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The Short Ball with Scotty & Mils - Mitre 10 Finals

This week on the podcast its all about the Mitre 10 Cup finals. Scotty and Mils chat to Wellington Lions coach Chris Gibbes about their championship match against the Bay of Plenty and what it takes to bring a team together like he’s done with his Lions side. Plus the boys run through some of the big match ups we can expect this weekend.

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GrahamVF 1 hour ago
World rankings gap widens as top four breakaway

Anecdotally and probably correctly England's RFU is by far the wealthiest but for some reason they can't seem to get the business acumen in place to spend it wisely. Ireland on the other hand are also one of the top three wealthiest unions the other one being New Zealand. Ireland without doubt use their money very wisely. They manage to invest in key players who perform for Ireland which shows great strategic thinking which is why they are so competitive on the international stage. However as more cash is being pumped into the smaller unions it's becoming more difficult to buy overseas players. Fly halves are particularly difficult to find. SA's move into UK/Europe provincial competitions was a natural follow-up to so many of their players contracted to northern hemisphere clubs and has proved extremely successful as the SA coaching staff have continuous access to their top overseas players without having to pay their salaries. This points to SA getting even stronger in future. South Africa's rugby structures from School to Craven Week to Varsity Cup to Currie Cup and then to the URC/Heineken competitions is an unequalled ladder of progression which is why the depth has become so great. Ireland are missing a few linking competitions between school and international levels in which quality is matched against quality. England is going nowhere fast, and NZ is missing South Africa. France is preoccupied with their big internal competition at the expense of their national development.

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