Recent content by Strewthcobber

There's clearly a massive, eye-watering audience for IPL though, even if not too many in Australia are watching. Is there any interest at all in R360 anywhere?

Have a look at the graph. For it to work It would clash with NPC. Nations Cup is played in the July and November test windows

Notwithstanding the issues with test rugby in February, you could fit a full home and away round of Super Rugby in between the test windows

The danger would be the quality of Wallaby games in February, with no matches leading in to it at all, could lead to a loss of interest in the Wallabies. SA and Argies, as examples would be mid URC/Top 14 season. And then lets discuss rugby in Feb. Wet and hot (at least in Brisbane and...

I don't know.....I think we saw again last weekend why he isn't a regular starter. Great footballer, but not that great a nine. I'm being hypercritical here, but this is the sort of stuff that always happens when Tate starts. If I see it, the coaches do too. We start the game with one of his...

How does this work for South African test players in URC?

Why would you say that BR? You've guaranteed Edmed's leg comes off this weekend or something

If the Bled was live, suspect we would see a few changes on the bench, but otherwise looks a strong team given who's available. Bell just having a rest? Minutes haven't been high, but he's played 25 games in 12 months

Like I said

You couldn't tell if a ref made a mistake on a 20" CRT in SD

NFL is far more black and white than our sport. If someone is holding, they throw the flag and call a holding penalty. And their commentators are 1 billion times better at explaining what's going on We expect refs to "manage" the game, and let the game flow, which in practice means ignoring...

There's a very old joke that's been around so long that former Wallaby Dally Messenger probably heard it, that goes something like........ rugby league is for the working man who doesn't understand the laws of rugby union, and rugby union is for the private schoolboy who doesn't understand the...

Any update on Wright? Obvs the SRau didn't happen. Must be getting close to decision time

They will keep going as they have been, and expect international teams to take the hit

More details here from WR (World Rugby) site https://www.world.rugby/news/1017767/world-rugby-executive-board-agrees-new-player-load-guidelines Top 14 will be getting even less enthusiastic about Australian players playing TRC