Well we lost (again) to Canada. The fiasco in St. Johns, Newfoundland for an auto qualification to the RWC saw Canada's team push us around (again). Today we rolled out as the number 13 team in the world vs the number 14 Canadians. This insane computer ranking system is exposed at the top, at the bottom and now apparantly in the middle too. When our 12 amateurs and 3 pros' play Canada's 15 professionals we just get out gunned at every level. They even had pros' sitting on the reserve bench. My hat does go off to our Canuck cousins as they prove that playing the top tier teams ( they last played Italy + France and next games is New Zealand vs the All Blacks) certainly has proved a help to them seeing a lot better competition. It might skewar the computer who see them lose to a France side in Paris while the USA beats up on the Cayman Islands. Canada 52- USA-10. Oh well I'm still going to France to see us play.
Will you stop posting crap? You've been told this before, Canada does not have 15 professional players. The fact you even consider this remotely acceptable is ********ing appalling.
Poor Simple PsychedelicCeltic Simon. This is one of your more astounding posts even by your absymal record. Now please, SPCS, please stop guessing at answers. I mean if you had simply went to this link you'd see there are 18 full time pros on the Rugby Canada. Not all of them went to the Churchill Cup. Now please, please please stop guessing at these things. Just for the record here they are and they all have Occupation : Professional rugby player beside their photo's/descriptions. Oliver Atkinson Club : Stade Bordelais (FRA) Michael Burak Club : Pau (FRA) Jamie Cudmore Club : Clermont Auvergne (FRA) Ed Fairhurst Club : Cardiff Blues Brodie Henderson Club : Bay of Plenty (NZ) Josh Jackson Club : Stade Bordelais (FRA) Mike James Club : Stade Francais (France) Stanley McKeen Club : Cornish Pirates (ENG) Justin Mensah-Coker Club : Albi (FRA) Ander Monro Club : Waterloo, ENG James Pritchard Club : Bedford (ENG) Michael Pyke Club : Montauban (FRA) Ryan Smith Club : Montauban (FRA) Sean-Michael Stephen Club : Bezier (FRA) Luke Tait Club : Overmarch Parma (ITA) Kevin Tkachuk Club : Glasgow Warriors (SCO) Morgan Williams Club : Albi (FRA) Colin Yukes Club : Agen (FRA) Again, please, stop guessing at this. Check a link, buy a book, rent a movie, go to a pub, do anything but sit in front of the computer and guess.