# Is The Rugby Championship a major rugby tournament? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 17, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rugby-championship-a-major-rugby-tournament/766211 "2016-09-17T23:34:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rugby-championship-a-major-rugby-tournament/766211/21 "2016-09-20T23:53:57Z")
The Mitre 10 cup is full of competitive matches [at the moment.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAl7b9bRC9A) ---
**Author:** ![cherry\_pez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@cherry\_pez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry_pez)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rugby-championship-a-major-rugby-tournament/766211/22 "2016-09-21T03:33:16Z")
Speaking of brothers, today Stuff did a NZ All Brothers XV: 15: Jordie Barrett (Canterbury) 14: Luteru Laulala (Counties Manukau) 13 Adam Whitelock (Bayonne) 12: Casey Laulala (Racing 92) 11: Julian Savea (Wellington) 10: Lima Sopoaga (Southland) 9: Beauden Barrett (Taranaki) 8: Luke Whitelock (Canterbury) 7: Ardie Savea (Wellington) 6: Owen Franks (Canterbury) 5: Sam Whitelock (c) (Canterbury) 4: Scott Barrett (Canterbury) 3: Nepo Laulala (Counties Manukau) 2: Ezekiel Sopoaga (Southland) 1: Ben Franks (London Irish) Reserves (from): Rieko Ioane (Auckland), Akira Ioane (Auckland), Toni Pulu (Counties Manukau), Augustine Pulu (Counties Manukau), Jack Goodhue (Canterbury), Josh Goodhue (Northland), Tom Marshall (Gloucester), James Marshall (London Irish), Dan Pryor (Northland), Kara Pryor (Northland), Kane Barrett (Auckland), Reed Prinsep (Canterbury), Blair Prinsep (Tasman), Nepo Laulala (Counties Manukau). > **[Brothers XV: Six sets of siblings could form an All Blacks side](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/84500966/bros-xv-six-sets-of-siblings-could-form-an-all-blacks-side)** > > They say rugby's a family game and it would take just six sets of siblings to field an All Blacks team. ---
**Author:** ![Krav\_Manga](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krav_manga/32/3153_2.png) [@Krav\_Manga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krav_Manga)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rugby-championship-a-major-rugby-tournament/766211/23 "2016-09-23T02:36:50Z")
During the wallabies’ darker times (there have been a lot recently) I like to fantasize about rugby league having never existed and think about a wallaby team featuring the likes of Thurston at 10 and Cameron Smith at 9. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rugby-championship-a-major-rugby-tournament/766211/24 "2016-09-23T11:19:10Z")
Wallabies plus Kangaroos would be an awesome side. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rugby-championship-a-major-rugby-tournament/766211.md?page=1)