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Possibly in the past. Not recently. Force CEO Tony Lewis (ex Makos) went through the comparative financials in an interview some time earlier this year. Oz Rugby is still broke. "But whadabout Twiggy?" OK, he might have some spare change but AUS soup salaries are still under a low cap. Only...

Given your earlier link, that's either a mistake or a bit dodgy IMO. Seems sneaky that this wasn't announced. Old farts looking after the old dart... It probably won't affect the top of the table (if only best 7 events ,or best 4 events, count) but it might give a team like Wales a free boost...

Cheers, Waiopehu Oldboy. So it's allowing teams to drop their two lowest tournament results. Have World Rugby worded it a bit dumb, though, by saying "best seven" and "best four"? What happens if Spain gets the winter plague? ... suddenly it is "best five" and "best two". Hong Kong only...

Just on that, WR (World Rugby) came out with the following a bit over a month ago: "Unique system introduced to mitigate the risk of some teams not being able to participate in all events and to determine Series rankings and decide relegation in 2022 ... "... <snip>... Noting that Great Britain will compete...

Yippity yip. Bit of a tour from hell, all round, this year. Guys will at least have the story to tell, so that's something. Heh. A few alarms would have triggered when pommy test players were getting covided out (and back in) before our guys played that test. Always easy in hindsight, but NZ...

This is saying live in just under 20 mins .. ... 12:50 AWST, or 14:50 AEST, or 15:50 AEDT

Will get out of jail here. Nice from Meakes + Longbum. Probably doesn't hurt playing against Canada in a furnace.

Correct. Absolutely smashed Paisami. The suspension did cool the last third of TK's season, though. Obviously Hunter got a 12/13 gig in gold and Tevita cashed out for euros. This is even more correct. The 2021 backline was non-functioning in attack, phase after phase after phase. Let's not...

Straight to the judiciary, you say. No mitigation... Well, as soon as it goes to the judiciary there's always mitigation and the potential for the decision to be overturned. Otherwise, there's no point in having a "judiciary". Adding extra branches to the onfield decision tree doesn't make the...

I think we can connect the dots ... on an opportunity closer to home in Australia. https://www.rugbypass.com/news/stephen-larkham-has-handed-in-his-notice-and-will-quit-munster/

Fair points. From the roster, it's not impossible that IFL catches Ryan for super rugby starts, though, in around 7 months time.

That's why I made it. Can match the speed of Tate, with, imo, better fundamentals. Lonergan is a promising nine, who - even though I've seen many of his games - I'm not yet making a call on. Some players, straight away, show a next-level vibe (subjective, I know). He's one that I can't get a...

IMO the halves can, compared to last year. Cubelli is Cubelli but Fines-Leleiwasa is also a player I already rate. My *fearless* career prediction is this bloke is a future wallaby 9. Flyhalf was not a strong suit for the Force in 2021. Just my opinion. There were occasional good performances...

Dunno, although (without having added anything up) we probably have via the direct route. Based on this from back in March: ... will be determined by combined results across HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 and 2021, and the outcome of various regional qualification tournaments. The top...

No. OK, your no-no list needs extra justice dispensed. That's fine, but your method is bad. As the Old Testament said, or maybe it was Quentin Tarantino ... I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those...

As frustrated as he was, Dave shat the bed there. Not doing himself any favours. Will probably cop a fine. Thing is, if Beale had tackled the Welshman instead of pleading, hands up, to the ref, we wouldn't have conceded that 2nd half try. Effort was there for us but still mixed in with too...

Hopefully this is Wright's last test.

He's a dumb player. Not test level.

Still in the game. Tour-defining 40 mins coming up.

As mentioned by topgun in here yesterday, this guy is in London: Could be an option if called on.