hunting Munster. Scarlets basically out of the play offs.

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Welsh teams will be sucking on the hind tit wherever they land, so you're better off staying as a middling fish in a medium sized Pro 12-16 pond, instead of being perennial relegation fodder in a bigger league Couldn't give a stuff. Just want to play rival teams an hours drive away instead of havin...

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Joke of a competition. 12 then 14, then 12 then 16. The sooner this joke is scrapped and we move to a British and Irish League the better. Why do the Welsh persist with this nugget? Nobody else wants it except for the Welsh. Just get on with it ffs. Not just the Welsh: The late Irishman Garrett Fit...

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Joke of a competition. 12 then 14, then 12 then 16.

The sooner this joke is scrapped and we move to a British and Irish League the better.

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Mullet 2 wrote:Taranaki

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'Boooo. French club rugby is a success and awash with money. It's not fair' RWC trophies won Impoverished SH nations - 8 Successful France awash with money - 0 I said "club" rugby. Are you blind as well as stupid? You didn't 'say' anything, idiot. You wrote something. Oh my. I'm stinging from that ...

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Ali's Choice wrote:
Kid A wrote:'Boooo. French club rugby is a success and awash with money. It's not fair'
RWC trophies won

Impoverished SH nations - 8
Successful France awash with money - 0

I said "club" rugby. Are you blind as well as stupid?

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I really have no idea where people get the idea from that this proposal is being driven by one country :? WR as far as i know is based in the NH and looking at what they have put out as the guidelines so far “The key principles that have underpinned the work to date are: 1. Significantly mitigate o...

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the wealthy French sugar daddies can afford to pay so much more because they aren't investing in the future of the game the same way NZR does. Firstly, these people are private individuals running businesses. The NZR is a Union which has a remit. Secondly, the T14 clubs all have academies with mone...

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Solution is fairly obvious. Some countries just cannot afford to run professional rugby at any scale. They don't have the fan base to make the economics work. They should therefore revert to part-time professionals/amateurs game or let their better players play for overseas clubs that can afford th...

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Not at all. Each country should look at its economics and construct a game that doesn't lose money. I think Ireland are a pretty good example actually. They have a small professional player base, very well paid with a solid amateur club set up, underneath. They retain many of their players to play ...

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The Rugby paper scathing of SANZAR:

https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/feature ... ur-jewels/

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Solution is fairly obvious. Some countries just cannot afford to run professional rugby at any scale. They don't have the fan base to make the economics work. They should therefore revert to part-time professionals/amateurs game or let their better players play for overseas clubs that can afford th...

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100%. And its just really the star players salaries that need adjusting. Dan Biggar earns close to 10% of Northamptons entire salary cap!!! Lower salaries and bigger squads helps solve many of the problems facing pro rugby today. Why single out Biggar? Sexton and Beauden Barret reportedly earn over...

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French clubs have twice the overall budget as England clubs How are you figuring that out? What do you mean by "budget" in this sense? Total club budgets.Very roughly as I'm aware there is a large spectrum in France. But what do you mean by the term budget? income? player payroll? total staff payro...

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eldanielfire wrote: French clubs have twice the overall budget as England clubs

How are you figuring that out? What do you mean by "budget" in this sense?

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