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I think that's a good shout. I listened to a podcast with their Head of Recruitment Alex Shaw. He has a strong background in talent ID. I just looked at their list of backroom staff, I'd be surprised if they're not the only side in The Championship with a dedicated Head of Recruitment, let alone...

I'm not so sure. I had a quick look at their Facebook page, which mentions signing 3 new assistant academy coaches, including Craig Newby, which doesn't seem consistent with tightening the purse strings. They announced the signing of an ex-GB sevens and Sarries player today, so I wouldn't be at...

The points gap in the final between the top two and third spot seems to confirm my gut feeling that it's a two-horse race between Stoltman and Hooper at the moment. While the organisers' obsession with Atlas stones continues and while Tom's static strength continues improving, you've got to...

It would depend how it's done IMO. Taking Doncaster as an example, if they applied for and were granted a franchise in a new franchise-based league and continued playing as Doncaster Knights at Castle Park, then I'd agree with you. Hopefully, in order to be granted a franchise, teams would have...

That was my first reaction when I read Evans' statement. It sounds pretty far-fetched that after spending decades moaning about the RFU and their support for level 2, Evans would think that they will do his bidding within 2 years in order to make this "Sunset Plan" work. That's my understanding...

That's reductio ad absurdum as I suspect you are aware. At no point have I said that this is some sort of silver bullet, but I don't see why it wouldn't be a small step in the right direction to improve viewer engagement. Given the low price point, my guess is that expenditure would be worth it...

You've just described me watching a Premiership match. What am I doing wrong? I wasn't suggesting that the under eights should be doing it on a Sunday morning, or even "semi pro" teams. Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't see why the cost of doing this should be too onerous for a...

...engaging, with no possible downsides, particularly given that the alternative is often the bizarre situation where a side has XV players all called *Insert Sponsor's Name Here*. If anything, in this day and age, I think it makes rugby look amateurish not to have them there. Objections strike...

Initially, I thought that the impact of 2,000 extra seats is small beer in the grand scheme of things, but a bit of fag packet maths suggests that the extra revenue it would generate is not insignificant. TBH it all strikes me as posturing to make excuses to make whatever changes generate the...

It's not a level playing field for those already on all time lists who didn't have to opportunity to use them. I guess there have been other similar innovations in the past, but it sticks in the craw a bit.

I think so. Franz Steyn wasn't a million miles away, but retired in 2022, so missed out on any chance of a third final.

I said the same about Grenfell Tower.....still waiting!

You're not. I'm just questioning his player-of-the-tournament credentials. Other than turnovers, he was one of the better back-rowers in the tournament, but not miles ahead of the competition.

In which case, he had one game in which he was outstanding in winning turnovers and only averaged one per game in the other four matches. Still an impressive return, but it doesn't speak of outstanding performances across the tournament to put him into POTT contention IMO, particularly given...

Surely it's easier to get turnovers in a poor team that's being forced to make lots of tackles and in turn have lots of defensive rucks. It's a boring selection, but I can't look past Earl. His 24 defenders beaten is as big a statistical outlier as Reffell's 8 turnovers and I believe his 400m+...

Just had a quick Google, these are the criteria for low degree of danger: • Indirect contact • Low force • Low speed • Passive • No leading head / shoulder / forearm I guess you could say it was passive, I wouldn't say that any of the others apply. Is one criterion only enough for the low...

I certainly can't quote the relevant regulations, but if the above assertion is correct, I can only assume that World Rugby require clubs / franchises / regions to be registered to the union that they're physically based in.

Based on 5 minutes duedil, I wouldn't touch it personally. The lack of an address should be a big red flag, so should the typos. A bit more digging reveals that it's run by a Dutch company which appears to have ceased trading!

Weird to see a non-academy player selected.

Are there any studies about the impact that messing about with a camera, narrating a video and playing pretend policeman while cycling has on safety?