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Mitchell is a SH who is taller and heavier. Shouldn't we compare Russell to smith and smith?If you're referring to Russell, he looks a helluva lot beefier than Mitchell.
Mitchell is a SH who is taller and heavier. Shouldn't we compare Russell to smith and smith?If you're referring to Russell, he looks a helluva lot beefier than Mitchell.
I was going by the pics on the squad page, relating to thin arms.Mitchell is a SH who is taller and heavier. Shouldn't we compare Russell to smith and smith?
According to saints and Scotland profile Finn is 2cm taller and 10+kg heavierMitchell is a SH who is taller and heavier. Shouldn't we compare Russell to smith and smith?
I'm going to say his apparent comparative lack of bulk helps with his dexterity shifting the ball around the body. Certainly nothing wrong with his defensive ability either.Russell can tackle and defend better than a lot of guys bigger than himself.
He chooses to spend less time in the gym and more time on his laptop studying the likes of Pollard and that worked out pretty well at the weekend.
Fierce ones us ScotsShame the Scottish team can't defend as well as their fans
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We kept the Aussies out in our last game with them, oh no, England didn't the week before.Shame the Scottish team can't defend as well as their fans
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I mean even then, if you commit five years to one place I think you've earned it. That's not a project or whatever you want to call it, just life circumstances changing. Happens the world over in every industry.Just cut off all switching via residency as soon as you become a pro player, would stop 99% of these think pieces in an instant.
Easy, done, make sure my WR consultancy fee cheque is in the post
I feel we've had this conversation before, and definitely have different POVs on it - I completely disagree, but different strokes for different folksif you commit five years to one place I think you've earned it
Fair fair. I just can't back a system where playing for a rugby team has a more restricted entry threshold than gaining citizenship for most countries.I feel we've had this conversation before, and definitely have different POVs on it - I completely disagree, but different strokes for different folks
Please don't think that you're speaking for everyone.The thing is we all know how really those players shouldn't be eligible for Ireland/Scotland in the first place.
Worth noting then, that Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are absolutely immigrant heavy nations - it's just that the mass of their immigration wave (from Europe) happened more than 2 generations agoI think there's often a double standard with people from predominantly immigration heavy nations vs emigration heavy nations.
As always, it depends on whether rugby wants to be an olympic sport or notJust cut off all switching via residency as soon as you become a pro player, would stop 99% of these think pieces in an instant.