Chris Ashton is 飛行機で行くing in フラン while Scotland 準備する to 直面する 'Tongan Thor' Taniela Tupou after he qualifies for Australian residency

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Chris Ashton?is 飛行機で行くing in フラン. For up-to-date proof, 捜し出す out （映画の）フィート数 of the long-範囲 単独の try he 得点する／非難する／２０d for Toulon in their 最高の，を越す 14 勝利，勝つ over Brive at Stade Felix Mayol.

The 30-year-old won’t play for England again, but the 最新の 証拠 示唆するs that is England’s loss. What he did on Saturday was 配達する another demonstration of 実験（する）-class running and finishing, to illustrate the 耐えるing 質s which Saracens were so disappointed to lose.

Receiving the ball in his own 22, Ashton veered left and 加速するd （疑いを）晴らす of two defenders. He burst 負かす／撃墜する the 側面に位置する past another flailing 対抗者 and held off yet another would-be tackler before 一連の会議、交渉／完成するing off his classic 96-metre classic strike with the famous ‘Ash Splash’ swallow-dive 決まりきった仕事. Rarely has it been more 正当化するd, than after this showcase of pace, balance and predatory instinct.

Ch ris Ashton 得点する／非難する／２０d a sublime long-範囲 単独の try for Toulon in their 最高の，を越す 14 勝利，勝つ over Brive

The man who （人命などを）奪う，主張するd 19 tries in his 39 実験（する）s for England touched 負かす／撃墜する twice in his team’s emphatic victory by the Med, to take his 一致する to six tries in his new league. His 偉業／利用するs have served to make a mockery of suggestions that his cross-Channel move could turn out to be ill-advised. Leaving Saracens ? where a 王朝 is 存在 設立するd under 示す McCall ? was a career 賭事 of sorts, but the 早期に 調印するs are that it is 支払う／賃金ing off.

Without the 現実主義の hope of その上の international honours, Ashton evidently needed a new challenge. Discovering if he can 栄える まっただ中に the Galacticos at Toulon and around the 最高の，を越す 14 has galvanised a player who seemed to を煩う a perception problem in this country.

Two hefty 禁止（する）s and the 続いて起こるing 落ちる-out took a （死傷者）数 on Ashton but, more than that, he had become a misunderstood 人物／姿／数字. The class clown persona was often taken as proof of a casual 態度, but that has never been the 事例／患者. Ashton was desperate to play for England again and there is a strong work ethic and good nature in him, to go with the on-field theatrics and a jovial streak.

The winger has been 飛行機で行くing during his time spent out in フラン and is catching the 注目する，もくろむ?

He started out in rugby league and his code switch has been a 勝利, in the 状況 of so many league players failing to make the 移行. At a time when another Wigan 製品, Josh Charnley, is rumoured to be considering a move 支援する to the 13-man game, Ashton’s feats in union deserve to be 適切に 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がるd. The 最高の finisher hasn’t finished making a Splash just yet.?

Worcester 得点する／非難する／２０d six tries in their 敗北・負かす at Harlequins on Saturday, so all hope of 生き残り is not lost, but this 首相の職 （選挙などの）運動をする has 産する／生じるd seven 敗北・負かすs in as many games, against a 背景 of 深くするing 騒動.?

The West Midlands club are now advertising on their website for a new director of rugby, which will do little to 奮起させる 信用／信任 in their squad. Gary Gold has 手渡すd the baton to fellow South African Alan Solomons, but that is 推定する／予想するd to be a short-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 直す／買収する，八百長をする.?

Worcester 得点する／非難する／２０d six tries in their 敗北・負かす at Harlequins so all hope of 生き残り is not lost

The 軍人s need 安定 and a sense of direction. マイク Ruddock and Richard Hill 証明するd incapable of 打ち明けるing the club’s 可能性のある and Dean Ryan might have been the perfect fit, but he was 誘惑するd off to the RFU. The time is surely 権利 for an 精密検査する, starting at board level. Relegation is 高度に likely, but needn’t be a calamitous 開発, if Worcester can find a high-calibre figurehead.?

They should 召集（する） the 基金s to tempt the 広大な／多数の／重要な Kiwi 操る; Wayne Smith, 支援する to these shores. If he was brought in to 監督する a 革命, Ben Te’o might even stick around to be part of it.

