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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 625819" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>really <strong>gaston</strong>....REALLLY appreciating how you've just slipped into this new condition like a hand in a glove...you're really doing a marvelous job, lemme tell you...</p><p></p><p>And well it's because they're real teams, gaston. Forget Clermont, they've got a bunch of int'ls and a brilliant NZ'er headcoach. But a more accessible, franco-french side like Toulouse, Castres...they're real teams, spend a ton of time together all year long and have a real staff with real Rugby culture, grounded, established, genuine. From the soil, from the ground, from the land. </p><p></p><p>The FFR and XV de France still is a bunch of mercenaries with a coach that got picked God knows how by God knows who, with almost zero culture or identity. England look like a team, and they've got the Prem to go back too as well. Wales have a terrible league system, so the emphasis is on international duty big time. But for England, the Prem is huge, and they still manage to be a *team*.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 625819, member: 57076"] really [B]gaston[/B]....REALLLY appreciating how you've just slipped into this new condition like a hand in a glove...you're really doing a marvelous job, lemme tell you... And well it's because they're real teams, gaston. Forget Clermont, they've got a bunch of int'ls and a brilliant NZ'er headcoach. But a more accessible, franco-french side like Toulouse, Castres...they're real teams, spend a ton of time together all year long and have a real staff with real Rugby culture, grounded, established, genuine. From the soil, from the ground, from the land. The FFR and XV de France still is a bunch of mercenaries with a coach that got picked God knows how by God knows who, with almost zero culture or identity. England look like a team, and they've got the Prem to go back too as well. Wales have a terrible league system, so the emphasis is on international duty big time. But for England, the Prem is huge, and they still manage to be a *team*. [/QUOTE]
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