Having some experienced players around the younger guys will help with their development before moving up to the full England Rugby side.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back onto Other Sports...

Mr Glider, long time no see.

Somebody has broken TRL so I thought I would stop by and say hello.

Listening to Kevin Sinfield on the Real Radio phone in last night, he mentioned that Toulouse RU have a wage bill of 22 million Euros. That's a staggering amount- ten times the SL salary cap- and it really does show what we're up against in the financial muscle of the rival code.

I was talking to a well known English RL person who coaches with the French national team yawnion team. He described the amount of money around in yawnion as obscene.

Union is .

I was talking with a fellow rugby fan and he described the game of league as obscene. He really was spot on.

As a fan of Rugby Football in general, I'd be interested to hear his reasonings, and perhaps RL could improve these areas or area.

Dave Ellis I assume?

Stephen Jones of The Sunday Times ?

It's good to see that Clive's return and first cast of his line has netted enough of the usual suspects to turn it into a "my game's better than yours" argument.

As a fan of the honourable code I cannot divulge my sources

So, unlike my friend, your yawnion apologist & yourself likely have no experience of rugby other than listening to Eddie & Stevo. That apart, brilliant riposte.

And so it begins (Again)

Whats all this I hear about barclays bank stepping in and rescuing the WRU from going bankrupt?

I will be interested in learning where you picked up this inside knowledge of Johnson's coaching style.


As I believe he has never coached anybody, don't you think you are doing him a great diservice?
As the most influential and dynamic leader England have ever had on the field, surely he deserves for us to wait a period before we pass judgement.
It is not he who will be doing the coaching anyway.

He's a forward.

Show me one British forward who has moved into coaching and is renowned for an attractive, expansive style of play.

As I understand it his principal role will be management, not coaching, so his playing position is irrelevant surely?

Well, if that's the case, why did Ashton get shafted out of his job as [i"Head Coach"[/i then?

Ashton was Head Coach.
The stucture has now been changed with the introduction of Johnson and Rob Andrew

If what I saw of this mornings tri-series game is anything to go by Rugby Union as it was, no longer exists.

The war is almost over.

There are over 2million registered, english rugby union players according to the chairman of sale sharks

Oh that changes everything - if Rob Andrew is coaching a team in his own image, then England will be bristling with flair and expansive back play.

we just smashed ''the all blacks'' ''springboks'' last week

looking good

I take it that it was played in a manner more suited to RL ?