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- Byron: ⁓ SA rugby the 2026 Toyota challenge with Georgia, Portugal and Romania clubs being represented. Chad: Yep. That's pretty cool. No. Byron: Have you heard about this? The Toyota challenge? So it's got Georgia's Black Lions, which is pretty much the national team for those that don't play internationally. Portugal's Lusitanos, Romania A, the Toyota Cheetahs, Suzuki Chriquas, and the Air Link Pumas. Chad: ⁓ I did read about this, yeah. Byron: I think it's fun. ⁓ Chad: It is fun. I think the cheetahs are absolutely dominating that. Byron: They're doing the thing we actually kind of spoke about. They're all of the first... ⁓ Chad: decisions. Byron: So there's one, two, the first and second rounds of games. ⁓ It as if they want to do all of the games at one stadium. Chad: Yeah, that'll be fun. On the way. Byron: Long fencing. Chad: Jesus. They're trying to bore the other teams to death. Byron: Imagine you're Romanian and you're you're Googling all the cool shit to do in South Africa. then, already when you get there, you find out you're in fucking Lumpenstein. Chad: And you get to bloom. Yes, suss. Well, imagine you're like from Spain, beautiful out there rolling hills and you end up in fucking bloom. Byron: Speaking of Spain, ⁓ the Spanish rugby secured a collaboration with the Spanish government, ⁓ La Liga and Spanish football to put a host in, I mean to put a bid in to host the Rugby World Cup. Chad: I'd go. Byron: Dude, how sick would it be to go watch rugby at like the Bennebouw or something like that where all of these massive football stadiums are? Chad: Yeah. That'd be so good. So fun. Byron: And also to have that Spanish flair when it comes to rugby and then just the ⁓ the way the European supporters are when it comes to live sport. I think Spain would be an epic destination for the rugby world. Chad: Yep. 100 % I'll be there. Byron: But off to South Africa, get it. We kind of need to run that back. We need to run that back. ⁓ Chad: I learned these that I could never get it again. Yeah. Byron: But I think ⁓ a World Cup in Spain would be absolutely incredible. And then this one I thought was interesting. And then I'm done with stupid shit I found online. The British and Irish Lions are looking to change their tour schedule to include France, Japan, and the US. Chad: You to play against? Why the fuck would you go play the USA? Byron: That's what all the comments on this thing were saying. Also, no offense, Japan can pull out good performances, but against the British and Irish Lions, it's not going to be competitive. I think adding France... Chad: Yeah. No. And it does, that seems like a money grab to be honest. That's all that that is. Byron: Yeah, unfortunately these days anything that includes US rugby sounds like a money grab. Chad: Or even ⁓ Japan, because that's where there's so much going in there at the moment. That's yeah, it doesn't make any sense. I think even as a as a player, you want as a British Irish Lions player, want to obviously like the best of the best of the best. You want to play the best of the best. So you they come here and to South Africa and play. Where's USA on the World Cup, World Cup on the World Rankings? Byron: I think. I'll bring it up now. And men's, ⁓ I have to show the full table. They don't show up. Chad: Yeah, nice. Byron: would do better to go to Italy ⁓ Fiji ⁓ any of the other ones they mentioned. ⁓ not wrong. ⁓ what I think could be a possibility here ⁓ as one of the warm-up games, ⁓ them play the US, let them play Japan. I think that works. I think France Chad: You'd be better off playing the fucking cheaters in bloom. Yeah. Byron: have ⁓ at least a better case to be one of the teams. Chad: Yeah, I'm finding that makes way more sense. But then the French will do what the French do and they'll name a half-assed side. Because it's not a review of the cup. Byron: Man, the fucking Scrum half from Begley is gonna give DuPont some trouble. Gee, I get so distracted so easily. Yeah, no, Japan and the US, it wouldn't be a fun tour to watch and I would actually feel kind of bad for the British and Irish Lions players that get selected if they had to go tour the US. It would be heartbreaking. Chad: Yeah, I'd be... No, I'd be like, you just give that one a skip. Be like, starting me up in four more years. Byron: I think what it should be