Off Topic Rugby 2020

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Ronan O'Gara is one of the panellists on virgin media here in Ireland and he was saying at half-time that in these conditions kickers should be kicking without the tee as you hit a lower trajectory like hitting a 3 iron in golf.....
 
QPR999 said:
Just seen that South Africa might be joining the Six Nations after the next world cup. How is that a good idea?
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This was mooted when two SA teams joined the Pro 14 League, they're on a similar timeline to the Home Nations as opposed to 9-11 hours in Oz and NZ. Ultimately it's all about money, the 6 Nations is a far bigger tournament in terms of TV and sponsorship than it's Southern Hemisphere rival. As a rugby fan it's not something I'd like to see, the two hemispheres have always been separate and the traditions of the 5 Nations which then became the 6 Nations are of a competetion that has always been a highly competitive and well-matched despite Italy's lack of progress. Hopefully the organisers will realise they've got the best competition in the rugby world...
 
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Sooperhoop said:
This was mooted when two SA teams joined the Pro 14 League, they're on a similar timeline to the Home Nations as opposed to 9-11 hours in Oz and NZ. Ultimately it's all about money, the 6 Nations is a far bigger tournament in terms of TV and sponsorship than it's Southern Hemisphere rival. As a rugby fan it's not something I'd like to see, the two hemispheres have always been separate and the traditions of the 5 Nations which then became the 6 Nations are of a competetion that has always been a highly competitive and well-matched despite Italy's lack of progress. Hopefully the organisers will realise they've got the best competition in the rugby world...
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It's about time that the RFU introduced promotion and relegation from the 6 nations which would allow sides such as Georgia, Romania to gain much needed 1st tier experience plus much needed finance to develop the game...…….
 
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To give you some idea of how Storm Ciara has been hitting the country here's a picture from the Ladies 6 Nations game between Ireland & Wales this afternoon played at Donnybrook in Dublin...….

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Tramore Ranger said:
It's about time that the RFU introduced promotion and relegation from the 6 nations which would allow sides such as Georgia, Romania to gain much needed 1st tier experience plus much needed finance to develop the game...…….
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Or make it 8 nations with 2 groups of 4 round robin, top two from both groups going into semis so you get 1 2 3 and 4th the bottom 2 of each group the same with 8th place playing the 9th ranked team for next season. All teams would still play 5 games, even consider Canada and USA.
 
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To give you some idea of how Storm Ciara has been hitting the country here's a picture from the Ladies 6 Nations game between Ireland & Wales this afternoon played at Donnybrook in Dublin...….

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That was the hail shower I got caught in earlier. Went for Sunday dinner in Swords (blast from the past) and in the dash from the hotel to the car I got soaked to the skin. There was a huge clap of thunder too. Shocking day today.
 
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