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I have a hunch that Vunivalu might be in the XV.

). I read an article quite a while ago which claimed the the average playing life of an NRL player was three or four years. The latest info from the NRL states 75 matches. And they earn it the hard way.

Life has to go on for these blokes.

I bet he's hairy, though. And can wrestle, if needed.

I was not talking about what the players might or might not like (as it happens, I can see a lot of advantages from a player's point of view in short domestic flights compared to long international ones - once would be enough). I was talking about the attractiveness and corporate standing of...

Suit yourself.

Did you live there? Have French speaking parents?

That's true, to some extent, about all sport. Some demographics put a higher value of educational achievement, they do not want their children "wasting" their time playing sport.

Fluent eh?

Late night games? No problem. Just get up early, resisting the urge to check the score, and watch the replay. Works for me.

It's never too late. There are some very rich people who love the game. BTW the game almost died after WW2 and was only save by a couple of phenomenally successful inbound Fijian tours. World Rugby needs to get its act together and SIMPLIFY the Laws of the Game. We are taking far greater...

I think I would wait until the 2027 RWC before declaring the game dead and buried here. I have said this before, but in an alternative universe where Covid did not kill our game for a few years, and particularly what would have been a hugely successful Irish tour, things would look a lot...

3. Bell 2. Tupou 3. McReight

Is Mick Byrne in their coaching team?

There were reports in some of the media that the team was executing a "new" game plan, the inference was that this was some kind of subterfuge. Maybe our sub-standard maul work was intentional. One thing about Eddie, he is full of tricks.

Anybody is better than Foketi. Paisami might be the exception, though. If Kerevi cannot get back to full fitness we are stuffed.

The Wicks do seem to have a fair bit of strength throughout the grades, which means there is more to it than moolah.

I have been totally in favour of signing the kid. However, if he is having second thoughts, we should let him stay in the NRL. Mind you, he would have to pay up for breaking his contract.

And it only took 20 years to win the big one.