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Well I'd prefer if switching was based on heritage - i.e. citizenship gained through heritage. Mainly so it would benefit the smaller nations more than the richer ones.

I think the restrictions are a bit strict. Don't see a problem with someone who played a handful of tests for 1 nation a few years ago representing another nation of heritage. Especially if it's an island nation or another tier 2 team.

Cultural differences. And in my experience Americans always say that American Football is a very fast game. They refer to the speed of movement when play happens when they talk about the speed of a sport. I think it's also worth noting that American Football coverage is amazing. It is so much...

There's been a huge reduction in the amount of penalty goals attempted under the new points system. Up to and including the Rising vs Spirit game there had been 9 penalty goal attempts in the entire competition after 13 games. To me that is fantastic. There's been no significant increase in...

French rugby isn't booming because of billionaire team owners. It's booming because it basically has an equivalent of the NRL. A well marketed competition that supplies 7 big games every weekend between teams with tribal followings. For 26 weeks. And the point of it isn't to develop test players...

Well I agree with you. But I think the focus on the Wallabies above all else costs rugby in Australia. Look at rugby in France. It's absolutely booming despite the fact their national side has been disappointing for years.

Near the end of the stream yesterday the commentators estimated the crowd at over 3,000. 1063 is a long way off that!!

Maybe it's because most of the matches the Wallabies have played of late haven't been great spectacles.

Canberra should get games when they get a new Dunedin style stadium. For now I think Newcastle would be a better option. And the Sevens should be in Sydney. If you think about the big sevens events in the series they're all in major cities. Sydney has the biggest population, the most rugby...

I think that was a pretty ridiculous call from the ref at the end there. The scrum was set and fine, and the half back fed the ball. Refs have too much involvement in the scrums. Let the players get on with it. Argentina have only themselves to blame though really. They didn't play any rugby...

I don't understand the mentality of kicking the penalty goal when 14 points behind and just over 20 minutes left. No matter what they're going to have to score at least 1, and probably 2 tries to win, so why give away the best territory you've had all game? Argentina got 3 points but allowed the...

So according to ESPN they are expecting less than 15k people to the match. I hope this is the last test match played on the Gold Coast.

I think they should keep the current point system in the NRC (or at most, change it to 6 point tries, 2 point conversions) regardless of whether they ever want to trial it at super rugby or test level. For 2 reasons. First, it makes for more consistently entertaining rugby in our national...

I'd guess almost certainly. The JRFU will want the best Japanese players in their team. That will help them at test level as the combinations will be strong. You'd have to think Japan will improve significantly with super rugby involvement. No doubt as soon as they're competitive they'll also...

Well I mean there's only about half a dozen of you and clearly more people are going to the NRC than that! The key things I've said have come to pass. 1) That something would be done to reduce the number of penalty goals in the NRC, 2) That it wouldn't result in a monumental shift in the...

How do you know? I'd say everyone that made suggestions to the ARU would be part of the core rugby support base in Australia. The core that is turning up. It's not like there were tens of thousands of people that participated. Most core rugby fans would like to see less penalty goals. I agree...

Too many people do exactly that. Infringements aren't a huge problem IMO. There's certainly less infringements in rugby than there is in basketball for example, and basketball is a bigger global sport than rugby. Infringements are just a result of a contest. For most of them a kick for touch...

Some of you guys just can't accept being wrong. You (or one of you conservative guys) said the same thing would happen in the NRC, but it hasn't. Now it's just because apparently there's nothing on the line. Tell the players and coaches that and see if they agree. Teams will still take the 2...

What's the difference in the defensive mindset? They are already instructed to give up 3 rather than 7. The biggest difference I can see is that when it's 2 vs 8, the attacking team doesn't actually take the 2. More often than not they attack and keep the defence under pressure. With...

I like the round shield, so long as it isn't small or too light and resembles an actual shield. Also like RF's design, especially the gold. Absolutely hate the mantling though! I guess with something like this it would be cool to have lots of different designs from people like RF with some...