Ireland add 12 players to Autumn Nations squad

That’s just snide fans trying to feel smart. Your sure you’re not treating these stories in a negative light on French clubs?

”I thought you don’t care what certain managers did 10 years ago…”

are you really this incapable of understanding the context of what I’m saying? My point is that Gatland was a good coach ten years ago, and isn’t a good coach now. So what he did ten years ago is relevant to whether he was good ten years ago - that is pretty basic stuff.

On the other hand, what Les Kiss did ten years ago isn’t relevant to how good he is now, just as what Gatland did ten years ago isn’t relevant to how good he is now.

”So you haven’t watched even a minute of Super Rugby this year?”

I was replying to your comment, given you have the memory of a goldfish and are unable to scroll up, I’m remind you what you said:

“Ireland won a long over due slam in 2009. The last embers of a golden generation was kicked on by a handful of young new players and a new senior coach. Kiss was brought in as defence coach and was the reason they won it. They’d the best defence in the game at the time. He all but invented the choke tackle. Fittingly they backed it up in the next world cup in their 2011 pool match against… Australia. The instantly iconic image of Will Genia getting rag-dolled by Stephen Ferris.”

Big difference there. Yep French clubs just have the money to do what football clubs do, nothing not to believe, it just needs WR to wake up to it.

The last point about Stevenson is incorrect. He had a poor and ineffectual first half but he made a series of strong carries late in the 2nd half off set piece which not only saw him get over the gainline, but allow the Chiefs to set up multiple phases and eventually score points. Plus he didn’t drop the ball again.

No SA URC team would last in Super right now. The ‘pace’ of the game and referees clamping down on purposeful ‘slowing’ of the game which SA is famous for will expose them just like they were last time they featured. None of your teams feature in the Champions Cup and a Leinster academy team just tipped a Springbok team wearing Sharks jerseys last week.