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Schatz is a good one, reckon I'd slot him straight into the blindside, get a bit of balance in the pack. DPG seems to just be shifting some extra cover from wing to center.

FFS. Glad we've got the depth of winger to cover, but that's still immensely frustrating.

I would like a top 6 series finish, and in an ideal world, another 1st place. But AFAIK, Wellington is now our 2nd best result ever too, so we're pretty good on that side. Hope Shug gets fit soon, and maybe Jones can get a run after the 6 Nations, just to continue building the squad.

Yay

Is this love that I'm feeling!

I cry evertim Still very happy for the boys. I reckon that we're in that 6-10th sort of group and as long as we get into the cup quarters in most of the events, I'll never be too unhappy with the performance.

That's one of the reasons I'm more than happy for it to occur Strewth. SRU already acting in that manner. Denton, Tonks and Nakarawa all sold/had their contracts bought out in the last 2 seasons.

No problems with transfer fees between National Bodies and Clubs for "Domestic" Duties. Selling players eligibility for National sides leaves a foul taste in my mouth that as an immigrant, I don't feel residency does.

"Whistles flower of Scotland while freezing arse off in Arthur's Pass"

Regardless, as I've said before, I think the best way forward is to engineer a method to prevent gaining new eligibility. When you play U18s, U21s or U23s in Football, you can still represent any nation you were eligible for at the time you were first capped, but cannot gain new eligibility...

Grandfathering period is important. SRU announced that they weren't in support, and that makes sense, low and slowly growing base, couple of stable pro sides, bit of money in the bank. The reality is though, Nel, Cusack, Strauss and Visser are the only ones off the top of my head who used...

Why? World Rugby clearly shown that tradition means Sweet Fanny Adams, in dropping Scotland Sevens for Paris. Some people were complaining about the congestion (Wellington/Sydney Sevens/Auckland 9s/Brisbane 10s) and you could look to maybe partner up Sydney with HK instead, let Singapore and...

Top 8 comes first, disappointing result against Canada, but given it wasn't a one off, happy we scraped the win against the Russkies and hit a bit of form against Wales. Shug Blake supposedly training with the squad again after breaking his leg for BOP, he could be a big in for the last 6 events.

Whangarei is getting the NZ Barbarians game the same week though, isn't it?

Please don't make it into a farce. The other sides can provide all the old star power they want. If we're getting a ring in, I'd much prefer grabbing one of the Sevens boys that are in Sydney the week before.

The last real hurdle issue for the Celtic Nations will probably be a well established Grandfathering period, so that at some point, they can say: all of the "development" players we currently have will have 2 or 3 windows to gain their first cap prior to this change of rules. Following this, we...

Wasn't a complaint about your team necessarily. More that without Toolis, and with Jeffries to be less than match fit going into round 1, the desire to play Timani in the locks again increases. And while most of the remaining locks will be able to match Jones, Mafi is definitely nowhere near as...

Even less lineout looks fun.

Club owners. Boudejal's a nutter. But one with a Rugby brain and business sense. He wants Toulon's brand everywhere, and he wants to grow the global game. I think, accounting for scale, he wants Toulon to have the Rugby equivalent power of a big 4 English Side, or a Barca, or a Real, or a...

Chance to push for starting places and impress coaches? Plus free trip to Australia in the middle of winter. Halfpenny, Bastareaud, Mermoz, FTD, STB, Gorgodze, Guirado, Chiocci, Ollivon and Chilichava probably required by National coaches, and that's the cream of Toulon's NH contingent.