Cards and scraps a plenty as Racing 92 beat local rivals Stade

Hansen, Kinghorn and Furlong are not fully fit.

Ringrose and Cowan-Dickie are on return to play protocols.

Williams and Daly have already had their tours ended.

They should encourage Super Rugby to participate in a Cup competition for their preseason, like a one month + thing with JRLO stopping or finishing their season earlier.

Should go alright in a two tiered comp.

But the closest thing to that was against South Africa before the World Cup in very similar circumstances to last week, where they brought their 10 best players in for their first game. ABs blitzed them 35-20 but the second half was even 2 tries a piece, and we know the ABs weren’t able to do that again that year…

I thought you’d enjoy a bit of childish humour?

You seem needlessly and endlessly uptight. Everything okay?

And if you don't think that the wages arms race instigated by mainly French clubs - but yes, Japan and previously England as well - hasn't led to wage inflation around the world you need to learn about the law of demand and supply.

Overall though, you seem to think that so long as you stay within the law it doesn't matter whether you flout the community standards practiced by everyone else. Thankfully not an attitude practiced by most rugby administrators around the world.