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Situations like Jamie George coming back onto the field despite being knocked spark out 10 mins prior is why rugby is facing lawsuit.
NOT because Dave from accounts tackled his opposite man slightly above the waist - rugby really needs to get its priorities right!
#EDIvSAR
Sam Hill announcing his retirement in instagram today. After winning the Junior World Cup in 2013 alongside Henry Slade, Jack Nowell and Luke Cowan-Dickie I always felt like he’d end up with an 🏴 cap
Sadly never to be, even though he was in an era of bog standard 🏴 centres
Appreciate the clamouring for Georgia over Wales (sadly never going to happen with the 6N shareholder situation).
Real question should be Georgia over Japan (ranked 2 places lower) in the invitational spot. Adds some spice to this weekend’s matchup for the Georgians.
A new era for international rugby is coming - the Nations Championship 2026. This is where hemispheres collide! 💪
The world’s best from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres will face off in two connected series, culminating in one defining Finals Weekend 🏆
Rivalries will reignite. New alliances will be born.
Nationschampionshiprugby.com
#NationsChampionship
The haka challenge that set the tone for the afternoon.
Rode the initial storm in the first 20 and from there pulled away. One of the best atmospheres I’ve been lucky enough to be part of!
#ENGvNZL
The haka challenge that set the tone for the afternoon.
Rode the initial storm in the first 20 and from there pulled away. One of the best atmospheres I’ve been lucky enough to be part of!
#ENGvNZL
Vintage 🇮🇹 at the end there. Brilliant throughout the first half, all they have to do is get the ball in and out of a scrum that’s been dominant and it’s a level game at half time.
Instead concede a daft free kick and then a try to be a try down. Real kick in the teeth
#ITAvRSA
Decided to predict ALL the upcoming internationals between now and the #RWC2027 draw to forecast how the seedings will look.
Headlines:
🇦🇺 narrowly stay in pot 2
🏴 sneak past Japan in pot 2
🇺🇾 big movers into pot 3
🇼🇸 to be final qualifiers
🇹🇴 drop to pot 4 - one to avoid!
Some note on the above:
- made use of the brilliant site: rawling.github.io/wr-calc/?s…
- ultimately all that matters in the predictions are
a) who wins
b) whether the winner wins by +/-15
- Hence predictions are winner and by 16 or by 1
Link should let you predict your own!
Really gutted by this news. Don’t think there’s another heavy traffic carrier to replace him for England, a real unique skill set.
Could live with a Curry, Underhill, etc going as there’s similar replacements available.
Huge loss just as he’d made the shirt his own
Tom Willis will depart at the end of the season to pursue an opportunity in 🇫🇷.
Full Story 👉 tinyurl.com/mpkbf3dm
Given the timezone will almost necessitate there being games watched on delay, BBC iPlayer is sooooooo much more preferable go the shite that is ITVx
Throw in the better stable of pundits, presentation and lack of adverts - I’m so keen for the BBC to get this!
I appreciate its not his normal position, but Hammersley is all at sea defensively. Not only making bad reads, but missing one-on-one tackles leading to line breaks for Saints
Penny for the thoughts of Will Rigg and Zach Wimbush? Len Ikitau can’t arrive soon enough
#NORvEXE
Had my @DraftXVRugby draft last night ahead of the new @premrugby season. Pretty happy with how it went, albeit with a slight over reliance on Argentinians who will be missing the start of the season!
The Travelling Reserve retweeted
Everyone knew cuts were coming, but reports that South America's budget will be cut by 14% still sting.
@SuperRugbyAM is expanding, and Chile are on course to sell 20,000 tickets for a WC qualifier. This should be the moment to push on, not pull back.
Más recortes en World Rugby: le anunció a Sudamérica Rugby que recorta 14% su aporte para 2026, por lo que el Super Rugby Americas y otros programas deberán ajustarse el cinturón
Más detalles en esta nota
elobservador.com.uy/rugby/wo…
The Travelling Reserve retweeted
An extra $250 million is going to be invested in rugby in the US.
Meanwhile, it seems that WR is cutting back its investment in @SuperRugbyAM despite the fact it has been a rare recent success story.
10% of that money could make a huge and lasting difference in South America
🏉🇺🇸 Alan Gilpin, CEO de World Rugby:
"Vamos a poner $250 millones más" 😳
World Rugby ha anunciado que está invirtiendo entre 250 y 270 millones de dólares en los próximos cinco años para reforzar el ecosistema de rugby de Estados Unidos👇
sportsbusinessjournal.com/Ar…
South Africa have been awful this game, but me oh my, that scrum against the head was a MOMENT
#NZLvRSA