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I hope they expand after 2019. Japan will be the fifth 20 team world cup, and we're probably ripe for expansion as long as the PIs don't implode, and the other Nations (Georgia, Japan, Romania, USA, Canada, Uruguay, Namibia) continue to improve. That'd give probably another European, Asian...

Correct. Took over from Setanta. Channel 525. The long and the short is that BeIN has Saudi money and they're looking to be a Global network. They've picked up quite a lot of Football worldwide, for Aus, a lot of licenses formerly held by ESPN and Fox, including Champions League and...

It's a live streaming service, but there's a channel on Fox as well. Go to their website. $16 a month, so it's pretty expensive standalone, but for me at least, they've got 3 Pro12 and 3 Aviva games per week, plus most of the Challenge Cup and Champions Cup, plus 6 Nations live and some Tests...

Lots and lots of games on BeIN. I count 12 live or delayed both Champions Cup and Challenge. Toulon v Bath on at 2.15am on Monday Morning. Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk

Not true. BeIN has the games. Racing 92 v Glasgow is supposedly live. Yet to check the other fixtures, but that one should hopefully be quality as long as Racing play wider. Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk

Problem is its hard to pick someone who's nit a regular starter for their super side, unless you're an idiotic selecter in years previous where Paddy Ryan was the backup tighthead, doy. Cubelli isn't coming to the Brumbies to play backup. Think it'll be Phipps with incumbency, Frisby and...

Honestly, it's an issue of transparency as much as anything else. Had WR (World Rugby) come out and said, at any point in time before the world cup, the regions have this many auto qualifiers: Africa 2 Asia 1 Americas 3 Europe 8 Oceania 5 And Repechage spots to be changed based on 1st-3rd place...

Regional Qualification decided. 6 Automatic Qualifiers, 2 playoffs and a Repechage. Oceania 1 Oceania 2 Qualify automatically through a home and away tri nations between Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. Europe 1 Auto-Qualifies as a result of topping the ERC Div 1 (Georgia Excluded) Africa 1 Auto...

Jesus motherfucking Christ. The prep for the next Super Season is like a bad episode of The Thick of It. Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk

That's the thing though isn't it? ITM will be the final vehicle for selection in the Kiwis, and that's been and done, they should have proper handle on it by now, whereas you/us blokes will select on Super basis given the NRC isn't at the stage that it can support an U19s level. Vics selected...

Politics politics politics. Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk

Maybe there'd be some sort of Barbarians side, or a combined country outfit. If NSW is running a combined side, the final table should be more or less a foregone conclusion, but progression, development, bolters, that'll be fun to watch. Certainly the three full timers (Leota, Sione and Fox)...

And me disappointed! Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk

Super 6 in 92, end of Apartheid made it Super 10 in 93-95, officially became the professional Super 12 under SANZAR in 96 with the Kiwis and Saffers switching to Regions rather than the top provinces of the previous year.

You can't ask too much Omar. For Chile and Brazil at least, maybe the starting 15s would be worthwhile squad signings, probably the best 23 Uruguayans. 6 squads of about 30ish is 180 players, that's not an awful lot of places. Then there would be all the cost dealing with Visas, and relocation...

Since Richie isn't coming home, the most important thing is that he's happy and motivated. He seems to love France, but not necessarily Castres, so if he ends up with your mob, that'll hopefully be a win-win-win for him, UBB and Scotland. Won't say anything more on that, is an Aussie thread...

It's been far to long since I've tried to read French, but it's suggesting that Toulouse would throw a big money offer his way too, while if he continues to play at 8, Racing 92 may throw their hat into the ring too? While Larkham is basically saying he doesn't know a lot about negotiations, but...

Stannard not retired? He looked like he'd gone a year too many last series, and he's going around again? Good luck to him I guess.

Nutter. Entertaining nutter, but nutter nonetheless. Still, his club's winning comps in both Europe and France on the regular, and still churning a profit. 2 Test demands and the Cash money just makes it absolutely ridiculous though.

Are they nerfing the maul yet? Would like to see it switched from can't join the maul behind the carrier to can't move ahead of the carrier at all, demand the transfer of the ball backwards rather than the sliding player. Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk