It's also worth mentioning that having this new level of professionalism will help the teams become better conditioned long-term. Something that we're already seeing take affect in this year's 6 nations

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Are you seeing a change in this year's tournament? Maybe not in abs distance but it seems like more teams have developed multiple players with Trémoulière-like ambition for tactical kicks

@@matthewyoung1091 Tactical kicks are not kicks intended to gain territory.

​@@rittherugger160that's an interesting distinction I hadn't thought of before. So "tactical" kicks should refer to kick passes, contestable bombs, etc but not say splitting back field players so they're in a terrible position to kick to touch themselves? In the past I'd probably just used "tactical kicking" as another way of saying "really smart" and maybe the implication that its payoff would come in the next phase rather than immediately

@@matthewyoung1091 "The next phase" is about as immediate as you can expect at any time. Kicking for Territory is delayed gratification because you are counting on the other team to make a mistake before you can hope to reach a satisfactory outcome.

I don't think you can be so definitive as to call it a rule. It's mostly down to coaching and the mentality these girls have. You see it in women's football, maybe they can't make long pings across the field as easy as the men but they can get close and it's not very different from other aspects of the game. From my experience little boys playing rugby will have a kickaround any free minute they get before and after training, even the forwards. They treat it as one of the most fun aspect of the game and as a result they get used to being able to use it. Little girls tend do treat it as a heavy responsability and something you only use if you don't have a choice. As a result the "women can't kick" narrative has become a self fulfilling prophecy, although it seems to me like it's gradually changing as the years go by and the game becomes professional. Women's teams usually had one player that's here just cause she can kick not so bad, nowadays you get 2-3 players that can kick pretty well and soon enough it will be 6 or 7 like any men's team.

Other unions need to professionalise their teams then. It's not England's fault that they've managed their women's game the best and they're dominant as a result

I sort of agree, but the impetus is on the other sides to professionalise and improve. And the 6N is still excellent even with England dominating

We cant help it if the other teams wont buy an elephant.

The other nations have turned professional. You could always sort of see it as a four team tournament, as the battle between Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Italy is a fascinating one, with the bonus of an always tense clash between England and France at the end of the tournament.

Allright so let me clarify because i've obviously been misunderstood. I don't ask for england to go back to amateurism, i'm merely saying that currently the woman's six nations isn't à fair competition, not only do we know beforehand who the winner will be but also that they are way more likely than not to get à grand slam. At WC the gap seems to get smaller because even semi pro or amateurs manage to get à proper training but they just cannot do it every year for the 6 nations, and it shows. Frankly i just don't really see where the controvery is, it's all quite obvious.

Women’s rugby makes women’s rugby cool! But I’m glad you think so

I'm guessing it'd be roughly the same as men's in the 90's.

@@BadgerUKvideo prefer no guesses. But then who was donating millions to the mens game in the 90's - clearly not the women's game.

@@itistrue101 Shame on the guesses thing. Maybe you'll get lucky. Who was paying the men's game millions in the 90's?

@@BadgerUKvideo Really you don't know? you say same as the mens in the 90's but don't know how it went pro and the money behind it. Lets see, regularly selling out stadiums (even when amateur) , massive sponsorship deals, pay TV media (Mr Murdoch) deals just for starts. This is very basic stuff... rugby went pro from massive outside interest, very different.

@@itistrue101 All I remember was the money was very low and some international teams who were yet to professionalise lost their jobs when they played tournaments. Not to complain though. It was a different time. Different sport.