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Probably Krasny-Yar or Eisney STM. You can earn a crust playing the game in some surprising places.

That's the Horned Army rationale. Budgie smugglers are the preferred attire. Which is a little off putting.

Just saw on Twitter that the ball was in play for 41min and 14 seconds last night beating last seasons high of 37mins and 38 seconds.

Hope not. I'll be at the game and want to see a close albeit free flowing game. Would enjoy a lot more than a blow out.

The whole competition deserves more bums on seats and eye's watching on TV. It also deserves a great deal more promotion and attention. I honestly thik that the NRC could be the vehicle to disprove the naysayers about the game in Aus if given the opportunity.

I don't know if integration would be a possibility. But certainly holding a stake in a league certainly could be. The major issue is that I don't have confidence in SANZAR and its ability to demonstrate any level of cooperation and vision needed to undertake such a project. It wouldn't require...

I'd say they would be. World Rugby quotes 1.2m but a lot of them are participants in the Rookie Rugby program. I'd say that the 300,000 is a lot closer to the actual numbers of kids. The youth sector has been exploding recently. As above quite often its not the lack of interest that's slowing...

They're are opportunities in play now. Opportunities that would be relatively low cost. The best League in the U.S. is the Pacific Rugby Premiership. It's a real mixture of clubs in terms of facilities and professionalism. What it needs to do is move from clubs to city based 'franchises'. Having...

True, but you have to take into account that much of the College game is club based with no school support. Hard to increase standards. However, that's changing year on year. More and more schools are adopting the game at Varsity level or providing school support which provides them with much if...

Well, the RFU are already investing. They've just bought a 15% stake in Rugby Int. Marketing. The for profit wing of USARugby who among other things is looking to establish a Rugby Channel and a pro-league(s). The general quality of the US youth teams has jumped quite a bit recently. Before...

The US has somewhere between 30-40,000 female participants. What's interesting apart from the phenomenal growth of Rugby is that the likes of soccer have seen a decline over the same time period. Still strong numbers but still. Should be interesting to see how Rugby performs over the next 5...

If no one else puts their hand up I can do it. But I won't be able to post it til late Sunday/Monday morning.

They've got an American bloke making his debut this weekend for St Kilda. Add Mike Pike and a few Irishmen and they're out to takeover the world.

I was going from what a commentator said, he obviously had it wrong. Either way. I agree.

There was an agreement between the three British Union on the circuit that the highest ranking squad would assume the 'Team GB' mantle as to avoid any contention regarding the selection of the squad. It was heavily skewed in England's favour. The Eagles would likely be interested in him if he...

Someone suggested that the Spirit could get pumped by 30. Doesn't look likely at the moment.

Scotland would be out of the question. England being the highest ranked British team won the right to represent GB in Rio. The Eagles may be an option. But he'd need a US passport to be eligible.

Was I just imagining it or didn't he get on against the Lions in 2013? If so, then he wouldn't be eligible, right?

As above never say never. But I agree. It's very unlikely and if they did try would likely result in the loss of many millions of dollars for little return.

Right. Realised my last post may have come across as a bit condescending. Sorry about that. Wasn't my intent. Anyway, what do make of what you've seen so far?