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He's been linked with Northampton.

Oh dear, what a shame, never mind!

As dear ol' Bill McLaren would say, "There'll be dancing on the streets of Mont de Marsan tonight - France have won a game!"

Why oh why do France persist with that lump Bastareaud? At least Fickou can come on and lighten the game up - in both senses of the word!

Vern Cotter must've made him an offer he couldn't refuse! Aren't there enough foreign players already in Montpellier?

Fabulous match! What a shame Scotland waited a week or they'd have put Wales to the sword. Now for England. Eddie will be quaking in his boots!

It's risky, but if ( a big if )Scotland can get a few points on the board early then their confidence will rise. They surely can't play any worse than last week when it looked as if they'd been up all Friday night on the pish.

One aspect of the game that struck me was the penalty count. Now I've not seen the stats but it seems to be that Wales were either very well disciplined or Garçes was lenient with them. Did Farrell have a penalty shot at goal? I don't think so. I must admit that I'd been calling for Mike Brown...

... and down here I've got French commentators, one of whom is Fabien Galthié who is as anti English as you can get!

The best I can do down here in Toulouse is ten tins of Tetleys! Not the best of ales but better than Brains!

Do you not agree that New Zealand are the team that set the benchmark for excellence ? Yes, I'm sure you do, and for a player to break into the All Blacks means that he must be special, but wouldn't be world class until he has performed consistently at the highest level. With regard to your...

The Stade de France is the pits and Twickenham's even worse! Cardiff and Murrayfield are great. Dublin they say, ain't bad!

If they had TMOs then, there'd have been so many yellows and red cards shown that there wouldn't have been many players left on the pitch! Tomorrow's match ain't going to be for the faint-hearted either and I'm sure there'll be one or two yellow cards, and I've a suspicion that England may...

Some changes to the French team, notably Beauxis at fly half which indicates that France will kicking the leather off the ball! Watch out for Doumayrou at centre who replaces Chavancy and Marco Tauleigne at no.8. According to the BBC weatherman, it could be sunny and dry, so I reckon the...

Ringer was sent off for a "mis-timed" tackle on fly half Horton, but there were incidents galore involving loads of players. It was one of the most abrasive England v Wales matches I've ever seen.

Mrs Quinn, I don't believe anyone is questioning the class of Sergio Parisse and neither is anyone suggesting that only one player per position be descibed as world class. The All Blacks are currently considered as the best team in the world and set the benchmark for aspiring world class...

Why? The pinnacle of achievement for any side is to win the World Cup and the label "world class" would be justified. Has any World Cup winning team in the past not been world class at that moment in time?

England will never be considered "world class" unless they win the World Cup ........ again. As far as English and Welsh players are concerned, which of them would currently be selected on merit for the All Blacks? For Wales, Jonathan Davies would come closest. For England, maybe Watson. I don't...

Was Paul Ringer known as "Stringer"?

If there's one player that I associate with Sale, then it's Dave Seymour, one of club rugby's best back row forwards.