Here’s a polite suggestion for the Barbarians squad; stay out of the pub this week ? 井戸／弁護士席, at least the latter part of it.?

Trademark ‘社債ing’ 開会／開廷／会期s still have their place, but Robbie Deans’ players have serious 商売／仕事 to …に出席する to. They 直面する the All 黒人／ボイコットs at Twickenham on Saturday and the fixture needs to be at least mildly 競争の激しい, to 保護（する）／緊急輸入制限 the Barbarians 概念.?

存在 entertaining 大砲 fod der will not 十分である. If the invitational 味方する put up a good fight against the world 支持する／優勝者s, the 地位，任命する-match beers will taste that much better anyway…

週末 最高潮の場面s

最高の，を越す rant ? Steve Diamond, Sale’s director of rugby, in 言及／関連 to a late 決定／判定勝ち（する） by 審判（をする） Craig Maxwell-重要なs: ‘He made it up. When you get somebody who’s weak-minded, those 決定／判定勝ち（する）s tend to go to what is perceived to be the better team.’

公式の／役人 oversight ? Wasps’ Dan Robson had a 合法的 try 支配するd out by 審判（をする） Luke Pearce, who did not 言及する it to the TMO. ‘Have you seen the replays?’ asked Robson. ‘No, I 信用 my team,’ Pearce told Wasps. That 信用 was misplaced.?

肯定的な 意図 ? Quins 飛行機で行く-half Marcus Smith showed his attacking instincts when the ball fell off a tee as he lined up a 刑罰，罰則. The 十代の少年少女 tried to run it instead, but was told he wasn’t 許すd.

Major 目印s ? Richard Wigglesworth became only the fifth player to make 250 首相の職 外見s, while 競争相手 scrum-half Danny Care became the 19th player to 得点する／非難する／２０ 50 首相の職 tries.

Rare sight ? Christian Wade 変えるd his own try for Wasps, with a 減少（する）-goal. The wing struck it 井戸／弁護士席 from の近くに-範囲, but Dai Young is ありそうもない to encourage it to happen too often.

移転 saga ? Marland Yarde seems 運命にあるd to join Sale in a 事柄 of days, にもかかわらず 否定s by the Cheshire club. 報告（する）／憶測s that Quins would fill the 無効の by bringing in Julian Savea on a 一時的な 取引，協定 have been derided by the All 黒人／ボイコット as ‘偽の news’.?

警告 to Scotland; 準備する f or trouble. Big trouble.?

Australia coach Michael Cheika 確認するd yesterday that Taniela Tupou ? the internet sensation known as ‘Tongan Thor’ ? will be joining the Wallabies for the second half of their northern 小旅行する.?

Taniela Tupou - the internet sensation known as ‘Tongan Thor’ - will be joining up with Australia

The 大規模な Queensland Reds 支え（る） is 予定 to qualify for Australia on residency on November 22. The Wallabies take on Scotland four days later. Gregor Townsend’s men will just have to hope that Cheika doesn’t 急速な／放蕩な-跡をつける Tupou into 活動／戦闘 at Murrayfield, or they could find themselves doing an impression of skittles in a bowling alley.

Last Word?

On Tuesday, World Rugby will 発表する the 推薦 for which country should host the 2023, at the end of a meticulous, 独立した・無所属 auditing 段階.?

The 企て，努力，提案 teams from フラン, Ireland and South Africa are sati sfied that the 過程 will have been rigorous and fair, but what comes next is 決定的な. The 推薦 will be put 今後 for a 投票（する） by the World Rugby 会議 next month, before a final result is 宣言するd on November 15.?

If the auditors’ 指名／任命 is ignored, it would 代表する a return to the dark ages of murky political horse-貿易（する）ing; controlled by a cabal of powerful 主要な nations. The RFU have already 示唆するd that they will 投票（する） for the French 企て，努力，提案, on the basis of 事業／計画（する）d 利益（をあげる）s. If that is to be the only consideration, 未来 World Cups will just 補欠／交替の／交替する between England and フラン, until the USA are みなすd ready to 混乱に陥れる／中断させる the 決まりきった仕事. That is an 考えられない シナリオ.?

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