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If I was a crafty coach coming into the world cup I might make sure all my hookers were perfect at maintaining their mark and throwing with both feet outside the field of play but say absolutely nothing about it until the ref chat before an important knock out game. The penalty is not super...

As was always going to be the case with a pretty questionable regulation from a legal perspective. Doesn't help Lomax much though, the terms of his release means he has to go back to the Eels if he heads back before 2028. Not sure what sort of pay cut he'd be taking heading back, but assuming...

Look it's a heinous act and he deserves a lengthy ban, but there is a very clear gap between this and the very top end of the sanctions. The regulations list a series of criteria at with which to gauge the entry point: With the act not effecting the match, not injuring the player, an apparent...

It's as clear cut a case as I can ever remember seeing - it happened on camera, he could see what he was doing, and he appears to deliberately move his thumb into the players eye and applies force. The only thing protecting him is that it wasn't a high degree of force applied and he doesn't seem...

Feliuai did start a game at 13 for the Rebels, and I'm pretty sure (it's a pain to check) he has played there in QPR a bit. Possibly in Romania as well, but I have no insight into that period of his career.

All while trying to balance the needs of the test game against the wants of the club game.... The best possible protection they could bring in right now is some sort of system for transfer fees, which would actually provide a reasonable avenue for a comp like this to be setup without risking it...

I figure we'll probably be dealing with a new set of grifters by then.

And the "delay" until 2028 is now official: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/cg5myyrm9nyo

As someone well acquainted with both, trust me when I say that you don't want to know.

The problem isn't the individual targets, it's getting them all working together as a unit. It takes time, particularly when there isn't really anything like established combinations amongst the group. There just isn't any sort of foundation to build off of, so it's gotta be done from scratch...

Line out and maul set piece is going to be another massive question in 2026 for the tahs. It was a weakness this year and changing up most of the unit isn't going to help the connection there much, at least early on. There are capable players who can fill those rolls (there were this year as...

Slipper is probably a special case, given his issue with cocaine back when he left the Reds probably undercut his value in the wider market and more importantly his desire to go elsewhere. Definitely not the standard. Ala'alatoa is just about the only senior guy kicking around right now who...

I don't think there was much point in Australian sides targeting the league guys like Lomax and Papenhuyzen for a single transition year, but with R360 unlikely to get up and Lomax getting shopped around it changes things. Lomax could be a very good pickup for the Brumbies with Wright out...

Is Darcy one of them?

Pretty sure that country listing is largely based on eligibility for the 417 and 462 visas , not some indication they're desperate for Hungarian locks and Swedish fly halves. There are a few visa eligible nationalities missing, but that might be to do with a lack of registered rugby players in...