posted Nov 2, 2007

This proposal sounds rather like crickets central contracts which has contributed to a much improved England Test Team at the cost of degrading County Cricket. Whether or not this is a good thing depends if you follow County or International cricket most closely.

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posted Nov 2, 2007

Ulster only won when no English sides were in - Munster needed a favour from Castres - and got it - to qualify top of the group.

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posted Nov 2, 2007

nothing to do with them stuffing sale in the game at munster then

lol come on now you can do better than that

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posted Nov 2, 2007

No - if Munster don't get a bonus point win at Castres they can't qualify top of the group whatever the Sale result. How convenient that Castres didn't play any of their internationals against Munster (though they did the games before and after) - it must have been a sudden outbreak of injury.

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posted Nov 2, 2007

there are very few things that bring people from all ove rthe uk and ireland together the british and irish lions are 1 of those things
It would be a terrible thing if we lost them imo by all means shorter tours but to lose it all together would be a disaster for uk and irish rugby

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posted Nov 2, 2007

Bloody Nora!! Sounds like here's been an outbreak of common sense at HQ. Me being cynical normally, I'm still waiting for Beadle to jump out with a microphone clutched in his emaciated paw.....

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posted Nov 2, 2007

I'm Welsh but, perhaps amazingly after 50 years of following the game, not a one-eyed critic of English rugby!
England has enormous potential as a national side, considering the size of its playing base and the wealth of possible financial sponsorship.
This latest deal is a large and necessary step towards realising that potential.
A lot of rubbish has been talked and written about England's boring approach in the World Cup when, plainly, that limited team simply played to its strengths.
Anyone - Welsh, Southern Hemisphere or otherwise - who believes that the World Cup means England will never produce skilful, tactically-aware backs to match their forwards is living in dreamland!

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posted Nov 2, 2007

Its took a long time to get this deal and it does sound good on paper.

Lets hope it is as good as it sounds imo it is a step in the right direction.

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posted Nov 2, 2007

Haven't read it all but anything that gives the national squad the chance to have the best players available in time and match ready has to be good...

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posted Nov 3, 2007

Of course it's a good deal, now let's see England show the world how good we can be.

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