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Dubai.

There's the sponsorship rights of £80m ($162m). We're up for 10% of that over the first editions. Apparently there's also revenue sharing or there was revenue sharing on the table. So you're probably pretty close.

Sports in the States have a history of teams coming and going sometimes in large numbers. Bit its not great to see. What I do know is that NE, DC and the Hounds ownership are well heeled and committed. Seattle are committed as are the Legion.

Which will be needed as I suspect it will feature a lot of T2 players. Which you know. Good for them.

No. They had done their checks and as farvas they were aware were all good. Only for it to turn out that the player and his clun to have doctored documentation. They probably shouldn't have taken them on face value.

You're approaching this from a persective that the Paraguayan Union is run by a group of professionals. It's not. So these kind of things slip through. They caught it and have taken the step to withdraw. Not a great look but good for them to be forthright when they realised.

Paraguay have withdrawn from the FQT after it had become aware that they had fielded an ineligible player against Brasil. Brasil will now take their place in Dubai.

I actually commented on the article about the next challenge will be to build out the bottom of the pyramid. More kids, more clubs and more schools. That includes movong the game more beyond its middle class background. It will also be interesting to see if the rumoured interest from a number...

Force played in the Toyota Challenge in SA both last year and I think the year before and the Tahs have played games against Japanese teams since at least 2018. Brumbies have taken to running the Runners squad against Hong Kong in recent years.

There's definitely a class gap between the likes of the Iberians and Lusitanos vs the rest. No denying that. But that's fine for the likes of Delta, Devils and Warriors in a sense. The games against the Iberians for example provide a much higher standard in which to develop and mark progress...

There's a renewed focus on the RE Super Cup for the likes of the Netherlands and Belgium around providing more games for their domestic based national players as a unit. Similar for the Czechs for that matter.

Yes.

For the likes of Pritchard and Ross being 18 y.o. blokes. Yes. Confidence in making the step up. But for the Aus A blokes being professionals. Very little I would imagine. Issue is, what are the alternatives. A longer Super Rugby Aus for the pros woukdn't hurt. But we need something in place for the...

Only two of the 23 are currently playing Uni. Rugby in Japan. The rest are part of a JRL1 club. The big issue for the Japanese at present is the structures below pro level. Super Rugby Aus gave our guys 3 games to find some form abd fitness leading in. Jaoan doesn't really have anything other than Uni...

Nope. Not because I don't want to see Samoa feature but it would represent a step forward for the game if anothet new nation makes the step up. It may also force the change needed to address the structural issues at play within the Samoan Union and issues around player availability in general...