The RFU doesn't want it's £80 a ticket upperclass fans been labelled common muck like those RFL fans.



As a result in their £10 programmes there will be a message to supporters as well as a tannoy announcement asking fans to respect the kickers.

The RFU are worried it might spread to opposing fans & as England only ever score points from kicks it might put biscuit bones off.

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/7737407.stmJoe Lydon linking up with Shaun Edwards again[/url

old news. not sure if it's such a bad thing though. joe didn't do much at wigan last year and he'll be on a top wage.
so maybe we won't feel the loss too much and his wife will get a really nice christmas present

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 740827.stm I'm not surprise, he's virtually been rebuilt twice ....

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 740827.stm I'm not surprise, he's virtually been rebuilt twice ....

It doesn't say what level he could play at till 40!

Bradford and Bingley might need a fly-half..

Is Steve Black retarded?

[iBecause he has looked after himself so well, I could see him playing on until he is 38, 39, 40," he told BBC 5 Live.

Wilkinson has suffered more than a dozen major injuries since kicking England to World Cup glory in Sydney five years ago.

And Black believes the fitness and form the fly-half showed in the three full games he played for Newcastle this season before his injury at Gloucester on 30 September is evidence he can prolong his career.

"Jonny is cerebral as well as physical," Black explained. "He will continue to get better physically until he is 32, 33. [/i

It's astonishing. He only needs his legs to work to make his contribution. They don't even have to run, just jog three or four steps, and he still can't stay fit.

Still, he can be like the James Dean of Yawnion. He can retire and they can all carry on pretending he was some kind of Superhuman talent, and, if not for his absence, England would have never lost a game.

have you heard rugby union being called . RAH RAH

After today's trouncing at the hands of the Saffers and the forthcoming pasting by the All Blacks next week, wonder how long it will take the Twickenham regulars long to start questioning the appointment of Martin Johnson

22/11/08 2008 Rugby League Cup Final attendence 50,599
Ireland v Argentina attendence 77,000
England v South Africa attendence 81,113




Looks like we're still playing catch up.

we were never going to match those figures....

...especially when you consider Suncorp only holds 52,500