Richard T

September 2027 if he hasn't played Sevens for Australia.

I'm not sure that he works on the wing either.

If you're playing England then their "short" back three player is Feyi-Waboso or Arundell and they are 4" taller than Murray.

Beetham to come into the back three for Japan?

Has he not managed to persuade TNT sports to have him pitch side?

Weirdly came up on my notifications as "How did Ireland silence Ireland"

It's something that doesn't come across often enough in war films is how young most of these guys were.

Todd was 36 when he played Gibson.

In fact if you remade Dambusters with an age appropriate cast the critics would probably moan that they all looked too young.

One of my dogs is terrified of fireworks.

Just got back from our walk now and we've had to go a different route than normal as she's scared to go on the normal route as a firework went off yesterday at half 4 scaring her.

You can buy it online. Do the shops that sell the professional fireworks do checks that the person they are selling to is doing it for a proper display and not some dude planning it for his back garden?

Scotland feeling confident for *checks notes* 4th best team in the 6Nations

archive.ph/2025.11.05-0...

The list of RL converts who have played 12 for England isn't exactly stuffed with success stories at test level.

Pretty sure first stop out of London is Peterborough on the LNER or has been when I've caught the LNER from Peterborough down to King's Cross.

Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:

manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

And if the WRU are grabbing a portion of that £1.3m will that be fed back into the rugby side of the business or just go on more gravy for the trough?

If you buy the commercial license at £1.7m a year and increase the commercial income above £1.7m to say £3m then will all that £1.3m go to the license holder or will the WRU have their grasping fingers out for some?

www.theguardian.com/football/201...

That was Southgate who was appointed because Alladyce was a bit of a twat? There was no grand plan to appoint Southgate, he got the job as no one else wanted it.

WRU are happy if they have control. If it's control of a pile of ashes they would be happy

The WRU are looking in part to emulate R360 in having all players and staff centrally contracted to them.

So players and coaches can then be drafted around the teams at the whim of a central committee.

The WRU plan

Pilots and flight engineers trying to keep the plane flying so the others had a chance to escape.

Kevin Wilson's trilogy on the RAF bomber offensive is good as well.

There's a depressing moment when you read about crews bailing out that you realise the reason the guys relating their experiences all seem to be navigators or radio is that pilots, gunners and flight engineers couldn't get out

Ealing could join the URC but the RFU would have to sign off on it.

Any team looking to play in a competition that's outside their federations territory needs it to be signed off by their federation and the other federation.

World Rugby Reg 12 (I think)

The other way is that Y11 buy Cardiff.

Suggestion that there's to be a tendering process for the West?

And the winners don't get to properly live nor do Dragons or Cardiff. The WRU envisages as part of the extra money that they have total control over the rugby side.

Instead of WRU 1 and WRU 2 it's WRU 1, 2 or 3

The Fan First Revolution: A New Blueprint for Rugby Rugby is more than a game; it's the heartbeat of communities. It's a sport built on tradition, pride, and an unrivaled sense of camaraderie.

Could HoL being all about fan experience be happy with a set up at the Scarlets where they get to do the fan stuff and WRU run the rugby side?

Perhaps why Moffett hands in his resignation?

The Fan First Revolution: A New Blueprint for Rugby
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I signed up in 87. Saw a 3rd place in a RWC and a Triple Crown. This is ace I thought...then the nineties.

I was there in 1998 to see Wales take a 12-6 lead after 30 mins.

It ended 60-26

Should have read the small print when you signed up for Welsh Rugby.

The WRU probably thought that as fellow Blazers they would let them reduce to two.

The WRU finding out that being a blazer isn't more important than business.

I wonder if the WRU told Portas "don't worry about that, the URC and the Unions are on our side, they'll let us reduce"