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Except in Tonga's case weren't several of them already selected for NZ and one for Australia? Also, Fiji is hardly a surprise. It's the third time in a row they've qualified for the semi-finals.

And that was mine. I wasn't criticising you for having yours.

How many blokes from the Islands do you realistically think will be coming over? Most if not all of the PI guys in these teams have come through either the Aus or NZ system. The French club system takes and will continue to take more talent directly from the Islands than any other for the...

I've watched a few games. Honestly, compelling isn't a word I would use. Outside a handful of games its been quite dry. The NZ/Tonga game had good drama and the performances of Lebanon were admirable but apart from that it's been a bit lacking in my opinion. Even the NZ/Fiji quarter-final didn't...

Umm.........culture. I tend to think that will mean little to Wessels who will be coming in looking to transplant much of what he was building at the Force at the Rebels. I reckon Hardwick will start. As for Hanson. I've always liked him as a player. Though he deserved much more time on the...

Never really saw what the hype around him was built off.

Why wouldn't you start both Hardwick and Ulesese considering both of them are capped Wallabies? I know Hanson has played Test match Rugby but Ulesese is the future.

If someone like Amazon were to bid for Super Rugby rights you have to remove the Australia centric thinking from the equation. They aren't buying the rights focusing solely on a domestic audience. But for the consumption of a much broader audience that exists on a global scale. In Amazon's case, their...

Amazon entering the sports broadcasting market is a completely different kettle of fish to that of broadcasting the Womens Ashes on cricket.com.au. Similar to that of Netflix, Amazon is a hugely recognisable brand with immense buying power. While something like cricket.com.au caters much more to...

The infrastructure side of the equation isn't as big of a hurdle as you may assume. There are companies active within our own market that could be contracted to produce high quality, professional standards sporting production. Plus, if Amazon really wanted to considering they have actually been...

You're referring to PRO. Well, it's a long story. The short of it is, they owner of the league didn't like paying his bills. Be it players, coaches, facilities, insurances etc. The USAR threaten not to renew his sanction unless he paid. So he fired everyone. And now has been trying to engage...

More on MLR. Specifically in terms of future potential teams. Apparently the group behind bringing Pro14 to the US are now engaging with the MLR. In addition, evidently there's a group in Atlanta working away and still some rumblings in Florida. There's literally another league of teams and...

Question is 'are RA capable of seeing that they are on to a good thing here with the NRC?' and 'are they even capable of doing what is needed to grow it beyond its current place?' I feat the answer to both of those.

Which considering the nature of the IPRC. Would make much more sense.

Yeah, great to see. A lot of the naysayers keep mentioning the fake nature of the competition. That it doesn't mean anything to the players. But that's clearly not the case. It's growing into something more from there perspective which is awesome.

Thanks to an Argentine poster over on T2 we have a few more details on this development. "I listened to the interview with the Pro Series founders in Portal do Rugby. My Portuguese isn’t good so can you confirm the details. This is what I understood: - One month competition in...

I'd be lying if I didn't say that had crossed my mind. They've been investing a lot of time and money in establishing the OTT offerings across a number of broadcast content mediums. Including sport. In fact, their OTT app will be one of the platforms the MLR games will be broadcast as part of...

In Major League Rugby news. San Diego have activated their social media accounts under the name the San Diego Legion. The MLR site ( https://www.usmlr.com/ ) has updated their teams to match. So expecting something more official from them pretty soon. Seattle have launched their season tickets...

Well, they've approved the competition.