RUGBY MATTERS
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points
BRENDAN GALLAGHER

You won’t ever see my 2024 Tier 2 All Stars XV take the field which is a great shame because I for one would pay good money to see them play, especially a back division which would give any World XV back division a decent run for their money. Indeed I suspect two of the tier 2 backs – Davit Niniashvili and Josua Tuisova – would themselves come under consideration for the that World XV.
And there is strength in depth as well, I could pick an almost equally strong second XV. ...