Andy Young

Self-employed publisher of websites. I used to write about Russia. Now I write about the world. Retweets do not equal endorsement.

[Richard Corbett @RichardGCorbett]

Rejoining the EU quickly is not impossible :
https://t.co/5rZQqPtcld

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@ShaunLintern All of the money going to staff salaries is being spent on patients, surely?

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@T2Rugby Is it because the top 2 teams are being promoted to the six nations…? :-)

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@T2Rugby Do international caps increase the likelihood of getting a pro contract in France?

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@T2Rugby They do get guaranteed matches against 1x top 12 team (Geo) and 3x top 24 teams (Spa, Por, Rom) each year though through the REC. (Based on current rankings and staying in the REC). Not as good as nations cup div 2, but still enough to remain competitive.

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@simonhaslam8 @T2Rugby Bigger picture for England now is that they need to build up other nations so their team has some competition or people will lose interest in international rugby. Other nations will build their own leagues over time but short term their players need real & regular competition.

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@NeilHartland @DanKingdom96 Zero years, technically…

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@2027Rwc13708 @AsieRugby @T2Rugby Good point about the politics. Although these things have a way of becoming permanent.

[Rugby Expansionist @rugbyexpansion]

Over 20,000 attendance for the Spanish, yes Spanish Cup final today

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@rugbybroadcast_ Cornish Pirates have just confirmed that their match this weekend will be streamed on YouTube as well.

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@rugbybroadcast_ Are Premier Sports showing any interest in picking up cheap international rugby?

[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

You can read it for yourself here....

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

This is incredibly well done. History won't look fondly on Trump's behavior. I guarantee it.

"If Trump was President in 1940..."

By @ByDonkeys

[Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦 @bctallis]

Europe’s disarmed state is …

an advantage

✅… IF we use it right by stepping up, NOW to arm ourselves, for the ST, MT & LT future in a smart way

❌not slowly spending a fortune trying to replace US capabilities & arming ourselves to fight the last war, not the next one.
🧵

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@SquidgeRugby I’m hopeful that the money saved can be invested to bring more club rugby to FTA. A deal with Premier Sports could net a European rugby match or two on match weekends. And a deal with TNT could bring a weekly Premiership game. I’ll bet they’re both stretched, so deals to be done.

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@TightFive_Rugby Does this free up (a lot of) funding for BBC and ITV to invest in domestic and European rugby?

A partnership with Premier Sports, maybe for the Euros, or one with TNT for the Premiership could see regular weekly domestic coverage of English rugby as well as URC.

New thinking.

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@dickiebush Review

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@akarlin I bought £25 of it on a whim because a random guy at the garage told me to (seriously) and can see it’s gone on a bit of a tear. There’s too much hype to get sensible analysis via Google but I’d be interested to know - what’s wrong with this one (compared to, say, Bitcoin)?

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@WalesRugby (Inflation across 4 years since the £90 million deal.)

[Andy Young @andyjyoung]

@WalesRugby Isn’t £90 million to £100 million a below inflation price increase? Surely this means the 6 nations is getting cheaper in real terms.