Now, if CVC want to do something there's a chance... As SA have tried both hemisphere's competitions now though, unless they could be convinced to go it alone, I really don't see an alternative to current situation that would fly

They have to be fitted in somewhere and as they are paid up members of URC, getting them out now will not be cheap. Cash tends to beat commonsense

And South Africa who are only just becoming full members of the URC....

Would be quite an ask for the parents of the under 10s to head over the border to fulfill a fixture of a Sunday morning! At the older level you'd then potentially have players needing to be registered with two unions, depending on team they are playing for 🤯

I suspect the Northern split 130 years ago didn't have to get into replacing the union's insurance and legal support, etc....! I'd suspect rebellion would lead to club being persona non grata, with other RFU clubs not allowed to play them at any level.

See also 5:30pm on a Sunday, when we're playing Toulon in December. There should be laws against it...

Never understood how it didn't do better, it's so good! Same, TV for me, behind sofa I fear...

Messes you up elsewhere. Drop Prendegasts, add Sextons? If u21 caps count...

Easterbys would sort you a 9

Not even the chips are safe....

This weekend isn't in the window either, so Scotland only have their home based players available.
I've two questions:
Why are they allowed to have international games outside of window?
Do these games count for ranking points?

Multiple identities, and always more than one each half... ☹️

Without diverting chat I'd argue Cockers did a lot for us. He showed, almost immediately, that we could be better and genuinely compete against anyone. He also gave us an identity on the pitch. Everyone knew what they were going to get against us.

Expecting a good game, good luck!

Unless you have the right tv subscription they never happened...