Brian Moore in Telegraph

Marigold, I have no idea what match fees, if any, we pay the 2nd XV.

We have very few matches for them this season.

In previous year's our second team has gone to Plymouth and to Jersey. That is a lot of commitment.

I believe the standard RFU employment contract includes a clause making the player a member of the club.

BTW It would be really helpful if people posting on here were required to show their Club allegiance.

I thought I would watch Brian Moore play.

I found the 1988 England Wales match.

So England have a couple of policemen, a couple of servicemen and at least two medical students. Jonathon Webb is now a specialist knee surgeon, repairing knees ruined by rugby. Kevin Simms is a GP.

Scrums form up quickly, but the front row is still a mess.

However, the ref is quick to penalize pulling down, though it is only a free kick.

Line outs are a lottery, this is before jumping blocks and lifting - so nobody gets off the ground. Neither hooker seems to be able to hit a barn door. Mainly because they throw one-handed with the ball mainly pointing along the touch line, rather than along the line of touch. Also, the lines seem to be set very close together, there is no clear gap. This means they are more like an under 15 line out than anything else.

This does mean that kicking a free kick to touch is worthwhile, you might not get the throw, but you still have a 50/50 chance of gaining the ball.

And of course, no kicking tees, so Wales win a kickable penalty that most fly halves would but send it wide. 

I was surprised how stop start it was, there were a lot of handling errors. Although tackles are low so there are more offloads, it seems there is a law that after the third pass they will knock on.