joe b, if its true what you say why did gavin henson­ ask not to be paid whilst he's out with injury,­ also why hasn't eurosport reported on this yet,­ they only write about him when he's doing something­ wrong so they can get a slagging match on this forum

mutleyp, Peel has already decided where he wants to­ play and has chsoen Sale. That will quite simply be an­ economic decision based on a relatively short career­ path, these guys need to accrue as much money as­ possible when they can. Playing for country is without­ doubt the highest honour and I am sure everyone wants­ to do it, however Rugby is their job and they need to­ earn where they can. Peel was not getting chosen­ regularily so his move to Sale had less­ "risk". The only reason Gatland is moaning is­ because his first choice is not available.
No-one can­ balme players for trying to get the highest salary they­ can for their job to look after their families etc, I­ know I always want more. Perhaps he would still be in­ Wales in a Welsh club had matched the Sale offer but­ they did not and that's business.
What would you­ rather do - a job at company A for say £20,000 per year­ or the same job at company B for £60,000?

yip look at it logically with or without peel or­ philips wales wont beat new zealand im australian and­ as much as i hate the kiwis they will dominate the game­ and win 56 years since wales last beat the kiwis and it­ is soon gona change to 57, n.z could name a second teir­ team and challenge any nation to a good game of rugby­ and that solely cause of the depth they have in every­ position wales will faulter

look at it logically, if it t'werent for Mike­ Phillips being injured, then Peel wouldnt even have a­ look in, so its a problem thats come of consequence. On­ the one hand, Gatland is right, the premiership so far­ has been a shadow of what it was last year (best club­ competition last year by far) but on the other hand,­ why even say it?
before the six nations? its mind-games­ then. but before the autumn ints.? it could be a­ complete case of mis-interpreted journalism of course,­ maybe Warren just said he was disappointed by the­ games so far. but hes got no need to get involved with­ it

peel knew when he signed for sale that there was a­ possibility he would'nt be released for autumn­ tests, im a huge peel fan but it is really his own­ fault for playing outside of wales,the wru has only­ just sorted it out with the 4 regions to have players­ released a fortnight before the first test.

You'll find there ARE play-offs for the Celtic­ League this season!!!!! As for play-offs I understand­ they are there to help teams who lose top players­ during the 6 Nations campaign. Personally, if we had a­ smaller Premiership and maybe divide it into two­ divisions of 8, we wouldn't need play-offs as fewer­ games might allow a mid-season break during the 6­ Nations. Thoughts? And the Celtic League is weak. The­ top teams dismiss it by fielding weak teams during the­ Heiniken Cup. Only Newport and Connacht take the Celtic­ League seriously as the fight for the Wooden Spoon each­ year!

Mccafferty sounds like a whining little child, ask­ Dwayne Peel where he would rather be playing that day­ and i bet his answer would be Cardiff! I am sure­ attendances are up 17% in the premiership, but i would­ rather have lower attendances and a fair result in the­ table (Like the Celtic League) with the side who finish­ on top of the table actually being crowned the­ champions rather than play offs to boost the­ premierships coffers (and possibly a side who finished­ 4th in the table being crowned as champions!) Absurd!!!

Mark McCafferty what a w-a-n-k-e-r the Premiership is­ the weakest of the lges this season

Since when did a @#$% little organisation in the north­ of England take preference over an International Rugby­ match. Sale (or any other Guinness club) would need 6­ games to draw 75,000 spectators. Any who is this­ McCafferty anyway ? What he ever done in Rugby ? Sounds­ like a spiteful @#$% to me.