I wouldn’t be chasing any of the o/s locks, I am more than happy with Rodda, Phillip, Swain and Frost, they have all played strongly this year. And for injury cover Neville, Holloway, Blyth and Hosea. Canham, Smith and McCauley are also progressing well. Stick with Kerevi, Koroibete and Cooper as o/s picks, it increases our rugby I Q in the backline to the same as the top test nations. It is what got us the two wins against South Africa last year.
Listening to the commentary of Lyon v Glasgow and the commentator says about Jack Dempsey in his debut season, "you'd have to go a long way to find a better signing this season in the URC".
I will be so grumpy if Dempsey plays for Scotland. How can they offer more money for players like him, De Allende, Aki, Vermeulen? I'm amazed that URC pays that much.
Because they make more money? It's pretty simple.Listening to the commentary of Lyon v Glasgow and the commentator says about Jack Dempsey in his debut season, "you'd have to go a long way to find a better signing this season in the URC".
I will be so grumpy if Dempsey plays for Scotland. How can they offer more money for players like him, De Allende, Aki, Vermeulen? I'm amazed that URC pays that much.
Yes, thank you, I gathered that. I just wouldn't have thought the URC would've commanded that much viewership money, because they definitely aren't raking it in via ticket sales.
If he played for Japan on 03/06/21 (I have it as 03/07/21) then he won't be eligible to change over until 03/06/24 (03/07/24), so he won't be eligible for them until after the world cup.
Lucky I don't count for a living
Eye to the future maybe, currently a few bigger names in recent years left out.
IRFU control everything with regards the 4 teams, but Leinster do seem to have the strongest squad and defiantly now have the best academy system. I don't think they pay more then French or English clubs, but they do manage players workload a hell of a lot better.
Can you explain why IRFU are more cashed up than Wales? I'd assume they'd get similar ticket sales and both play in the URC/Six Nations so I'd imagine same TV rights money?
Huge tax break for literally anyone willing to funnel some funds through them.
start a petition for the Aus Govt? Important stuff
I think they've tried in the past but it has been a bit of a non-starter. Given there's no argument for it for AFL you'd probably need at least two of League, Soccer and Cricket pretty keen on it for it to gain any traction. The rise of women's sport may help though, there's so much competition for athletes across sports and around the world and good will in that space, that shaping it as support there might make it more workable.
rugby isn't important enough to get that kind of support
It's a good question, I think the Aviva ownership has a lot to do with it. It's shared ownership with the FAI rather then sole ownership like it did in the past. The operational cost on a stadium must be scary, as an apartment building manager the numbers spent yearly on required servicing is incredible, let alone looking after a stadium with a massive open/close roof on it.
