The group of death

He will be back before the end of the champs cup pool stage. Despite the world rugby conspiracy, the panel will find some way to mitigate it down. He’ll probably get a smaller ban than what Tom Curry ends up with.

Tubular bandage over the tape holds for a few hours if you don’t mind moderate overheating in the area

Got to keep all 15 Boks on the pitch, that’s the only chance Ireland have in this.

Rassie out

It has the look of a BUCS game broadcast on YouTube in the 2010s

Ian Tempest, he missed the obvious bite in the women’s QF. He’s not allowed to make any rulings of his own anymore, more important people have to check his work

I suppose the current trend is for England or Ireland to send an A team out and schedule the game at Welford Road or Thomond Park instead of the national stadiums.

Murrayfield still seems fairly full. Would any of the other 6n teams fill their ground without Southern Hemisphere T1 opponents?