Tom Curry returns to Sale Sharks for trip to Bristol

Weren’t they going to have a backend tournement with the SR sides this year? Hows that working with the deals to move players north like with QL?

I don’t think the forum here is an accurate vibe or french opinion, I’ve only ever seen a desire to have the best international team/environment, as you would expect from a group able to converse on English boards. From the way they talk about it the Top 14 has a vibe that is very cherished and ingrained in rugby communities (they are old, theres not a lot of growth I don’t think), so I think it could definitely be the converse, where it’s the international exploits that draws the casual fan in our environment, but much like league in England and Aus, it’s local stuff that casuals are more familiar with.

International games have still been shown to rate higher in France, but it would be interesting to know by how much compared to other countries. I’d imagine Japan is on the other end of the spectrum for instance.

It had lost some of its luster as a prime competition as a result. I wonder if LNR had dreams of reaching the masses previously?

As you can tell from the vibe of some posters, it’s mainly where T2 nations players make their way up now. Really awesome to watch players too. But theres just so much talent now they probably don’t need to, they can target specific skills and types, Kinghorn has fit in well and is in the Lions, but I’m unsure which came first.

This is the sorta stuff Galthie was talking about having needed to go through with his premium players (so avoiding it and ruling them out altogether is probably his preferable solution). Hopefully WR comes up with something as Galthie has thrown other less important players to the wolves simply instead.

I clarified this topic in my post but heres a quick copy paste

Training load management is the primary focus in load management among elite rugby teams because training activities are more easily modified when compared to match demands, and training load is reported to account for 84-95% of total physical load in rugby

From WRs Player Welfare section https://www.world.rugby/the-game/player-welfare/medical/player-load/coaches-guidance