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By Jeremy GuscottFormer England and Lions centre

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Gavin Henson pictuer during his London Welsh debut

Among the topics making the headlines this week are:

- Gavin Henson's London Welsh debut ending in narrow defeat by Saracens

- London Irish coming to life to end Premiership leaders Northampton's unbeaten start

- Exeter stunning English champions Harlequins

- Ulster maintaining their perfect start to their Pro12 campaign

- Cardiff Blues slumping to a home defeat by Glasgow

- World champions New Zealand winning their 16th Test in a row

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  • Can any one tell me why the referee ended the London Welsh v Saracens game when a scrum popped up. London Welsh were denied the oppoprtunity to score a try and draw or win the match
    Either a penalty shoulve been given or the scrum reset, but the final whistle should not have been blown

  • Hi Jeremy,

    Seeing as though Exeter beat last year's English champions convincingly this weekend what chances do you give them beating the European Champions next weekend?

  • Watching Ronan O Gara on Sat night and having been awarded advantage (and of course the forthcoming penalty) he attempted a drop goal. This happened a couple of times. Why do players bother? Wouldnt it be a better idea to be a little bit more daring and go for a try on the understanding that the ref will bring play back to the original penalty? ROG not the only player to do this but its a cop out!

  • Jeremy,
    Which player in the premiership has impressed you the most so far this season? Also which team has made the biggest impression on you?

  • Jeremy,

    I'm curious for your take on the Welsh region debacle. Do you think the self imposed salary cap is unfairly killing regional rugby in light of the mass exodus of internationals abroad and the bumper turmover announced recently?

  • Hi Jeremy,

    Can you see any of England's back row getting a look in for starting places on the Lions Tour with the Welsh and Irish back rows being potentially at their strongest ever?

  • Jeremy who would you pick as full back for the lions tour? and also what about back row? Thanks.

  • With Exeter beating Harlequins and London Irish winning against the Saints while both have full strength squads, who do you feel will come out of the Autumn Internationals in the best shape?

  • Hi Jerry, having watched the Glos v Bath game, do you think that Dave Pearson's reffing of the front row was International class? I do appreciate that this a "dark art". As a Bath supporter, not complaining about the result, but are match officials upto "speed?" I dont think so!!

  • Jerry,

    In your view what is going wrong at Sale? Whilst watching the match on Friday I was confused as to who was in charge of the team - Redpath or Diamond. I really am struggling to understand how so many talented and experienced individuals can under perform for so long. Sale are now 8 points adrift and with the Heineken cup draining resources I can see them getting even further behind.

  • Hi Jeremy,

    A great turn around by Gloucester at the weekend! Another great performance by Freddie Burns - top points scorer in Premiership at the moment (with Nick Evans) he's taking his opporunities with the boot and to start attacks, what else does he have to do to be included in the England Squad? And out of Cowan and Donald who is going to make the biggest impact for thier club this season?

  • Jerry - how about some coverage of the Championship - excellent teams and thrilling rugby, often better then the stodgy Prem rugby we see.

    Re-open a debate: 14 team Premiership with automatic two up, two down each season. As a Falcons fan, I'd probably go dizzy watching them 'bounce' but it has to be good for the game?

  • HI Jerry,

    With the Heineken starting this week, who are your favourites for the quater finals and do you think Sale are looking forward to this weekend or see it as a distraction.

  • Hi Jerry, do you think Jamie Roberts will leave Cardiff Blues at the end of the season, especially in view of the recent slump in form, and do you hold out much hope for them in Europe this year? Neil, Cardiff

  • Hi Jerry,

    Can you see New Zealand's reign of domination ever coming to an end? They seem to have quality in abundance coming up through the ranks and I predict already that they will be tough to beat in the 2015 World Cup. Your thoughts?

  • Hi Jeremy,

    Following New Zealand's victory in the Rugby Championship, what changes would you make to the way the game is coached and played at a junior level to encourage the development of the attacking skills demonstrated by the All Blacks in players outside of New Zealand?

  • Hi Jeremy,

    What do you think Exeter lack in their current team which would make them challenge the big boys in only their 3rd season in top flight? I know the Southwest doesn't have the glitz and glamour of some of the big European cities but do you think one day they could reach the very top of English rugby? A loyal fanbase and a great academy network surely will produce this eventually.

  • I know it's early days...but are you still forecasting London Welsh to go back down?

  • Hi Jeremy,
    As a London Irish fan I am curious on what your opionion of some of our younger players is? I know you have made mentions of Jonathan Joseph before but what about Jamie Gibson, Marland Yarde and Matt Garvey who have all been fantastic over the last year. Do you see any of these three as International prospects for the future?

  • .....to follow on about how easy illegal feeding is to spot....there was one scrum where the ball was fed squint. The next thing was the ref gave a penalty TO THE SIDE WHO'D CHEATED. There might've been 2 or 3 technical infringements at the same time, only 1 spotted and punished. As someone has said on another discussion, refs give penalties "at random." WHY IGNORE THE MOST OBVIOUS INFRINGEMENT?

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