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Definitely agree with all your boat but would add the timezone helps to prevent anyone watching. For the UK our games are broadly at 8am - noon so they can at least watch them live. For us, their games are at a god awful hour and one can wake up and read an excellent station of the game rather...

Agree. I haven't watched a lot of French rugby as when I do watch it I find the game very slow and lacking flair / attacking intent. That said I can't help but recall how immensely useless and predictable giteau was in his last couple years here. He was like kurtle Beale on steroids when it came...

I am not happy with the end result but let's keep some things in perspective - yes our offence was consistently better last season but we also had james oconnor and Beale for quite a bit of it. We lost then. Attacking flair is always going to drop off after that. We lost four games by less than...

Why wouldn't we?

Regardless Harris is one signing. We still need a fullback and if we aren't getting Barnes I am not sure who is an option

Well we need someone else. Harris isn't a total replacement for Woodward. Especially since we are possibly losing Ellison as well

hopefully see 10-15 minutes of Jack D. very glad he and kingston are getting on the bench in lieu of my least favourite player.

Only thing with that would be two conferences one with 8 teams and one with 12. Travel skewed in favor of Asia pacific teams a bit too much. The question is where would the Africa conference grow beyond two arg teams? Another SA and arg? Kenya?

absolutely. could be a relatively clean solution AFR 1 - 3 SA teams, 1 Arg AFR 2 - 3 SA teams, 1 Arg AsiaPac 1 - 5 Aus Teams, 1 Jap Asia Pac 2 - 5 NZ Teams. Aus NZ benefit from the japanese games having more relevence and being in our time zone. similar alternating conference system as in...

i'd agree with that go straight to super 19 with two arg teams and a japan team restructure the conferences. Aus + Japan, NZ, Africa and Arg 1, Africa and Arg 2. having the two arg teams in seperate conferences means they both play each other - good for rivalries and means teams from both NZ...

i dont understand what you've said here. sounds as though Genia will be gone for 2016/2017 either with ARU blessing or without. (in the herald sun today). easy solution i think. senior players able to sabbatical to japan for up to two years in the two years after a world cup. i don't really...

exactly right. the 7's is only a money maker in hong kong, probably wellington and this year in England. it does incredibly poorly in Japan and Glasgow from an attendance perspective and while the USA is improving its still not a block buster event/money spinner. There's obviously an incentive...

anyone else pick up the comment in the Australian yesterday about the Reds exploring offering sabbaticals? I think this is imminent in Australian rugby and will be restricted to Japan. the big guns of aussie rugby won't be leaving super rugby if they can fly up to japan for a couple of seasons...

what i think the line up will be. i really think To'omua is the best 10. higgers will get the bench for his versatility and ability to break open play

To'omua would be my 10 hands down.

Alexander Moore Skipper Horwill Simmons Fardy Hooper Palu Genia Foley Cummins Beale Krindrani AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) Folau Charles Sio Kepu Jones Higgers White To'omua Mccabe

No. He is not in the extended training squad. He was not named at all.

I believe (someone confirm?) there is a statutory requirement in japan for large corporates to put a percentage of profits back into community and for whatever reason this has traditionally gone to rugby.

Why in the world does anyone think japan would be a success ?

From a roar article on SBW in japan Only 2,200 turned up for his debut in Sapporo, and 2,608 watched his first game in Tokyo. Saturday’s clash drew a crowd of 12,300 — about half the number who watched Japan’s under-20 Women’s World Cup football match with South Korea last month. Despite...