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The Rugby landscape isn't the same as it was in the 90s. Cuts put a band aid on the issue for 2-5 years then expose the remaining gaps as individuals who miss financial support in their U20s years get picked off by French Academies, and others in their early-to-mid 20s get professional...

On that note, I have an awful, terrible feeling that Larkham is going to get Pivacced

Hm.

If you want to cut, you cut, but you can't expect the Junior Rep sides to continue without the professional counterparts. All you'll get is a Digby, a Samu or a Valetini every 5 or 6 years. If back to the 90s is what you want, go back to the 90s, but the world has moved on.

Moore always rubbed me the wrong way since the Brumbies upset in 2011 anyway

Simple equation. BP wins against Tonga and Romania. Win against Ireland, Ireland no BPs. Or Ireland 1 BP and a PD turnaround of around 130 :)

I don't mind that.

Better than the 2 or 3 minutes the collisions were won last week!

English motherfuckers. What is payed?

It's been over 15 years since Jonestown was published and people still want him in positions of authority jesus.

With Skelton definitely missing there is room for flexibility in the 6 & 7 selections. I'll be interested to see if anything is done with that.

I mean you have to run one of Schoupp or Nongorr off the bench. May be a bit of a Sophie's choice.

I think on GAGR T Hooper is an uncontroversial pick in the match day squad (not necessarily the RWC squad) on here because of Skelton: running big Will and a non-jumping Openside means that you need a genuine Lineout operator at 6: other than shifting Frost or Philip there Hooper is the only...

He is however a Black & Gold Ben Alexander.

How does that work without major competition restructuring when JID runs Seniors, Reserves and Colts and SRU runs Grades 1-4 & Colts 1-3?

Run with 2 hookers and suggest Schoupp is your 3rd (I think he was playing Hooker until the last 18 months?) Call up one of Foley or Cooper, play Kellaway at fullback.

I think RA accurately saw a Rennie coached team getting comfortable bundled out in the Semis or losing a tight QF. Whether through delusion or dreams of overperformance, they saw RSA v Japan at RWC 15 and Eng v NZ at RWC 19 and decided that was what was needed to have a genuine shot at winning...

Neither team should finish below 3rd in any circumstance and would automatically qualify, and the WOBs would automatically qualify as hosts. For theory crafting purposes, I'd imagine that if both NZ and Aus miss then the results from fixtures across the first two seasons of the RC would be...

If Uelese is missing both remaining pool stage games he shouldn't be there anymore. The difference between him and Faessler in any potential quarter is not enough to justify remaining a man down for two must win games.