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Leicester secure home quarter-final, Cardiff out despite Calvisano rout
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Leicester lost 24-17 to Pau but still banked a home quarter-final in the Challenge Cup. The Tigers went down for the first time in six pool games but Tom Hardwick’s last-minute penalty earned them a crucial losing bonus point in a match where Manu Tuilagi returned to action.
They had already won Pool Five but only the best four pool winners are at home in the last eight, with Hardwick’s penalty booking a Welford Road clash. Ben White and Noel Reid grabbed tries for the visitors, who trailed 24-7 at the break.
In the other Pool Five game, Cardiff Blues routed Calvisano 64-3 but still went out. Lewis Jones scored a hat-trick and Lloyd Williams got two, with Olly Robinson, Shane Lewis Hughes, Will Boyde, Aled Summerhill and Ethan Hughes all going over. But Pau’s win against the Tigers took the qualifying spot away from the Blues.
Bordeaux routed already-eliminated Wasps 27-0 at the Ricoh Arena. Wasps made ten changes against the unbeaten pool winners for their final game. Nans Ducuing, Ulupano Seuteni and Beka Gorgadze scored tries for the visitors. Wasps finished third in Pool Three, with Edinburgh winning 36-0 against bottom side Agen.
In Pool Four Bristol were held 7-7 at Zebre and Brive beat Stade Francais 33-29. Harry Randall’s late converted try earned Bristol a draw against 14-man Zebre. The hosts played the final 16 minutes a man down after flanker Johan Meyer was dismissed.
- Press Association
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
Go to commentsYeah nar, should work for sure. I was just asking why would you do it that way?
It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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