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To put it bluntly, the shamateur era suited Scotland Plently. We were the first NH country to have a formalised national league, improving the player base. About half our players came from the borders, a big farming region, where the ones playing for the big clubs like Gala, Melrose and...

Of course it's ridiculous. We play like semi pros onfield, and off field it's almost amateur. But money, historical success, and geographical location all play parts. We do hold the most 5 nations titles you know. ;)

I'd agree with with all that. Currently, 20 teams play "Top" Junior Rugby each year, that's only the same as the number of teams that play in the World Cup itself. For the Sake of Development surely its important that they play more often. I mean, you say, Rugby Championship, Six Nations...

Okay then. So we add Tonga, Japan, USA and Uruguay (top 4 of JWRT) into the JRWC. Assuming they're not too far off Argentina, Scotland, Italy and Fiji, that's fine, we get 2 sets of competitive quarter finals. And then We've got to find another 4 teams to play in the JRWT. So we get 4 of...

Lovurly Ball from Big Will.

Problem at the ruck? Just send in Skelton to smash it! Simple.

With a weaker squad, we were still a hell of a lot less pathetic than we were against Canada. Don't know much about the argie squad, but missing our best 2 props, 2 locks, about 7 back rowers, 2 scrummies and center combination, I'll take the win. Ross Ford probably played his best game at any...

Dunno how I'd feel about it. There's something more attractive about the Irish model rather than private owners.

Melboon Citeh? Srsly?

In addition, Fereti Sa'aga who played for Samoa is eligible next year. Is Cam Skelton eligible as well? Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk

Yep. Of the 18 or so in the Scotland Mungoball squad, only 3 were born in Scotland, and only 2 of them had spent any significant time there. The majority of players were Poms, Aussies and Kiwis, and who had a Scottish Granny somewhere. And Scotland made it through to the Quarter finals, before...

He's not a Caveman, he's a fairy. The Currency Fairy. Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk

I'm worried about AAMI. Being optimistic and saying 5k, is still going to look pretty bad in the stadium. Has there been any indication of ticket/Membership Prices yet? Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk

Assuming you only take 5 props to the RWC, rather than 6, Kepu and Alexander, with Slipper switching sides for maybe 1 or 2 games is enough. But if one of those 2 goes down, there's not a terrible lot of experienced depth. With maybe about 20 tests till RWC, getting some caps into newer props...

Lots of players play for Queensland. (Couple of hours late I know, but I wanted to use it)

Wouldn't be surprised if the Edinbokke are making a play for Mitchell. Scots Eligible, and they do need to do a bit of recruiting. Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk

My feeling is that there will be more than a few backs gone. Obviously Woodward is gone, and we can probably bank on Roberts and Rokobaro being on their way out. Ellison and Sau might be as well. So maybe one or two of Veianu, Mitchell, English, Kingston and Inman are gone as well. Sent from...

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Contract runs till Christmas. Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk

I think that that would be the ruling. The player would fulfil the contract without issue, but to sign a new one would require them to move into the foreign marquee slot. Sent from my LG-P713 using Tapatalk