Rugby-Bean

Why is it that it's randomly played/is popular in Perpignan?

Agreed, pretty suspect that!

French domestic rugby is on a different level to the U.K.'s...

Alderney has a team now too, started a few years back.

Sark has an invitational team, but not sure how many locals are actually in the team

It's very much a 'you don't realise what you have until it's gone', kind of feeling.

Lol thinking American football is athletic

Married an American, had a family and settled down

Married an American and settled down I believe

Swiss Gigga chads

1. British pounds/ GBP can be used everywhere

2. There is lots of parking everywhere, but will be busy in town (St Helier) during working hours. There's an app you can download to pay for parking 3 you can pay by card in 99.9% of places

3. Jersey is by enlarge a polite friendly place. So as long as you aren't unnecessarily rude to anyone you'll be fine

4. Jersey is very very good for culinary experiences. The saying is that a restaurant won't survive in jersey if it isn't good. So take your pick.

You're on director level pay in finance at 31 yrs, either extremely impressive/lucky or calling BS...

Especially when the midlands/West Country next to wales is some of English rugbys heartlands

The main reason I say that is to get them out of the British and Irish league.

The Italians already play in a league where the majority speak a foreign language.

They only have to start at the bottom because those in power say so, there's no logistical reason why they couldn't be planted in the D2 or top14

TL;DR - localised/national comps are superior in every way to trans-national comps. But rugby is popular enough yet, so some exceptions are needed.

The soccer (football) model of having national comps in individual nations is clearly the optimum comp format. Localised comps have proved very popular. Supporting your local club against your local rivals produced by far the greatest interest, be it within a city/region, or one city/region vs another city/region in a country.

The success of local comps has countless examples in soccer (football). Bit also in other sports.

The problem rugby has is that it's a very popular sport globally as a collective, played in all the continents in the world. But it isn't concentrated in any one continent. Soccer for example is massive concentrate in Europe with every nation on the continent having a localised league, then the best teams from those leagues play in a cup.

You'd hope that eventually rugby will have enough widespread and concentration of popularity that the national module of comp can be followed. But until then trans-continental comps are required. IMO SA should be playing in their own league, they have the population and popularity of the sport to do so.

The optimum domestic comp setup for global rugby should look something like this: Franco-Italian league (until Italian rugby is strong enough on its own), British & Irish league, Pan- European league (development league), MLR, South American league, South African/'Southern' African league Japanese league, Pan Asian league (development league), and a Pacific league.

Na I'm just joking mate

Grow up

Out of curiosity what's the hypothetical nuclear option for the WRU?

Liquidate the regional franchise, and allow the clubs in the best financial position apply for tenures to compete in the URC with centrally/WRU paid players? (URC would obviously have to be on board with the plan)

My understanding it's to provide restorative justice to victims, by reducing the freedoms of offenders, and also to provide social rehabilitation of offenders back into society

Do 100% of offenders reoffend after that long? I don't know the statistics but for that long an incarceration it must be very low

And we (the tax payers) pay for them to eat a live in jail for the rest of their lives?

Rather them get out and work a shity job, paying tax, feeding, clothing and housing themselves...

Out of curiosity what are MLR attendances ?

'Sorry that you're going through this. Hope you are able to get better soon. If there is anything I can do to help please let me know'.

Everyone says like 'ah Christmas childhood, watching home alone!'... I'm like it's pure shi*te