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'Scuse me, when did this become a "fact"?

It's easy to judge from the high perch of these more enlightened times. You have to remember this was 1997. Brit pop was riding high in the charts, Tony Blair was an avuncular figure, not a toad like war criminal. Nowadays we'd spare All Black feelings with the proper level of obsequiousness...

I think you're even more confused as I think you're referring to the 1997 game at Old Trafford which England lost. For some reason the England team thanking Old Trafford for hosting them on a rare occasion really stuck in Kiwi craws to the extent it's entered mythology - sometimes as a draw...

Are you a disgruntled artificial pitch?

LCD'd be mad to leave right now. He's in one of two clubs not currently in the relegation scrap. Plus moving to Quins? Take your inflated wage and see how long it lasts in Twickenham!

Unfortunately for him, he didn't really prove any of that against Japan. Everyone seems to want to shake things up at 13 but it's not the problem position. England put Slade in to play the exact role you're talking about and then didn't bother to use him. He ended up being a dummy runner or...

We haven't seen very much of him at all, but the management team still have credit in the bank as far as recruitment goes so I'll reserve judgement for now...

Hopefully this is Josh Caulfield's breakthrough season. There's also Salmon and van der Sluys. It'll be interesting to see how the new signings from the academy go. Rus Tuima could be the 8 we're looking for eventually. I think Jack Maunder's brother is a 10 - you'd hope they'd be on the...

LCD could make a pretty significant difference as a carrier. It would, at least, be nice to see what he can bring to the starting line-up rather than 15 minutes off the bench.

That's the tricky bit about managing a team. You can't just change out the whole thing, that won't tell you anything. You have to gradually change out bits of the machine and replace them with others to see what happens. It's also the downside of the starters/finishers model in that it...

Exactly. The backline has looked pretty good when given decent ball. We just need to retain/regain possession to make use of it.

Might try that at my next appraisal. "I know I've turned up consistently late and done little or nothing of any real value, but I'm building up to a really great performance next year..."

Just watched the game again and have to say I was really baffled by the "not rolling way" penalties. The third one against Jamie George he moved about as fast as humanly possible and interfered with nobody getting to the ruck.

I think I'd be looking at Dave Ewers before I'd consider converting Morgan to 6.

All the players missing and Exeter still can't get anyone in the starting XV!

Not saying I disagree...no, wait, I am because I do...but what makes you say that?

I think the evidence suggests that that's not true with regard to rugby. I think to someone like Bruce Craig, Bath is the super-rich equivalent of a train set. It's a toy rather than a business.

Exeter Chiefs is owned by a consortium of fans. Tony Rowe, the CEO, is also CEO of SWComms - a communications business with a turnover of about £25 million a year I think. Neither it nor Tony Rowe are really wealthy enough to "pump" money into the club. The last time I saw a figure for the...

Definitely. Sometimes I wonder if he's wearing a Chiefs shirt under that enormous bin bag he sometimes sports.

Yeah, it is. In fact their website only lists 31 senior players and 9 senior academy who have also played (mostly AW games).