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'Oddly, I just sat down with Adam now talking it through'

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Dean Richards turned up late to his already rearranged Newcastle media briefing on Thursday due to his need to chew the fat with Adam Radwan after the 24-year-old finished training at the club following his week away with England. With the Falcons not having a Gallagher Premiership match last weekend, Radwan and Jamie Blamire were retained by Eddie Jones in the 27 he kept on at Pennyhill before the Guinness Six Nations round two match away to Italy.  

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Neither Newcastle player made the matchday cut, leaving Radwan still searching for his third cap following try-scoring appearances last year versus Canada and Tonga, and life on the fringes is only made harder by how it is a 300-mile trip every time from the northeast of England to the national team training centre at Pennyhill. 

“It must be really difficult for them,” admitted Richards about the current England experience for Radwan and Blamire, being part of the wider squad but falling short when it comes to matchday 23 selection.  

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“Having done it for a number of tears myself I sort of understand the pressures on the boys from that perspective and knowing a lot of boys who have done it, and it’s not an easy travel from here as well as you are aware, so it is not quite as straightforward as for other people. We monitor it, we check to see how they are and it does have an impact.”

Radwan will return to club action in this Sunday’s home Premiership match versus Exeter and Richards spend time on Thursday talking through the England feedback that his speedy winger had received.  

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“Oddly I just sat down with Adam now talking it through and Eddie was very happy with Adam in certain areas and has given us some pointers which would be a little closer to ours than they have been over the years, so we are all singing off the same hymn sheet and he is getting the right advice.”

What is that advice? “It’s generally just about him as a rugby player improving certain skill sets and that’s it. We all acknowledge he has got incredible pace and it’s about being involved more both in attack and defence and the more that he is the more tries that he will score and the more impacts on the game he will have.”

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JW 10 minutes ago
'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Where? I remember saying "unders"? The LNR was formed by the FFR, if I said that in a way that meant the 'pro' side of the game didn't have an equal representation/say as the 'amateur' side (FFR remit) that was not my intent.


But also, as it is the governing body, it also has more responsibility. As long as WR looks at FFR as the running body for rugby in France, that 'power' will remain. If the LNR refuses to govern their clubs use of players to enable a request by FFR (from WR) to ensure it's players are able to compete in International rugby takes place they will simply remove their participation. If the players complain to the France's body, either of their health and safety concerns (through playing too many 'minutes' etc) or that they are not allowed to be part in matches of national interest, my understanding is action can be taken against the LNR like it could be any other body/business. I see where you're coming from now re EPCR and the shake up they gave it, yes, that wasn't meant to be a separate statement to say that FFR can threaten them with EPCR expulsion by itself, simply that it would be a strong repercussion for those teams to be removed (no one would want them after the above).


You keep bringing up these other things I cannot understand why. Again, do you think if the LNR were not acting responsibly they would be able to get away with whatever they want (the attitude of these posters saying "they pay the players")? You may deem what theyre doing currently as being irresponsible but most do not. Countries like New Zealand have not even complained about it because they've never had it different, never got things like windfall TV contracts from France, so they can't complain because theyre not missing out on anything. Sure, if the French kept doing things like withholding million dollar game payments, or causing millions of dollars of devaluation in rights, they these things I'm outlining would be taking place. That's not the case currently however, no one here really cares what the French do. It's upto them to sort themselves out if they're not happy. Now, that said, if they did make it obvious to World Rugby that they were never going to send the French side away (like they possibly did stating their intent to exclude 20 targeted players) in July, well then they would simply be given XV fixtures against tier 2 sides during that window and the FFR would need to do things like the 50/50 revenue split to get big teams visiting in Nov.

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