France Rugby assume d'occuper les « territoires pauvres » en rugby féminin

Never the less they are things that are being done. It just needs good people to play nice and it certainly looks like both parties (FFR and LNR) having been trying hard in recent years, and it's not as bad as you make it sound.

Haha I like that phrase! Yes certainly different perspectives as NZ has already thrown out their rugby culture (in regards to the topic of competitions) but I can understand wanting to hold on (as I do to the former NZ setup). One of those things is that it's not as easy to say everyone wants to see Dupont every game either, is it. You want to see some of future too, but I see that Dupont has only been involved in a third of this years Top 14 games. Has he been injured, it's even less that he normally plays.

You depict a league accepting change and looking for the right fit, I'm sure it will get there. Nick doesn't reckon SA and at the same level yet but I'm sure I read an article confirming the SAn posters on this site saying the no longer pay wages (might still be closer to a English model/balance than French though), but I can't find it now. Will have to dbl check that one but remember FIFA do hold power, you only need to look at the amount of international football to realise that. LNR can easily be made to bend if push comes to shove through how tightly it's players are tied to international rugby (large forieign contingent).

The blitz D works best when the breakdown is on the sideline, the defenders don't have to make any reads because the ball can only go one way, and the whole line can sprint up and take away all the space. That's why teams that play this D leave space in the 15m wide channels and are happy to concede 10m+ of territory to force a breakdown there because they know the they can put max pressure on the next tackle.

We are not losing these matches by miles because players are running out of puff. We are losing them by small margins because of a shockingl poor defensive system adn some careless errors.

And if we are running out of puff, it might also have something to do with our continuous blitzing at breakneck speed like headless chickens - withotu ever pausing for breath

We don't typically use kicking as a proactive way to control the game. I thought DMac did it very well against Ireland which is why it didn't feel like we were under the pump all night.

Like the LNR the URC has SARU representatives on it. FFR (and government) are responsible for setting up this org to cover the pro game. You seem to think it is like America were the national bodies aren't able by law to run professional leagues, that is not the case. LNR is a creation of the national body to do it's role in conjunction with the FFR and the game.

I'll see if I can fact check the noise from these SAn commentators then.

Against SA, Ireland, or even England who use more aggressive defence it might have been a better option to go for the corner because it's harder to get back down field against those teams, but France are way more passive on D and we had been carrying for big meters all night.

We were also owning their scrum, so even a knock on could have resulted in a penalty.

The only problem is that he's got something else to do for the RFU first and should be allowed to focus full time on that til it's done.