Cardiff sign ex England U20 winger after stint in New Zealand

I would suggest that a competition with an average margin of above 12 points is unsustainable. Super Rugby needs to really look closely at why this year is so tight and do whatever it takes to keep it that way.

Also with lead changes, there is a reason basketball is so popular

I’d like to see MP become a real force - to win SRP outright and also an engine to drive Tonga and Samoa internationally. Will that happen?

- [1] why did he choose Tonga in the first place? It’s hard to build a team around players when you don’t know if they are going to be around in future.

- [2] is MP a farm club for the ABs or there to genuinely encourage PI talent to represent the islands?

- [3 Is three years a long enough stand-down period between nations?

I certainly think Doris is nailed on for 8. Not least because he helped his team to beat Australia just a few months back. That cheeky old win ratio thing? We talked about that?

Can Itoje or Genge play 8? Or at least 7?

But you’re evading the quesion about the purpose of the MP team in the process so it’s a neat bit of deflection.

Guys like Seilala Mapusua obv thought the idea was for Aumua to develop into a Samoan international, and John Kirwan agreed with him.

you see lots of things enshrined in policy that you arnt mentioning here. EG there is an allowance for a percentage of MP to be NZ eligible.

In the article, I say

The All Blacks are fully within their rights to pick up to three players from Moana Pasifika, but it does bring into question the real purpose behind the foundation of the franchise.

So it’s there in black and white.

The same applies to Tamoefolau, who has already played six times for Tonga. Is the real aim of MP to fund stronger Samoa and Tonga sides, or to provide a PAsifika base for new ABs? It seems to me you’re goimg to struggle to manage both.

You’ll have to define success for me then if Pep hasn’t gotten better with age. He famously won 5 trophies in a calendar year. That was 2024. The team he coached made history that year and the year previous with a treble.

“They are also less experienced than the top coaches were 10 years ago - something you seem not to have noticed.” So you’re confident that Arteta at 43 has less experience than Mourinho did at 43??? Anyway, what top coaches? How? Of what? league position? In a league that is currently ongoing and not yet decided for this year? How does any of it relate to RUGBY????????????????????

Yes, I’m fully aware you’re English. I don’t lack self-awareness.

I’m suggesting any 20 year man could of had similar success with the resources Ferguson had.

Boom indeed! My point proven. Pep hasn’t gotten better with age - he won loads when he was pretty new to coaching.

But the examples I gave were to show that the top coaches now are younger than the top coaches were 10 years ago. They are also less experienced than the top coaches were 10 years ago - something you seem not to have noticed.

I’m English btw.

Ok so you’re admitting you didn’t really have a point to make wrt Ferguson and spending regulations?

Ok so you were just making a non-sequiteur. How helpful!

Earl lost against Australia recently. So did Itoje, Genge, Stuart, Tom Curry, Freeman, Lawrence, and Feyi-Waboso. Presumably you think none of them will start for the Lions?