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RP London

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  1. If I may be allowed to channel Nigel Farage... its the because of all of them there foreigners especially antipodeans that live in that there london..
  2. I cannot believe that so far with all this discussion they've missed the very real worry in the UK. with the changing pattern of "readership" what is going to wrap our 382 million portions of Fish and Chips per year (source: https://www.croftstreetfisheries.co.uk/fishy-facts/fish-and-chip-facts/#:~:text=We know you love to,make a balanced%2C nutritious meal.) (Sauce: Gravy)
  3. its all the angry banging on the keyboard in the comments sections!
  4. Thanks mate. I think they did used to have a link into London Irish. The system seems really good and they're really supportive saying all the right things about "outside rugby" careers and studies and that they will find courses for people etc with examples of lads at Uni in Ireland while linked to provinces or apprenticeship courses. Also helping them with UK Unis and keeping in touch with them, they work on the fact they don't really know what your body will be like or how you will mature until you're about 20 so they keep working with you and seem to have good contacts. My son wants to do some form of Engineering or Physics at Uni and he seems to understand that showing up well and acting well is not only good for his chances with the Rugby but also with their links into Unis in the UK and Ireland and the fact the coach and a "good word" could be a nudge into one if its him or another kid. Hes also really enjoying it and the training days are brilliant. The system seems, from the outside, to be really good and everyone I've spoken to speaks volumes of it and how its very different from the England Counties system which still has a "what school do you go to?" attitude in many of the counties. Its a system I'd love RL to take on around the country as its a small commitment (they do full training days around the country in the half terms, Monday in the south, tuesday midlands, wednesday north west, thursday north east etc) but the talent it can unearth is massive.
  5. exactly.. you can still do that but that is in addition to actually doing the basics.. Irish Rugby Union has an Irish Qualified players pathway in the UK (I only know because my son is on it) and it has had players playing for Ireland U20s & U18s this year and has players in the provincial set up and national set up that came through the pathway.. but that is in addition to all the things at home, its to find the extra players as kids that qualify and want to play for them. They take players and put them into academies in the provinces etc.. there would be no point doing any of that if those players got good training and just went off and played for England anyway.. Its so simple its ridiculous.. make sure you do the basic things you need to and keep those basic things ticking along, then look outside of those for what can make it all better..
  6. yep... all the pretty words about interviews, consultations, deep dives etc are pointless when everyone can see that the fundamental issue was that they didnt meet the most basic of requirements and that is the starting point.. yes some training camps, letting players try the game etc may be the way to go, but it has to be done in Scotland to build the interest to then set up the clubs etc.. not outside of Scotland. But without clubs or youth teams there is no way back, no matter how many interviews with internal and external stakeholders you want to do that is still the key.
  7. is that not just Leyther_matt has copy and pasted from here rather than anything more official than what we have seen? Edit: Sorry hadnt seen already that Matt had admitted it... his press pass is surely in the post!
  8. Fair play.. its not even apathy its the inability to understand that the conversation you are having are being had by groups across the country and families who are all having to decide on holidays to get the longest run in to pay for them. Most summer holidays will already be booked and part paid for for families (probably months ago) so anything put on now in the holidays will be hit by that. Just a bit of forward planning and people will/can work around it, its really not that tough to understand.
  9. while i dont know how long these things take its about 2 miles from where the tram turns off Norton Avenue straight down Bochum Parkway to the ground, down the dual carriageway etc so I'm sure its not that big a job in terms of plans especially as it would be just continuing on what it does anyway. They need to fix the way the road works for the retail park as the queues are horrendous at times but that needs to be done anyway regardless of whether this is given the go ahead or not..
  10. i'm not sure if its in this proposal etc but I have seen it somewhere that there is a lot of support from the powers that be about extending the tram etc. The retail park is a bloody nightmare and who ever designed the road layout that was meant to "cope with it" needs their head read but its eminently fixable. The thing it will do is breathe life into something that is dying at the moment so if people want a bit of life around them then they will go with it, otherwise it will just became wasteland (which may suit some). The traffic and road system needs sorting but that is not beyond the wit of man to do and often with these things there will be clauses in the build that include the infrastructure around it. For all the issues which you raise, and are correct, there are relatively simple solutions if people want to solve the issues.
  11. At the moment but it could be made bigger as there is space around it and banking at one side. However, this would take quite some investment and the original plans and funding arent there now that McCabe has fallen out with the fake sheikh at united etc
  12. I believe I won it in 2022 when we went on holiday and me and my son were spotted chucking a ball around on the beach. He won the young player.. we arent even that proud of it!
  13. While that is a fair point, Iffleyfox has literally, in the post you quoted, explained why they may not gain any down the line. History, as always, will be 20-20, sadly when trying to make history you have to, sometimes, be pragmatic when there is no evidence which way is right and which way is wrong.
  14. And yet watching the NRL this morning penrith and Melbourne both have them...
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