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I hope he will! Regarding the Argies playing in Europe, the IRB with the ERC has passed a law saying the players have to be available for national selection until september so no worries for them, the best players can play the Four Nations. Agustin Pichot is trying to create a franchise based...

For those who follow the Vodacom Cup in SA, don't forget that it was the Pampas XV team, a representative team of Argentinians amateurs that won the last edition without losing any game. So I believe that despite the retirement (this year or soon) of Ledesma, Contepomi, Roncero, Scelzo etc...

I thought yes despite playing for Canterbury

It's a pool game, we don't care We'll wake up during the final rounds ;-)

I will watch this game with Yannick Jauzion and Abdel Benazzi... it will be interesting to see how Jauzion support this team! All Blacks by 30 for me

True... but there are two entities, one for the amateurs (managing the national team) and one for the professionals In England they found an agreement, in France they can't.... the amateurs are always complaining about old school values whereas the pros have economic and performance issues.

Yes but a nation who wants to win a world cup already got a high level number 10, not a guy that suddently becomes the new best 10 in the country after having played number 9 for four years! It is another ridiculous decision from Lievremont.

It makes 31 players for me... I maybe missed one departure H: Charles, Whittaker P: Cowan, Faulkner, Longbottom, Ma'afu 2L: Battye, Lynn, Sharpe, Wykes 3L: Brown, Hodgson, McCaffrey, McCalman, Pocock SH: Sheehan, Swanepoel, Stannard, Turner FH: Ripia, Seymour C: Fairbanks, Sidey, Stanley, Tupou...

Je suis sérieux! It was only Japan and Canada.... and we have already shown too much mistakes... For three years now we were not able to build a team and now the weaknesses are too important. You will see pretty soon the limits of France. We only have a scrum, and without Nicolas Mas it will be...

Doussain was playing 10 and Bézy 9 for Toulouse before they exchange the roles last year or the year before I guess. I like Doussain and I believe he has a really strong potential but the issue is that we need a 10 to replace Skrela (who was already a calamity). Wiesniewski could have suited...

Yep it would be great I can't finish my team sheets

I have just seen that the Tahs website has updated its players for 2012. No sign of Adam Ashley Cooper! But we can see Pretoris, Foley and Petersen.

He has been pretty outstanding during PNC (Pacific Nations Cup) et other preparation games. 7 tries for 6 games.

Thanks! I've asked the same to Ewen McKenzie but I'm still waiting for his answers

There was quite a buzz about it in the French rugby media. Mothers are apparently the bosses of the families... but I don't know if it is true! Anyway... if you are interested, I have just posted another interview with Richard Graham. Please feel free to give me your feedback...

He hasn't been in France since the beginning of 2011... quite an imbroglio with Clermont. He went back for christmas in Fiji where his mother wanted him to marry an air hostess from Air New Zeland. As he met another girl three years ago and gives her a child, he didn't want to marry the other...

Rougerie? Hate this guy... liability But regarding Nalaga, he had a pretty bad year as he was stucked in Fiji and couldn't play for Clermont. If he can play at the level he had between 2008 and 2010, he will be a great asset for the Force.

Yep to the London Irish http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/14653238.stm And apparently Scott Fardy had some good time in Japan http://www.smh.com.au/environment/breaking-point-aussies-stay-on-to-help-japanese-mates-20110317-1by6e.html

No Italy was stronger pre Six Nations, they had already beaten some Celtic Nations and had pretty good results against France and UK. They also had a decent national championship whereas the Georgian one is far from that. Great forward pack of course but as well good back like Diego Dominguez or...

They've got some pretty good props, one impressive guy in the backrow with Gorgodze but that's all... If the Scots take them seriously, they shouldn't worry that much. There is still a gap between the Six Nations countries and the European B Tournament ones. Nevertheless they are now...