As we saw at the weekend.

And as we will no doubt see with attendances in the Carnegie Challenge Cup once the free offer for season ticket holders to the 4th round has passed, and as we saw in the FA Cup earlier rounds.

Lack of interest in games where you have to pay on the day having already bought a season ticket isn't purely a rugby union problem.

Scottish RFU have parted company with Frank Hadden. About time. I think they deteriorated season by season, rather than improving.

Who can ever forget that classic defeat by Italy at home, when they conceded 3 tries in about 15 minutes. Happy days.

French rugby is to limit the number of overseas players plying their trade domestically in their top-flight clubs.

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Panface is quitting.

What great value for money he's been.

Farrell? He must be minted, and he's only 33.

Nice close game between Manchester and Leeds tonight. 0-104

Scorers?...

Everyone.

Biggs got 4 and Armstrong a hat-trick.

Leeds have done well this season to say they've been without their best two outside backs in Biggs and Vickerman for chunks of the season on England Sevens duty.

A win against Newbury at the weekend and they're back in the top flight with a Cup final appearance on the horizon too.

gasnier is going good . will play for the wallaby'sworld cup

super 14

Touch of class by Hape to set up Bath's try

Not as much class as Julien Dupuy, as Leicester win 20 - 15.

what is the standard like outside the top division then?
129 points and over 1,200 points scored

Similar to the football leagues imo.

Invariably the promoted side has to spend a boatload of cash on new players in the forlorn hope of competing at the top level. Invariably they are immediately relegated, the coach sacked and the best players desert a sinking ship.

Back to square one or worse. C'est la vie.

Apologies if this has already been posted but this has to be the worst brawl for many a year?
=redNo YouTube Links.

would that be the romanina game? bans of up to [size=15081 games[/size handed out

Wonder what significance 81 is if they appeal perhaps they will get it cut to 80

4th test all blacks vs wallaby's playing in tokyo october . denver usa put a bid in . but missed out . maybe next year

WE WANT WORLD CUP .over $600 million needed

UNION SUCKS D1CK

if i was a new zealander i'd be gutted and angry!
putting money before the fans

Tell us how you really feel

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wonder if it's got anything to do with the fact the ARU have nowhere near enough money to bid for it or that they know it could financially ruin them (even more)

2003 world cup cost about 130million. if we dont get it in 2019 . it will be 2 decades between cups

What a tragedy that would be...

I second the motion union sucks dicks.