Newcastle beaten by Gloucester in Premiership

Marianei is used in Romanian as the genitive-dative form of Mariana, indicating possession or an indirect object, but in English, it would still be Mariana.

Checks all the criteria for a red card and a lengthy ban. Compare this to other incidents where there are accidental tackles to the head and it’s a complete and utter farce.

Rugby officials need a hard look at themselves and be more consistent. Otherwise we’ll have more and more important games ruined by bad refereeing decisions, e.g. tournament finals or series deciders.

No word from “Welding Glasses” Galthie yet!?

Always going to happen with so many stars getting on though. The real critical factor will be whether they’ve brought through the next generation in 6 years time and can use this golden period as a step to becoming one of the best rugby nations in the world.

England give lots of opportunities to young players - just not always the players you’ve rather randomly decided that they should.

Arundell was untrusted because he was poor in every match he started (apart from against Chile).

literally all rules are artificial. That’s kinda baked into the definition of rules. The England eligibility rules are good though.