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Ireland v Scotland being Broadcast live at 2am on BeIN Sports.

Lukhan was the big bastard lock at the U20s Championship? Yeah, he looks like a good player, probably not for 2016, but 2017 onwards, yes. Needs some professional conditioning though.

Players always get niggles such that they can't train, but can play, or that they'll miss a match or two, but won't be out for the tournament. If a couple of players get niggles, and Wasps are willing to send them down, getting players like George Smith, or Frank Halai, or whomever to play in...

Probably get boys from the Blues or Scarlets before the Fiji game, Worcester or Wasps for before the Uruguay game and Quins or Sarries before the other two, given that there's no League games during that period.

I thought there was some allowance for junior years in eligibility as well, like 5 years U18 or something rendered you eligible,

Scotland named a 25 man squad to play Ireland overnight. Backs: Dougie Fife, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Peter Horne, Ruaridh Jackson, Sean Lamont, Henry Pyrgos (captain), Tommy Seymour, Greig Tonks, Richie Vernon, Tim Visser, Duncan Weir. Forwards: John Barclay, Hugh Blake, Fraser Brown, Blair Cowan...

Contracts end is the key. Bosman ruling got rid of that. Previously the club held the players license, for lack of a better word, and without that license, a player couldn't play for a team. He wanted to move on because his contract was up, club refused to transfer the license without a fee...

That's something that's self evident, yet I managed to overlook it entirely. Still, to force a team into picking Black players seems like band aid solution to problems that probably stem right from juniors through to Provincial level.

Final samoan Squad

Rather Australian perspective though isn't it. Not-White = Black. Is SARUs perspective Not-Black = White? I'm not defending it in any way shape or form, but It's an interesting thing for me to think about.

What will happen then? Asia-Pacific Dragons playing out of Singapore? Some sort of Namibian Rep side? Bah bahs side? Rejigging the South African conference to work with 7 teams?

Thought they did have the Currie Cup. Anyway, dunno about the domestic comps, but think BeIN have done their standard gobble up the Asia Pacific region rights for the Champions and Challenge Cups.

Non-Wallaby Lindo. I'd been assuming that the Soldier Field game would require it's own thread, basically as soon as the 2nd bledisloe finished. I hemmed and hawed over including the Argy v Saffa game in Buenos Aires since its sort of part of the Rugby Championship, but I did in the end because...

In what world has McMahon had a poor season? He played all but 2 games for the Rebels, missing through injury, was a strong third option at lineout time in a team with a terrible throwing hooker and won the players choice award, to back up the U20s captaincy, Rebels rookie of the year, NRC...

It might be converted already, but if the AUD continues to depreciate as it has done recently, it might be even better for Aus rugby.

Would assume most teams would be going with something like: 5 props 3 hookers 4 locks 6 backrowers 3 halfbacks 2 flyhalves 3 centers 3 wingers 1 fullback 1 utility back That's what about 12 teams ran with at the last world cup, with an extra prop for the increase in bench players. You...

Lilo is supposedly going to Tokyo to play in the world XV match against Japan.

Cards were good decisions. Kepu and Smith are cut and dry professional fouls, Phipps was because he went twice. Other things you can argue stylistically, but at least he's consistent.

In terms of backs, I'd probably go for: 9. White 10. To'omua 11. Mitchell/Speight 12. Giteau 13. Kuridrani 14. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)/Speight 15. Folau 21. Phipps 22. Cooper 23. Horne/Beale?tomane I think that the halves that won the game should be rewarded. Both Gits and Mitchell have been good enough to...

McMahon is already in the squad, and while I don't think he'd work as well replacing Pocock, I think he'd be pretty good backing up Hooper.