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What is the offial QRU line on match payments in QPR? Allowed? https://www.qrra.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025QPR.pdf

The actual law he was found guilty of breeching was this one So the difference is they found Ryan "charged" into the ruck, whereas the ref group didn't think Morgan did. As they keep on telling us, not all head contact is foul play. To form a ruck in accordance with the laws of the game it's...

How much influence does FFR have in deciding how long the Top 14 goes for? It's run by a separate organisation isn't it?

If it's Wests, they aren't alone in their recruitment strategy https://oval15.com/club-requirements/hospital-cup-club-needs-players-for-2026/ And there is likely to be 9 other similar pages on this site, or similar ones by the end of the year

The answer to solving this is "move the Top 14 final", but on player welfare grounds France shouldn't be selecting them, and players shouldn't be flying half way around the world to play a test match 7 days after the GF.

It's a clean-out, not a tackle (which doesn't make too much difference), but there was clearly direct, high force contact with the oppo players head; the main difference with those that have been overturned recently - the others didn't have both high force and direct contact.

Moving the co-captain on based off 7mins of junk time in a lost test is a pretty red hot take! Mind you, I'm not the greatest fan of Tate as a starter due to that pass, and he will be coming back from 6months off and a significant injury which probably impacts acceleration and pace (McDermott's...

I think the World Rugby Council is actually meeting around now. Maybe the regulation changes need to be ratified by them

Is it confirmed that the finals weekend is actually in the November test window or will we have to play that without any os players?

Still disappointed by how that turned out

Willson on the left v Oviedo on the right in TRC. Oviedo has some crazy numbers. 100% of his metres were post contact

I don't think either would have been many post-contact metres. He went through pretty much untouched didn't he?

Wilson is clearly elite ball carrier - but he does seem a lot more effective when he's used wider. I dare say most of these metres will be from a some longer runs (try scoring!) when he breaks through the wider chanels. Add in the ball handling and kicks (!) I don't really understand why...

Is Hilton still Wallaby lineout coach (I think he came in for Parling through the year)? Given how that went on tour, maybe we should be looking elsewhere...... Edit: flat out wrong