Babbling 'brook

Is the virus itself any worse than a "normal" flu? Forgive the basic question but anything I've read seems to indicate that it isn't but is the usual cough, fever etc. In other words, is it the spread of it to people who are more vulnerable that is the worry more than it being a serious i...

Everything will be cancelled soon enough. Was hoping the 6N was able to finish. Surely not letting over any Italian supporters would be the easy solution no? That's what I thought but maybe they don't want anyone from italy coming though I presume there are plane loads coming every day.. Given the ...

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2020/0223/1117075-coronavirus-spread/ From the above article. A dozen towns in the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto have been effectively quarantined under the emergency plan. Treviso and Zebre are both based in these regions. With the Italian v Scotland game ca...

Glasgow head coach is around and has an opinion on something he's prepared to speak about publically. Who knew?!

https://www.theoffsideline.com/dave-ren ... ssion=true

It doesn't really matter when the fixtures were announced. Whether its a day, week or year in advance, a club is responsible for ensuring the players they select are eligible for the game they are selected for. If it were any other club than Saracens they could plead honest mistake and most people ...

I suppose it makes more sense from their point of view than the Quad Nations. It would involve less travel and the timezones are more sympathetic to their domestic TV audience. Bigger prize money too, I assume Is it less travel? That would only be true if they were allowed to tour which means they’...

Utter shambles! What intrigues me is who brought it to the attention of EPCR and why? The articles suggest it was Saracens who brought it the EPCR's attention. Interesting. The plot thickens. But seriously, what else can go wrong for them now? I assume Allianz et al will withdraw their sponsorship ...

Unbelievable. Following an investigation, EPCR has decided to bring a misconduct complaint against Saracens arising from the club’s Heineken Champions Cup, Round 6 match against Racing 92 on Sunday, 19 January. EPCR was informed by Saracens earlier this week that their player, Titi Lamositele, who ...

Related - someone needs to have a word with French producers. This 'quirk' whereby they can only find camera angles that are beneficial to French teams has been going on for at least 13 years now. It's the same with stadium replays. The TMO should have a small team ensuring he gets every angle that...

Ireland Men finish in 7th place in Sydney with an excellent win against Argentina Somewhat amazingly there was a weather delay for both Men and Women's Finals - due to torrential rain. Yep the women struggled again but beat Brasil in the 11th place play off. I'm still not convinced by this no quart...

So the women finished 11th and are currently sitting 10th in the table. But of a gap to Spain above them but equally there's the same amount to Brazil below them. They now go to Sydney next week with a group of France, Australia and Spain. The men finished 12th and are currently 11th in the table. W...

Ireland, playing some dreadful rugby, lose 28-21 to Canada in the opener in Hamilton The women also lost their first game to Canada. Next up Spain for the men and France for the women. Because of scheduling problems aren't they doing away with the quarter finals for this tournament? Goes straight f...

Man does something really stupid and potentially ends his international career. A friend of his sticks up for him. The friend is then lambasted and said to be a bad influence. What am I missing here? The Zebo hate is genuinely nuts. I've nothing against Zebo. I just find his use of social media to ...

Can't believe so many idiots are defending him! Assuming it's true, how unprofessional can you get?!

Zebo has positively revelled in stirring it today.

Full report :
https://media-cdn.incrowdsports.com/fa0 ... a67de6.pdf

Twist wrote:The IRFU really should have pursued the matter of his scurrilous allegations about the World Cup

Who, where, what now?

Apparently, some of the salarysins players are looking to move to france. They cannot sign to another english club without taking a massive salary cut. Which would mean eddie jones wont be able to select them for England if I understand the RFU rules correctly. Apparently they can be selected in &q...

It's not. But perhaps a full audit would reveal the extent of how they have broke the salary cap and if they were at all creative with their taxes which HMRC would likely be very interested in. Any tax issues (for example) may not be directly related to the salary cap but may be shown up because of...

If there is a suggestion of illegality should the authorities (law or revenue) be asking questions. Breaking the salary cap rules is not illegal to the extent it may warrant criminal investigation. Its a contractual matter between competing clubs and the organisers of a competition. As long as Sara...

Good luck Leinster.

I suspect many many many neutrals will be supporting you.