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I just hope it's not a two pools format. I like the idea of expanding the tournament, but I would miss a lot playing every year agains Georgia, Romania and Russia.

Don't worry, Russians are now too busy in Ukraine to track and kill you.

Thank you Bruce, you jinxed them.

The problem with that is that Germany, without Wild's money and the South African players (coming with it) is even way worse than us without the French players, and that Germany doesn't care much about rugby. The don't usually get crowds for the NT, and I believe rugby is even below American...

The difference is that the REIC is not owned by the 6 unions pariticipating it, but by Rugby Europe. Spain doesn't even have a voice at Rugby Europe's Board of Directors, so what we think about the future of the REIC doesn't matter.

Thank you, it makes sense to have it here. I guess it is an imposition from WR, if we don't want to lose their grant. And I surely prefer this kind of obligation compared to have to hire Kingsley Jones (or Lyn Jones) as coach, for example. Hourcade has always used Spain as a cash cow (every...

After the draw in the GEO vs POR is risky to say it, but if we weren't needing both the bonus point for sure and getting game time as a group for the next three battles, Spain could have exchanged some French pros with homegrown players against The Netherlands without risking the victory. The...

I don't like this either, and many Spaniards don't either. Beaing an Argentinian "colony" is not going to work for Spanish rugby. Even though their contribution is greatly appreciated, both as players (amateur and semipro) and coachs, the culture of Spanish rugby is very different to the...

It depends on the format. If we get a 7 weeks round-robin format, we (Spain) could use that extra two games (plus the one against the Netherlands) to provide game time for our homegrown youngsters and to try out and cap more somewhat fringe French players to develop depth (the likes of Brice...

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It's not the strongest Spanish team ever, by a fair margin.

So England will make Italy pay for its defeat against Scotland...

Our coach says we don't have anything against them, that they were just free-riders of what happened last year. Some fans strongly disagree, but all in all we had a civilised match last week. People was eager to demonstrate that Spain is much better than Belgium, but that's all. On the other...

Well, in this same thread an English fan critizised Italy for having players without Italian names, so...

So Scarlets did win against Munster. Taking into account that they play against Zebre and Dragons in the last two rounds, I think they are now the favourites for playing play-offs. I do not look forward seeing Castello back in Savoy blue. I prefer Morisi. As per Canna, if he doesn't step up...

Benetton did it, though Rizzi's try was unclear to me. Both teams were too afraid of losing the game. Benetton has a huge opportunity this season to reach the play-offs, having a lead of 8 points against Edinburgh and maybe 9 with Scarlets (if Munster does its job), but the road will be bumpy...

Thank you very much Hap. I watched Koffi last year (maybe at JRWC?) and he seems ok, but Italian back row is getting a little over crowded (Negri, Polledri, Steyn, Mbanda, Meyer, Licata...), so he will have to fight for a spot there. I will pay attention to Fusco and Moscardi. Italy used to...

Who are the best prospects in the U20 this years? I read that Garbisi was named man of the match, and the front row scored a couple of tries yesterday, but have only watched the highlights tweeted by FIR. Thank you.

I did. Match was close, with small differences to either side, until the Japanese try at minute 61. Japan played nicely, and you should look for the highlights, one of their tries was superb. Apparently Super Rugby is working better for Japan than Pro14 is for Italy. Japanese team looked...

No, they won't. Some players will be banned, others will not be released by French clubs, and we will play Samoa with an amateur División de Honor team (like every past June test window).