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Based on the two games I saw (didn’t bother with watching Wales Italy), would say it’s the most even comp for a few years with any of the teams bar Italy having a chance of winning it. Scotland were good and deserved to win, which is impressive without their second best player out of the team...

Its 37 in Canberra at the moment, and 21 in Auckland. So think the blokes in Canberra deserve to get a bit of slack compared to their brothers in NZ.

Also Chris Webb has signed on as general manager. A kind of side position but he was high performance advisor for Japan Rugby last few years, so will bring in some of that experience of a well tuned time that was more than the sum of its parts. Last pieces are the defence and forwards coach now.

Yes, just because its in a book written centuries ago doesn't mean you don't need to read it absorb it, put it into context and understand if those values are still relevant today or might discriminate against people or hurt them before just copy pasting them. There are many passages in the...

I struggle to believe its not about money when he ups his claim from 10 to 14 mill. Surely if it weren't about money he'd just want his contract reinstated and RA to admit they were wrong? Of course in the eye of his supporters its a victory but for others who don't believe people should be...

If you think Folau has won you're sadly mistaken. He will not play high level rugby or any sport again. Perhaps some semi pro islander rugby but he now has to make whatever payout he has survive for the rest of his life, so I hope he invests it wisely. Like the rest of the front page glory...

Up to the RA and the agreement. Its not a sure thing that it would have been a lump sum payment or multiple payments spread over a time period. Also easy with accounting tricks to spread the payment through departments etc.

Yeah it would have been a sh*tshow. I'm unsure if ultimately they would been allowed to testify as I'm unsure any of the players are experts on employment law or discrimination, but it would have been down to the judge on the day which is a risk. However it shows that both sides were probably...

This is about de-risking. There was a risk to both sides of a prolonged legal case with huge legal fees that neither side were likely to get back, especially with prolonged appeals etc. I think the mediation is probably the best outcome, RA could easily have spent many millions and won the case...

If you look at the popularity of Kayo its not unforeseeable that Optus could reach similar heights with purchasing more sports. However as has been mentioned this has similar sounds to what Foxtel did with the cricket last time to play hard ball, I would imagine this is their strategy going...

Have Ireland appointed a new coach? Agree they lost their captain/number 1 hooker for past decade plus others as part of the usual RWC exodus. Their Pro season finishes in May but will be interesting to see how they fair in the 6 Nations with England being the benchmark.

There are key differences between Rugby and Soccer. Rugby in England for example has a salary cap and most European comps have a cap on international players. I don't think it'll turn into Australia being the South America of Soccer, rather similar to South Africa we will have potentially half...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/117193144/japan-reportedly-on-brink-of-six-nations-invite-after-rugby-championship-dithering Would be insane if Japan played in 6/7 Nations instead of Rugby Championship. Hopefully this forces SANZAAR into acting, think there is a lot of...

Unsure if this is the correct thread, but know a lot of talk about players going to NH. Saracens busted for salary cap breach and potentially face relegation, huge scandal. Saracens to appeal 35-point deduction and £5.36m fine for breaching salary cap rules...

Thought the reffing was similar quality to most tournaments, average to poor in pool games as more refs are used meaning not all are test match quality with the added bonus that they are fed a lot of info/directives from world rugby pre-tournament that probably confuses them. Then by knock outs...

Would say there has been a decline in SA super rugby sides recently as well. The conference system helps them as they play each other a lot and are helped with local refs when playing at home against Oz/NZ teams. However when playing outside SA they generally look poor. I would expect a small...

Couldn't agree more. You will get the odd wonder kid like Petaia and Itoje come through the ranks but its making good domestic players into good test players. Thats what England have done very well over the past 4 years.

Garces was calling a few of those last night, I actually think he was the best ref of the weekend and wouldn't be suprised if he gets the final next week. As I mentioned in the NZ vs ENG thread the main ref can't ref the offside line and the breakdown, there is just too much going on at test...

10 missed tackles out of 142. Don’t under estimate the Boks defence, plus they are very happy to let the opposition have the ball. Think it will be close next week. Also the balls on Faf De Klerk to kick that banana at the end, he isn’t my cup of tea but he is pretty good under pressure...

Yeah could be the case, saw TJ Perenara dive onto ruck off his feet, obvious penalty. Then him and Owens just looked at each other and think Owens said something but it was play on.