Good point!
Just seen Gavin Henson's London Welsh beat Exeter at home. Get in, that was a must win match if the have any hope of staying up!
And Sale next.........
Aye; what on earth has happened to Sale? Sign some Gallacticos and become rubbish; they were decent if a bit lightweight last season,but are really struggling this year.I actually think it will be a bad season all round for exiles. Irish and Welsh in the prem,and my old mob Scottish are in bad shape in the Championship. Mind you; Leeds,Bristol,Newcastle,it is starting to become a genuine second tier.
Suprised irish are doing so bad what with them having scotlands best ten McShingler in the team!
Hats off to the Exiles a great result, will be world beaters when Gav returns 😆
Highlights on ITV4 now.
WTF are Northampton doing playing in baby blue? No clash with the Barf home kit, so why the change?
Silly marketing loblocks.
A-A like Wasps then for Wales? 😀
And on the ongoing battle with English / French v's Celtic, this is an interesting article...
Obviously a little biased, however pretty well sums up the positions. It'll be interesting to see what happens next.
Rather selective in it's information...mentioning what the Irish contribute compared to what they get from prize money; that would be the same comp they keep winning and the payments to them reflect that. I wonder how interested TV would be interested in a comp that is biased in selection to two nations? I think it is a done deal tbh. Two tier comp with the Anglo French league coming to a borrowed football stadium near you (with 2 Irish teams). However the Amlin will be more representative of a Europe wide comp...So I think it will start to pick up.
There is also a club v country aspect. Let the English and French flog their players in whatever comp and keep watching their national teams underperform. What will the fans make of that?
But the flip side is how long will the Celtic teams continue to develop world class players without a competative league that draws fans in enough quantities to pay for the game to remain highly professional.
What I'd love to see (and I won't) is a proper, European league with qualifying in country type groups moving towards a knockout finish. Not sure that it would be sustainable, no idea where the money would come from but I'd love to watch the rugby it provided, and the internationals of super 14 quality!
Edit oh and Duckman, it has the amount that the prize money for winning is in the arrival, says 15% which is still nowhere near parity, although I don't know if any of it is actually true.
Indeed transapp it will be a case of who goes tits up first.
Sadly so. I think this is going to go badly no matter which country you're supporting 🙁
We don't have Academies; good Scottish players(and there are a few)are produced by clubs, nicked by pro teams here,then head sarf when proven internationals. The English and French are obviously missing the fact that a European cup appeals to fans as a chance to see teams from all the 6n teams. Plus; why would the English trust the French? That article also included Ireland's share of 6n money in/out while talking about the lager cup. Why can't unions understand that we go to see ints/HC games because they are an event? We watch then on our expensive sky sub because they are an event? Narrowing the variety will spoil it. EG; Embra wouldn't have even qualified last year, breaking TJ and Tiggs hearts 8) Not a bad place to go and watch a wee bit of rugby over a weekend.
Don't disagree at all Duckman, however if I were operating a club as a business, I'd want a fair share of the cash. Ah well, this'll rumble on for 18months much as the lions tour will be talked about after every game, however there a seasons rugby till then and Leicester have finally had a good start to a season!
In my town there is a muppet of a guy who used to own the two pounds a pint pub which was rammed 11am till 11pm. Being a tart,he shut it; spent near to 7 figures doing it up as a cocktail bar...it shut as nobody was bothered. French and English unions have the bigger business, but only because they are bringing their "exotic" product to us benighted Celtic masses,and thrown us the ad man's dream of allowing us a little bit of association through buying into watching the competition.
I think that without us and the Welsh; and indeed most of the Irish, the English and French will find their product becomes stale pretty quickly....Point being the Tigers/Sarries game on Sat...
Still; Status Quo remains just now and I am off to Limerick soon (have I mentioned that on this thread? 😀 )
For anyone attending Pro12 or Prem games this weekend there is to be a mintues silence for the Spence family before the game. Social media sites and rugby fan forums are suggesting a chorus of Stand up for the Ulster men immediately after the minutes silence. Can you spread the word on twitter/fb etc and if any of you have contacts in your clubs maybe you could get it announced at the grounds.
I think this would be a good way to show the global rugby community supports the Spence family and Ulster fans at this time.
Changing subject, what on earth is this??
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Despite all the All Black fuss, the black change kit was teh nicest for some time, but would still like something that has some meaning
Changing subject, what on earth is this??
New "Watermelon" away strip; reflects Englands toughness when play SH teams
so I'm bored waiting for a hospital appointment so how about a best try on ewetube? I'll start with:
Started by a Gloucester winger, what do you expect?
espn's most influential Lions ever:
http://www.espnscrum.com/lions-tour-2013/rugby/story/170062.html
3-3 Scablets v Spreys at the moment.
Fingers crossed...
Cross everything Captain because if the form book is right we are going to get a thumping. Go Ospreys
Yep, and it looks like a penalty try here....
*edit - Oooooh, lucky! *
Shocking decision by ref should of been a try, Scablets very hard done by.
Hell of a punch!
Hell of a throw from Hanno! 🙂
Risks boiling over now, though. Fingers crossed it doesn't!
Naughty boy!
My connection has fallen over 🙁
Freeview channel 301
AA dont have a telly was watching on Scrum 5 live on tinterweb
Well get a bloody telly. They do colour onrs these days!!!
They do colour ones these days!!!
Not in Caerdydd, though! 😉
Back on, Pigface?
Lots of to and fro in the second so far, but I'd say the Spreys look a little sprightlier.
Ryan Jones. There's lovely.
HANNO! HANNO! HANNO!
Parc y Scarlets doesn't' like that! 🙂
Sale are 23-9 down against welsh! FFS! Its going to be a long season-glad I turned down the offer of going now!
😆
Sale are 23-9 down against Welsh!
This makes me happy! 🙂
Anything to see the press finally realise that Cipriani is really a bit shit. Even if he did get the 9 points there, I do wish the press would just shut up about him! An average fly half at his best, which wasn't very "best"!
19-26 now anyone know how long left. Make them stop!!!
5 or 6 minutes left, AA.
C'mon Welsh!
19-29 win for welsh, get in!!! No losing bonus point for Sale even, that could be crucial at the end of the season. Last weekend was must win, this weekend would have been targetted. Welsh up to sixth, stop the season now please!!
I predict an angry dwarf 😆
Jesus! Can't see Sale having much competition for relegation at the rate!
