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The age has Timani’s view on what happened. To say it isn’t a good look is an understatement. If a tenth of it is true then there is no chance that Mafi wouldn’t be sacked immediately...

I know it is radical but perhaps we do what pretty much every other competition in the world does and have it as a national competition. The Pro 14 is the only other competition that I know of that has more than 2 countries. And in most cases, where there are 2 countries, one of them has 1 or...

It's not #$@%ing rocket science really is it ...

Given that Hodge has been playing crap all year, probably has a higher ceiling than Debra and the team, for the first time in a long time, actually fought themselves out of a bad position; I’d be pretty happy giving him a go at 10.

Apparently the Crusaders are able to play American Rules Ignoring the head high nature of the challenge, it is one of the most blatant obstructions relating to a try I have ever seen. The ball carrier jumped over the guy obstructed. FFS I have seen Rebels tries pulled up because of some guy...

There would be a few things that would need to be done Select players for the Wallabies outside of Australia Local contracts not to include top ups Accept that we will lose some players overseas particularly the expensive players Needs to be on FTA Need to leverage off Twiggy and anyone else...

Of course. But in Wessels mind, they aren't. Which means that the team is looking scarily like the Rebels of last year without Smith and McMahon but with Parling, Genia and Coleman. I guess it wasn't exactly what I expected at the start of the year. I'll be honest that I hadn't been...

That's down to 4 ex Force players in the 15. Hopefully more players than just Mafi turn up this week

I agree unless the player pool is fully shared across all countries - which NZ would also have no interest in doing So let’s bite the bullet and do what Australia needs to do.

SuperRugby must be one of the only club competitions in the world where teams have completely different cohorts of players that they can select from. If SuperRugby is to survive, then this needs to change and the competition be a true club completion rather than some sort of selection trial for...

But there were posters saying he was going to challenge Genia for the starting position ... A lot of players having a very bad year with Coleman, Niavalu and Hodge trying to play themselves out of the Wallabies. 5 very winnable matches coming up (then the Highlanders). 4 wins should make it...

Really? The Force struggled to get 10,000 a game last year. If they were pulling 20,000 crowds like last night over 2016-17, then there is no way they would have been culled. Great result btw. If it continues, then it strongly suggests that there is appetite to go to Force games just not...

Who knows. Not like we know how much the Brumbies get from Plus 500 (for example)

Both were big losses - for Australia and the Rebels.

I’m surprised. Crowds have been abysmal even compared to SuperRugby crowds.

Except with 4 teams, reduced ratings, pressures on sporting broadcast rights and the threat of SA moving to Europe (probably less likely due to the Pro14 involvement being less successful than planned) they are going to get a lot less money than last time.

Well maybe ... but if I could get the sport only on Foxtel Now for $15-20 per month, I'd definitely get it (or even just Cricket and Rugby for that price). At $44 per month (you need a starter pack and then sport on top of it) I can't justify it enough (or be able to convince the wife). There...

You can find them for the Pro14 games ... the Kings are getting an average of 4405 per game and the Cheetahs 6167.

Quietly cries in the corner.

Surely the problem is significantly due to the fact that in NZ Rugby is the no 1 sport by far - there is 1 league team and 1 soccer team (both in Australian competitions) and 5 Rugby Union teams. In Australia, there are 15 NRL teams, 18 AFL teams, 9 A League teams and 4 Rugby Union teams. Of...