L'équipe de Roumanie chassée de son stade par le FC Barcelone

The other tremendous change was how good restarts were in the U20 World Cup. Not being able to kick it deep at a restart changes the contest completely.

A side note, is that they can't just lump and dump these law changes/additions, they need to be reworked (incl not straights). I hadn't seen a lot of the 50/20 law being used until I viewed more overseas rugby and it's terrible how it's being used in an anti attack mindset by kicking the ball into touch after you've actually made a break. Theres no way you should be able to win a lineout by playing negatively like that it goes against everything the law was introduced for.

The series will also see referees use on-mic explanations to clarify decisions, enhancing the viewing experience for fans in stadiums and watching broadcasts.

That's terrible. The onfield ref having to make up an explanation of why the TMO has upgraded to a red is terrible. The current 'excuses' the refs are coming up with are already way too much. We don't need to know the intricate reason why one person was penalized where the other wasn't, if the ball is not out and some comes into play the ball and comes from the side or does this or that, simple say 'offside at the ruck', we don't need a paragraph explanation of the law book. Same with the new one of a player only being penalized for not rolling away or clearing out when theres a turnover, we don't need a second by second breakdown, again it's 'offside at the ruck' or 'not releasing the player'.

I think it’s more likely that they are stuck with each other and he’ll be given grace to 2025.

I think the ABXV is his saving grace. I think he and his employers are in this boat together and at least are showing they’re trying to build

Some AB depth (in the event the 1st XV loses to England, France and Ireland).

It makes absolute sense that he would choose this tour to use them.

I think you're suggesting fans come from around the region right? Nothing wrong with that but twice now I've seen (at roar and Miz here) only refer to the city as being where the fans come from (nothing wrong with that either from my perspective, or their crowd sizes which I think are great).

Cane is well off the pace in the on field action and Savea is looking less and less effective and pedestrian. The loose forwards are so essential to dominating the game and

The shift of Sotutu to play for England is going to cost Razor dearly as he will be in his prime compared to Savea in decline.

It is a mess

Don't get me wrong, I would much prefer what France has, but you don't need to make stuff up to paint this pciture.

The current form is pretty popular. It's hard to say really, as although everything is increasing, at what rate? How is it increasing to France and Japan is the dilemma here. How do you not know this?

Australias situation is going to be harder to diagnose, they have other deals that are one off and going to muddy the numbers but they already got a huge 40mil windfall from WR and another 100million for the next RWC deal.

It's fair to ask where and how should this investment be spent, but not to say there is non or nowhere to use it, Super Rugby can obviously truck on but where is that going to lead those two countries in a couple of decades time? The URC countries (you can include England in that picture I suppose) are in the same predicament SR is, just because they are happy about their improvement, and NZ and Aus aren't, is irrelevant.

Most of the global season is already in place, theyve been working on it for decades. Sounds like you're talking something more drastic.

Another very interesting point that I agree is important is this relation and balance to grow, especially your developing countries, the markets. I do and don't agree with your view, I think the big countries want a broader and compelling base for it for sure, but I think a few are very much still in the category of their national team driving the success and progress of the game locally. In those situations you might find it more relevant to have and extra, third, tournament for them. I'm unsure if this is essentially what World Cup qualifying is for them now (I would have thought that was doubled up with the two 'windows' we currently have).