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Ireland are on fire. Have not looked back after nearly beating the All Blacks. Fully expect them to stun England at Twickers next week.
Could be another Grand Slam for them, soon after getting their first in a long time.
I haven't seen them play except for the first half of yesterday's game, but they were really creative on attack and great at the breakdown, I wonder what's behind their recent resurgence.
Could be another Grand Slam for them, soon after getting their first in a long time.
I haven't seen them play except for the first half of yesterday's game, but they were really creative on attack and great at the breakdown, I wonder what's behind their recent resurgence.
Joe Schmidt and John Plumtree, will have played a big part in that. Both sharp operators as coaches.
Ireland controlled the Welsh pretty well, they couldnt do anything to put us off our game. I think we should be able to beat England but it will be a close one.
He's incredibly fast, but he's tiny. I'm very curious to see how this works out. Come to think of it, I also wonder if he might give League a try some time.
On a somewhat unrelated matter, here's a plan for distribution of teams for a potential USA/Canada representative league, like a North American Pro 12, somewhat correlated to existing territories:
Boston (New England)
New York (Empire)
Philadelphia (Eastern Pa)
Raleigh (Carolinas)
Atlanta (True South and unaffiliated Georgia)
Orlando/Miami (Florida)
Dallas (Texas)
Los Angeles (Southern California)
Bay Area (Northern Cali)
Seattle (Pacific Northwest)
Chicago (Mid America and the unaffiliated states east of Minnesota/Iowa)
Denver (Mid America and unaffiliated states west)
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Home-and-away league format, maybe a four team playoff like England. Autumn-to-spring schedule. The teams get their domestic talent from clubs/universities in their designated areas, with an allocation for foreign players, and maybe a "designated player" like MLS, if a team with enough cash wanted to sign an over the hill superstar (like maybe Chabal or Sonny Bill Williams in a few years).
June 7th USA will be hosting Scotland at BBVA Compass stadium in Houston. First, I'm very curious what the attendance turnout will be, because if a good one might be good for rugby in this country; and second, the heat and humidity will be really tough on the players, and might possibly be a big home field advantage.
Now there is talk Soldier Field may sell out. Long time before the game, guess we will wait and see.
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