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I don't know about that. I think Eddie would be happy to have someone above him dealing with all the RFU political bulls**t so he could concentrate on the business of coaching a winning team. Remember, SCW is not a coach, he is a manager more than anything. I was more hoping for SCW to replace...

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I hope those who are guilty get the maximum punishment allowed. Even if that includes Saints. If the use of a blood capsule to allow a single player on to the pitch for part of a game brought a multiple year ban than fielding a full squad that was outside the cap should be a lifetime ban...

The best thing BT did was bring Doyle and Bayfield from ITV.

Yes, yes, 100 times yes! I can accept any compromise as long as those bozos are removed from the equation.

We can only hope. We should all be getting richer and building a stronger, more diverse set of competitions. Not ******* on each other.

Financially we do better from League games than European ones (less travel costs, less free tickets to ERC, more TV money). That said i think everyone wants some kind of European competition as long as its on terms we agree with. Thats the big issue with expanding the Prem to have the Welsh. It...

This could only work under 2 conditions. 1) Everyone signed up to relegation / promotion. 2) We would need to set up a second tier competition mirroring the one above it to allow Scottish and Irish teams somewhere to be relegated or promoted to/from. Its likely we could have to split into a...

So the only sensible answer then is for a new body to be formed. If we want to set up a group of European Tournaments that cover the Whole of Europe then all stakeholders need to be involved. In the short term (while the developing nations get up to speed) They can be represented by FIRA (If...

I don't agree that Internationals were ever that important. Perhaps in other countries, i cant possibly comment, but in England a game Vs Wales, Aus or NZ every so often was very important but Bath Vs Gloucester or similar was always WAR. The International game is and always will be the Pinnacle...

As long as we are not a ****e as last week you might get a bit of atmosphere. I would not hold your breath though. Our boys seem to have pulled out of Europe a year early.

Now this is the most sensible thing i have seen all day.

Thing is, There is no mention of ERC / Heineken Cup in there statements. Only that they will only compete in a European Cup with backing of the Unions.

If that was the other week then in our defense it was VERY VERY wet.

Yes... I would not put it past those Evil English getting money for ALL teams involved selling rights to a sponsor... Wonder ehat Heineken are doing next year.

I would not be so sure. The clubs have a lot of influence behind the scenes WRT player release. And as we all agree its all down to money. If The Unions think they will get some more cash out of a different competition they will soon U-Turn and give themselves a nice big party to celebrate. The...

Perhaps if SARU leave they will invite Japan / Tonga / Samoa etc to bring some teams in. Might be a good thing in that case. I would quite like to play against South African teams. Would be very challenging. I do however still want the chance to play the Rabo teams. So i hope they will come on...

I am not expecting to be celebrating Saturday evening. You never know though. If we play like we can and get a few bounces going our way then anything can happen. Either way as long as its not an embarasing loss i am happy with where we are.

As long as Saints give it everything i will be happy. If we are not good enough after that then so be it. We finished 4th so are lucky to have a chance.

Anything is possible from here. A fairly poor looking season has turned out to be one of our best. Now just the small matter of beating that 'orrible lot from up the road :-) I think this could be one heck of a final. Either way Saracens are not Champions again. For that we should get a trophy.