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The last two players banned by the RFU for playing League were both deemed to have professionalised themselves despite playing League only as amateurs- 1994 I think.

This subject dropped out of the press pretty quickly. But I thought I'd make a general point about how rugby is taught. I went to a school that was obsessed with rugby. Well, the establishment and a small section of the parents were. Most of us were interested in football and a few were into...

Super clubs often crop up as an idea, but nobody ever wants it to be their club! Who would merge in this case? Dax-Mont-de-Marsan, the oft-mentioned Biarritz-Bayonne, Blagnac-Colomiers as a second Toulouse team, Angouleme-Cognac...all doable, but who really wants them? Rugby league fans still...

Declared wage bills are lower, definitely ;)

It's interesting to see where they pitch up for these things. In League, Catalans played a game at Toulouse the other season before TO XIII decided to try and work their way up to Superleague, and I think Avignon as well. It's all good though I suppose if it ends up with more interest up...

Ultimate pro, Sir Kev. An incredible knack to find the perfect kick at the time that you'd probably look to kick and chase.

Is there any logic behind Racing playing in Lille? I assumed the Lille Metropole Rugby dream was still on, have they parked their tanks on Lille's lawn or is it part of the promotion of rugby up North?

Charnley would be a bad signing. Unconvinced that he will develop further.

Plymouth Albion set for administration: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/35894606

The article makes an interesting point, which is that the Top 14 is making huge efforts to expand its presence- semi-finals in Rennes, a (semi-enforced) final in Barcelona. Dropping to twelve teams would contradict that. Ultimately, they'd surely like the likes of Lyon and Lille to be regulars...

It's that man again: http://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Le-top-12-de-mourad-boudjellal-une-bonne-idee/645754 It appears that he wants the Top 14 down to 12 now.

I'm a League man ultimately, increasingly getting into Union (started playing again last week-well, training anyway!)- I'm not fond of Sale for a number of reasons, so bearing that in mind and given their openness to League since the open turn, I've settled for Bath.

It pains me to an extent but it's great to see a patient, building team like Widnes top of the table (hopefully temporarily). Hopefully the town will come back out to support its RL team.

There's definitely a real point to be made about coaching in schools, in terms of quality, compulsion and approach. That's being lost amongst the hysteria of the article, and some of the overly defensive responses in the press.