Iām absolutely seething. Itās like asking Donal Skehan to confirm if the recipes in his cook book were his own ideas.
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Pools panel result: No score draw.
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The lack of class and solidarity being shown by Eddie Jones and Steve Hansen to their Italian and Scottish counterparts- while not surprising does demean the ethos of the game.
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Do you not have a wallchart?
You couldāve answered his question in the time it took you to type that.
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Wall charts help people who help themselves.
FFS 
Gerry should have come up with a portmanteau word for ādefer or relocateā - that prose is clunky
@GeoffreyBoycott, in all seriousness, World Rugby were on the verge of a massive success with this World Cup. They had a major breakthrough in Japan on their hands, the second most lucrative sports market in the world after the US.
Now, in the space of a few days, if Japan v Scotland doesnāt go ahead they will have permanently discredited their cash-cow. The RWC will never be taken seriously again.
Between Parisse gone and the treatment of his team in his final match Iād say the game is now dead in Italy. Well done World Rugby.
I donāt know much about rugby but I know all about fuck-acting and this whole thing is down to fuck-acting - 5 teams in a group, stretching the schedules out to shite, no simultaneous matches to climax the groups, no Plan B.
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You mad bro?
howās that?
Despite the hype thatās not true at all. Japan have 1 franchise in the Super Rugby competition, in a spectacular bit of timing they are being kicked out of the competition next year. There are a few reasons, one of them being the locals never took to them as they were mainly made up of imports. Yes they will support their national side at a home world cup even if its captained by a South African who only arrived in Japan 3 years ago and canāt speak Japanese, but the Japanese sportsfan is not the type of simpleton who would support that longterm.
Despite Japan being a huge market, NZ, Australia and South Africa decided having a Japanese team in the competition was more hassle than it was worth. Considering how stuck for cash each of them rugby unions are, it gives you a good indication of the interest there is in the game over there.
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Seems to be a trend in rubby - that thereās no genuine interest in growing the game.
They want to protect all the old cash cow institutions that serve the status quo.
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Very similar to cricket in that respect.
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Very much ties in with the ethos of private schooling and the old boys club ā
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All fair points but I was thinking about the Japanese TV ratings. Japan v Russia was their most watched sports event of the year, ahead of the baseball or the Sumo. From a commercial point of view, thatās worth serious coin to World Rugby.
Obviously rugby is all hype, bullshit and bandwagonning.