Never really understood why in the 21st Century coaches are allowed to meet the officials before a game. It's clearly to plant seeds in their mind. Your analysts do loads of prep on the oppo and the ref, if you spot something you don't like - come up with a plan to deal with it.

Sun dried tomatoes!!!???!!!

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Leicester Tigers have announced Emeka Ilione will be out until around New Year with his shoulder injury. They don't say if he needs surgery. Geoff Parling has said the injury "will keep him out for two to three months"

I will defend the NHS to my dying breath, but it's getting really hard. I was having an ankle issue, and got sent by a specialist for an MRI. The scan was done on April 12 (day 1). Today I got the results (day 199). Couldn't get physio inbetween - can't treat what you don't know

Really hope that Blair Tickner gets a go in at least one of the remaining 2 ODI's against England. Cracking read from @cameronponsonby https://t.co/UIKbwAuf4R

I've not been at any of the England press conferences this week, so if I've missed something I'm sorry ... But I was not expecting a 23 without Ollie Lawrence. I really didn't want him bunted to 12 to make room, but I thought he'd be there

If you want someone to carry, carry again, and then carry some more ... you won't go far wrong with Olly Cracknell. If I'm honest I was a bit surprised he wasn't in anyway. Sadly Taulupe and the rehab room are pretty well aquainted

Catching up with the England squad - gutted for Emeka Ilione, hope the scan comes back OK. I said in commentary yesterday Radwan may have a problem in very few sides carry an out and out winger on the bench, so he either starts or misses out. England are blessed at 14 though

There's one very obvious answer to this: You should not be allowed to organise matches outside of the window, otherwise what's the point of there being a window?! Not right to put players or clubs in this position

If that's the effect I've got to get hold of some of those tablets!!!

If that was clearing the stumps, it wasn't by that much!!

There is a structure that they have to work through, and it seems it's really not suited for a case like this. Surely there needs a sub-clause to say "in exceptional circumstances we can amend the framework"

Stay with me on this one, but I actually feel sorry for the panel here. They would know the implications of a proven verdict: big ban on his record, reputation etc. Yet they're constrained by "balance of probability". If I'm giving out a 12wk ban I'd want to KNOW it happened ...

🎙️Tune in to listen to myself and @talkMacca call the @LeicesterTigers vs @SaleSharksRugby @premrugby on @talkSPORT2 5.30 kick off

Hmmm, just seen the Bath/ Bristol HT highlights ... the lineout try. It might not be a dummy throw, but it certainly looks iffy

As a start to the season I'll take that!

Just the 94 points in 80mins ... which I'm sure will have some traditionalists trying to tell you it's not proper rugby, and a match with that many tries is meaningless. Which is of course nonsense - just enjoy it for what it is folks

My point is - it's not the match weeks that are the issue, WR have regulations for those ... it's all the other times when England want an extra training camp, or squad get together. If half the squad was playing in France, what meaningful work could England have done this week?

For anyone who still doesn't get it: England have had a training camp this week, taking the players from club training. For this the clubs are compensated by the RFU - do you think Toulouse players would be released ahead of playing Toulon on Sunday? https://t.co/JJPNg3BvHe

So they unanimously agreed to a "whole new system approach" - the broad brush strokes, which you'd kind of expect/ hope for ... but I'd really like to know how the vote for 2, 3, or 4 regions went. I'd be stunned if that was unanimous