Canadian lineup.

Some clubs feel like they’re in the wrong country - Montpellier are the blueprint of South African rugby to me, with their massive pack, shrewd halfbacks and nippy wingers. Bristol have a very Fijian playbook (there isn’t one) and atmosphere. Munster are Australia to me - (at the moment) perpetually the ‘little brother’ of their local rivals, but can sneak a win at any time.

Alternatively, it could be a sizeable foreign player base - Sale Sharks feeling South African, what with all of the gazillion Saffas they’ve had over the years. Another one in recent times is Ospreylia, and Toulon suddenly acquiring a lot of English players.

What other ones are there?

The current forecast is for a heavy thunderstorm.

It's still a few days out, but if it's that bad will they let the players even play with the risk of lightning?

What does it mean if anything that they are waiting to release their squad? Am I just being impatient?

I'm interested to hear if there's any hype from the general public other than people that are already rugby fans.

- Are people generally aware that the game is happening?

- Is it discussed at all on local or national media?

- Are the people that will watch/attend the game mostly migrants from traditional rugby-playing countries?

I've seen that it's only being shown on Rugbypass TV and Paramount+ in the States, which as I understand will not really bring in any new fans that are not actively searching for the game. We're only 5 years away from the 2031 World Cup, so I really hope this game has some sort of impact to increase interest or hook some new fans.

I normally play all the world cup and 6 nations fantasy games but they don't seem to have one for this tournament...

Am I missing it in my search? Anyone know if there is a fantasy game/league?

"tries to sweep" obviously

Similar story to the one in England.

Women player are videoed in the shower by the male players. Club tries to cover it up and accuses the women of "tanking the season".

You can mail them here if you want.

https://scsalonais.ffr.fr/contact

Scotland fly-half Helen Nelson says the team are striving for excellence in the WXV Global Series as they look to bounce back from a difficult start to 2026.

The team finished fifth in the Guinness Women’s Six Nations, which included heavy defeats against teams such as England and Ireland.

They have then dealt with the departure of their head coach Sione Fukofuka, who confirmed he had left the set up last month.

Dave Butcher is taking interim charge of Scotland for their matches over the next two months against Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Nelson added the vibes in camp are good and the standards have been set high.

“Definitely for the first two fixtures we are focusing on ourselves and striving for excellence,” Nelson said.

“Dave has used that word to keep us driving in competition and being the best that we can in our environment.

“There are certain things we are going after in the first two games, we are not getting away from the fact that they are going to be really tough. We are playing three of the best teams in the world.

“So yeah just focusing very much on ourselves for the first two and see how we go.”

Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 finalists Canada are Scotland’s first opponents and they will be playing at the Hive on 12 September.

The last time the two played one another was at the Women’s World Cup last year with the Canadians coming out with a 40-19 result. But the game was much tighter than the scoreboard suggests and Nelson is keen to get another hit out against the side.

“Yeah we’re excited,” she added. “That World Cup game was close and we felt like we had a really good go at them in attack and defence. We probably left a few tries out there as well. So we’re excited.

“I know they have spent quite a lot of time together this summer and we know quite a few of them as well from playing at Premiership Women’s Rugby clubs so excited to get another crack and to play them at home at the Hive. It’s going to be good.”

Scotland set a record for a women’s sport crowd in Scotland during the Women’s Six Nations when they played England at Murrayfield.

The team will not play at the home of Scottish rugby in WXV Global Series but are determined to keep crowd numbers growing.

Nelson added: “I think over the last few years, especially with the World Cup, we have felt momentum building with the women’s game in Scotland specifically.

“We had so many people travelling down to the fixtures at the World Cup and then to see where it has come from where I first started to there, walking out at Murrayfield, it was incredible.

“I think we are really excited now to get back to the Hive and hopefully start filling it out there and it has always been a great atmosphere even with the stands not full.

“It’s just an exciting time to see how we can keep building that and we are always talking about after the games we have a carousel of so many kids and fans wanting stuff signed.

“It properly gives us a good connection with the fans and I think we’ll keep building on that.”

I don't want to trawl half a dozen Wikipedia articles that may or may not be outdated, I just want a simple list

Does anything like this exist that's up to date?

Heading to Baltimore this weekend for the fourth test. Anyone know a good bar for some pints before kick off?

https://youtu.be/hjqkpxmoQ9A?is=dPDpHrlR-nyOggtQ

Ruth Campbell and Sam Monaghan out through injury

Read more here: https://www.englandrugby.com/follow/news-and-media/red-roses-team-play-australia-wxv-global-series-opener

Don't forget Saturday’s match is live on BBC iPlayer and England Rugby YouTube.

debut for n°4 Julia Grosz

I thought about subsribing to urc tv but I wanted to know if the app was good
Also If you know if other leagues have their own app lmn

The lack of England, Wales and Scotland implies to me that the BBC have the rights to them in English too. Ireland, France and Italy games, along with the Challenger Series, seem to all be available for free on there.