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2 seasons automatically approved. Any further seasons have to be approved by the ARU, and with the exception of Mattheson, who I think is in his 4th year with the Force, almost all have gotten their 3rd year approved but any additional years denied, at least since the Rebels have started, I...

Jooste is clearly quality, and had you very poor centers, nobody would question playing him at 12. But there are 4 out and out centers in the squad, 3 of whom have made Super Rugby debuts, and of those, 2, in JJH and Sione, who are primarily Inside Centers who can play elsewhere. Completely...

I’d have Dave Denton, Toby Faletau (Both Bath), Ben Morgan (Gloucester), Louis Picamoles (Northampton), Billy V (Sarries), Nathan Hughes (Wasps) all ahead of him in the Premiership alone. That’s before you even consider Josh Strauss (Glasgow), Nasi Manu (Edinburgh) and Nick Williams...

I'd take the ABs at -20.5. They're only going to get better, North is injured, Wales had a demoralising and exhausting loss in Hamilton, and Gatlandball doesn't work in the SH.

2 wins is what we wanted from this pool.0, so we can't complain too much. The circumstances (that is, injuries, overall performance in the wins, and a thumping in the loss) would not be pleasing. Losing Hutchinson is awful, he's not one of the big 5, but he's just been Conrad Smith like for 3...

Best thing about the midweek games is that they're all on the main channels and hence recordable. FS2: 12.10am Argentina v Japan 2.25am New Zealand v Wales 4.35am England v Australia FS5 12.10am Scotland v Italy 2.25am Ireland v Georgia 4.35am South Africa v France If results fall the way...

11. K 12. Inman 13. Sefa 14. Dom 15. Reece Would be my preferred configuration of those personnel, but otherwise agree.

I genuinely don't know. 50/50. If all goes well, he'd be a strong complement to the backline of running players we have, particularly without Ellison or Harris, we're likely to play Hodge plus at least 3 of Engo, Dom, Sefa, Inman, Sione and Koriobete, none of whom are super creative, but most...

Salty Bob Dwyer ;) http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/bob-dwyer-accuses-england-of-illegal-scrum-tactics-puts-referee-craig-joubert-on-notice-20160614-gpipdq.html

Think Schmidt is now in the box seat for Lions coaching duties, with Gatland's horrible results and Jones "opting out". Would likely mean partnering up with old buddy Cotter and bringing along Andy Farrell.

Bloody hell Wales. They're just unbelievably rubbish. Don't get me wrong, Chiefs have been sublime. But there's no go forward, there's no creativity and there's bugger all cohesion.

Good young scrummagers get beaten by clever older ones all the time. Last season PAE was smashing all comers, went up against Slipper and he just out thought him nearly every time. Hundreds of examples hold across the decades, but that's the most obvious one in my mind recently.

Nah. With the wealth of talent available in Queensland you don't need some former kiwi. I'm sure that between McIntire, Paia’aua and Mason you guys will have a competent set of fly half options in 2017 and beyond without him.

It is a load of bullshit. Pretty sure he's switched French clubs on decent money.

Think England would come out very slightly ahead of where they were before coming in, just due to the home boost with the points transfer BR, albeit, I don't know specifically.

But odd numbers of teams in the pool necessitates byes. The group stage isn't any shorter, you need another week for the quarter finals, and the teams outside the top 8 get one less game than they currently do. Sounds like a massive waste of time to me. The way it works now is that you top your...

Any sort of bye is nonsense. Worst bit of the World Cup. Need to campaign for a slightly longer tournament and expanding to 16 teams if you genuinely think you're hard done by the system.

Another 2. Season 2016/17 and 2017/18, hence will come back around the same time as Houston this year, in 2018. Needs a lot of work though. Packed on the pounds again, looking like he did in 2013, with the expected reduction in around the ground impact, but not with the hoped increase in...

Nah. No byes is key, and 3 pools of 4 is the best way to do that. Albeit we should really be returning to the stage where we have a 16 team tournament, Samoa, Fiji, Spain and USA would not be off the standard of Georgia and Japan to the extent that it would devalue the tournament.

Paulies got another 2 Seasons at Stade. Then he'll be back to the Rebels when Hagan's contract is up.