100-cap Rob Simmons the latest high profile Wallaby to sign for London Irish

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Zama Zama 43 minutes ago

Andy Farrell is draining Ireland’s resources to benefit the Lions

@dc0000 Ffs Nige, are you typing with your forehead again?

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JW 47 minutes ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

Yes but we don’t want to be anything like the US do we!

I think it works especially in america for those types of days. Of course the general idea is that you spend time together and although watch sport is the exact opposite I’d reckon it would probably be a net positive in the end.

Something that has or should have more meaning is another thing entirely though. Or does the day just not have that much meaning anymore either? Like having a ‘rivalry’ with the other nation you’re celebrating as team mates.. well hello? Maybe it’s a good day for the All Blacks v Kangaroos game? Transtasman version of the black clash?

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JW 56 minutes ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

They can and do, Ireland later this year is one.

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FF 1 hour ago

The story of Romania's Mariana Lucescu: The Stejarii ‘Madame Rugby’

You’re welcome and sorry for the late reply.

could targeted investment by IRB/World Rugby and other have helped over the decades?

I think so. More money is always good and compared to other T2 Federations, although things aren’t perfect, the Romanian Rugby Federation did a good job managing it’s budget.

I think I saw T2Rugby tweeting that out of T2 nations funding around half goes to the 3 Pacific Islands which might be a bit of a waste considering how much coruption there is inside those Federations.

I had read there was a big exodus to France after professionalism which was a major blow, could investment at this critical juncture have kept more of those players, coaches, officials in place and reduced the damage?

It was a major blow for the local championship and the level of the local competition.

This was fixed in 2011 when the Superliga was created - a professional league with 8 teams. I think it had 10 in it’s peak. Having a pro league for a T2 nation is really good but now the issue is there are only 6 teams which means you don’t have a lot of matches during a season. It would’ve been great if there would be again 8 or 10 teams but I don’t see that happening any time soon.

However, for the national side, this exodus was really good. Even now we get benefits from it, although we don’t have as many players abroad, because kids of those players are playing at a higher intensity level in France - ex. Gontineac, Mitu.

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Utiku Old Boy 1 hour ago

Hurricanes hit high gear in bruising win over Waratahs

A major shift in intensity by the Canes. Walker-Leawere, Sullivan, Umaga-Jensen, Kirifi, Lomax, Aumua, Iose, Naholo - all were fired up! Interesting to hear Ruben Love talking about working on playing with more depth to increase their ability to get it wide. Also how hard they wanted to step up the defense in recognition of how much Cory Jane puts into it. Love had subliminal skills on display. For the Tahs, Bell and their scrum was a handful and Suaalii was well contained (especially by Sullivan) but had some great touches. Definitely a star on the rise.

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JW 1 hour ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

I think the idea would definitely be to have both SRP and the international together.

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JW 1 hour ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

Has it been analysed has it, were can you see the proposal?

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JW 1 hour ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

NZR have no problem throwing together a team for money, it’s how they lost their undefeated record against Ireland.

SOO is played during the week and just don’t train, because really what is there to train for in league anyway?

The only issue I can see is the ethical one, what do you say about it?

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JW 1 hour ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

It’s like when SR used to be test level.

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JW 1 hour ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

How are the ABs setup to fail? Didn’t the author make that remark too?

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JW 1 hour ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

That’s all the NH gets before they have to play us when we tour.

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Wiseguy 3 hours ago

Alex Masibaka: 'I was on a stag do in Barcelona when Gregor Townsend called'

And the “experts” from NSW still bang on about not having enough talent in Australia to maintain a 5th super team. There’s plenty of talent like this guy. Just have a look at the player rosters in France and Japan. Hell, even the French academies are signing up young aussies. They just need to sort their pathways, opportunities and player retention which is often thwarted by the comically poor, shoot themselves in the foot decisions made in Sydney.

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DC000 3 hours ago

Andy Farrell is draining Ireland’s resources to benefit the Lions

Easterby and Goodmna are utterly useless.

Then being gone can only help Ireland in the lkng run

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YeowNotEven 3 hours ago

Du'Plessis Kirifi commits to All Blacks dream with new contract

Playing like he’s absolutely had enough of Dalton’s average ass being ahead of him in the pecking order.

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fl 3 hours ago

Chris Ashton: 'There's a lot of firepower out there but wings are not the highest-paid group. I wouldn’t have stood for it.'

Literally every position in rugby is important. I find this narrative absurd.

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Stalle li 4 hours ago

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JW 4 hours ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

I’d have loved to see Bledisloe Cup rugby on Anzac Day.

Yes, but by now you must realize you don’t hold common opinions, let alone can think for New Zealand rugby’s best interests.

The preparation of the All Blacks is timed to the minute and introducing a test match in the middle of the Super Rugby Pacific season has the potential to throw that carefully managed system into chaos.

I don’t think that should come into it, it’s a business decision when it comes down to it. First though, it hasn’t passed the “is it OK to do?” has it.

I get that surrendering the cup isn’t something the current crop of NZR staff and governors eye with any relish, but I’ll continue to argue that it would ultimately be good for our rugby.

That view would be an oxymoron in their (most peoples) eyes.

I’ll be interested to know what fans think of seeing the proposed Anzac Day clash scuppered. Like, genuinely interested.

I hadn’t been expecting anything, but that’s likely because if it was in the spotlight to expect something, I would have expected the status quo to come out on top like every other time.

But RA’s Bledisloe proposal gives us an opportunity to wonder about how sacred the timing of this competition is and whether we couldn’t reimagine how the season is configured.

Isn’t that being determined now in conjunctin with World Rugby/every other union?

Perhaps RA’s desire to start Anazc Bledisloes from 2026 was a bit premature. Maybe 2028 or 2030 would give everyone enough time to decide how the game can be accommodated.

It could be their is reason to change in that time frame, but why on Nations League years? More pointedly, shouldn’t it be every year?