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So here's the spin that the NRL will run when this concept gets canned for the umteenth time: Club bosses have urged the NRL to scrap talks over a hybrid game between the Kangaroos and All Blacks. The Australian understands several club chief executives raised their concerns over the proposal...

I was thinking about this last night, along with some of the points mst makes. Although rugby is truly a global sport and that is it's major sell point in a normal world, we are not in a normal world right now and there is zero point in a strategy in the short term which positions us as such...

That could be be the outcome but NSW won’t be locking down with 10-20 new cases a day. So far they seem to have in check. It’s all definitely a day to day proposition though. Another option could be to move the Rebels up the coast a bit and the Tahs out west somewhere as long as it stays...

Not sure the exemption will last. With the other 4 sides being within NSW, odds on the Reds will be setting up camp at Coffs Harbour before too long.

I honestly think the big difference is the crowds. It just makes it seem more exciting and more engaging when watching on TV. Just as an example, I haven't looked at the comprehensive stats but there were 60 tackles missed in the NZ game v 42 in the Aus one straight after. The tolerance level is...

although it would be Crusaders 'A'

Couldn’t find anywhere more relevant for this but Vladimir Putin is backing a Russia bid for the RWC in 2027.

Yeah so you’d take the state out of it - Sydney Waratahs, Perth Force, etc. The fact of the matter is that purely due to the size of the player pool and supporter base both NSW and Qld need more than one team each. It’s not an easy one to solve, but a metro based team and a regional based team...

Professionalism and the allegiance with SANZAR dragged us in a different direction. You could easily argue that if things were left to evolve the way they were going in in the early 90s we would be in a much better position with a strong domestic focus. I think a domestic comp can work, but it...

Japan I can understand to an extent, Fiji a lot less so. Regardless, at this point in time I really can’t see anything happening in the populous north in the medium term that involves participation from foreigners. Even domestic comps might be a stretch. I’ve just been browsing this...

It just makes no sense. Why would Fiji participate in a home nations comp? And imagine how some European countries, Georgia in particular, Spain and Romania as well though, would react to Japan and Fiji being invited in?

Yes but there would still be a heap of politicking going on with regards to who’s in and who isn’t. In principle it would be a great idea though, using Sydney as an example the 6 or so clubs who don’t make it would end up in a semi pro comp with the top half dozen clubs from Kentwell (1st...

Yeah it is and I don’t think that’s bad value personally, it’s basically $1 a day. I can justify that. I was more coming from the angle of the casual who sees an article once a week or so and just wants to read that article.

not to mention Fiji. If Fiji were going to play they'd be better off in our bubble against Super, Maori, NZ 'A' and Aus 'A' teams.

A casual user subscription could be a good idea. I like having a subscription to the Aus (but the digital version) for the same reasons as rugbynutter but I'm not one that will read a paper from end to end, I like to browse the headlines and read the articles of interest. Some days I don't...

I think he meant that the argument was quasi, not the scholarship. There isn't a waiting list as such at Kings, not like it's North Shore cousin where you have to be enrolled within 5 minutes of being born. Kings will pretty much take anyone who is willing to pay, in some instances they may...

He got at least one touch, he got tackled near the line and only had to have reached out to score, but instead did the prawn and laid the ball back with his back basically on the try line and no one in front of him.

I don’t follow the league media, but looking at the comments below the tweet above, a lot of (what seems to be) rusted on league fans are putting the boot into him and the direction league is taking / the current state of the game. I saw an article earlier that said the weekly viewer numbers...

This tweet is from Loig mouthpiece Danny Weidler. Some of the comments are gold: LATEST: In one media conference Peter V’landys (the horse racing guy) says he will allow 34 year old Sonny Bill Williams to play with two contracts and consider a rule change allowing 16 year old Joseph Sua'ali'i to debut in the NRL...

nowhere close to a done deal though by the sounds of it: ARL Commission chair Peter V’landys (the horse racing guy) says the game will consider changing their rules to allow South Sydney youngster Joseph Sua'ali'i to play in the premiership as a 17-year-old should he decide to reject the advances of rugby union...