ajwffc Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 On 27/08/2021 at 19:14, GAD said: I think this fixture list is rotten for Glasgow. One of the things they had in their favour was that they mostly didn't clash with football. I can see this affecting attendances. I have seen fans of both Scottish sides unhappy about the lack of Friday games 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 27/08/2021 at 19:14, GAD said: I think this fixture list is rotten for Glasgow. One of the things they had in their favour was that they mostly didn't clash with football. I can see this affecting attendances. Bizarrely having checked there isn't really many Saints v Glasgow clashes. It's horrible for club rugby punters. There is a reason the pro game was a Friday night. Shocking but TV driving it I suspect. Kellock emailling yesterday to say they are unhappy and want to sort, presumably after the complaints and refunds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 18 hours ago, ajwffc said: yet another stupid extra trophy name I like the idea of having a best-of trophy for the top team from Ireland, Wales and South Africa, but IMO it should be based only on results among those sides. Creating an equivalent for Scottish and Italian sides is daft. On 27/08/2021 at 19:14, GAD said: I think this fixture list is rotten for Glasgow. One of the things they had in their favour was that they mostly didn't clash with football. I can see this affecting attendances. Worse than clashing with football is clashing with club rugby, IMO. I wonder if the more important sides like have got the Friday fixtures - I see all of Ulster's home games up to Christmas are on the Friday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 BBC NI are paying to broadcast games on a Friday night. BBC Scotland already have sport on a Friday so obviously didn't bother to bid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Worse than clashing with football is clashing with club rugby, IMO. I wonder if the more important sides like have got the Friday fixtures - I see all of Ulster's home games up to Christmas are on the Friday. Al Kellock's statement from earlier. Crowds will be decimated IMO between the folk who are involved in club rugby on a Saturday and others who were going to the rugby on a Friday and football on a Saturday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 14 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Al Kellock's statement from earlier. Crowds will be decimated IMO between the folk who are involved in club rugby on a Saturday and others who were going to the rugby on a Friday and football on a Saturday. These sorts of things are generally fan service, but given Al's background, I'm pretty sure he's as fucking raging as the rest of the support. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Next year Super Rugby will be the Super 12 as Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika confirmed as participants. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/450360/super-rugby-2022-format-confirmed-includes-moana-pasifika-and-fijian-drua 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Should make it easier for the ABs and Wallabies to identify who they are going to poach... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aDONisSheep Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Last year, I tuned in to see how Dougie Fife and the New England Free Jacks would fair in Major League Rugby (YEEHAR Style)! I really enjoyed it... It's a curious blend of aging stars (Matt Giteau was a stand out), not quite top notch internationals (Dougie Fife who was also excellent), local talent and a shyt-load of south-sea islanders/polynesian americans. The pitches are almost universally plastic, so it tends to be running based (but be warned, quality is sometimes lacking). I think they've just had a 'NFL style draft' for next season (god knows how that works). Anyway, they are broadcasting free to international viewers https://www.therugbynetwork.com/. I'm really hoping the yanks make a go of this, they're all for speeding up the game and innovation (they introduced the automatic 7 pointer if try was under the posts) and have really sped up the clock for penalties etc. Rugby needs a bit of a kick up the erse, and I think they just might be the country to do it. I will be rooting for the Free Jacks Yippee-kai-yeah motherfukkas! aDONis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I'm assuming that the Warriors are running at a reduced capacity this season since the stands behind the posts at either end have been removed? Anyone seen anything about whether this is temporary or not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, jaggyness said: I'm assuming that the Warriors are running at a reduced capacity this season since the stands behind the posts at either end have been removed? Anyone seen anything about whether this is temporary or not? I could be wrong but my understanding is that they've not been put up yet as there's still athletics taking place at Scotstoun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 On 29/08/2021 at 19:47, peasy23 said: Al Kellock's statement from earlier. Crowds will be decimated IMO between the folk who are involved in club rugby on a Saturday and others who were going to the rugby on a Friday and football on a Saturday. When you look on the ticket site there's not a lot of tickets available for the first three league games. Most of their seats are for season tickets though, are they not? Pretty startling prices too - a handful of the worst seats at £27, behind the goals for £32, alongside the pitch for £37. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 They moaning Wallabies shouldn’t have bothered about getting this match played. All Blacks lead 38-14 with 6 minutes to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/58476455 With all the talk on the top players playing too much rugby, lets run another tournament in August for the top players. I cant see this getting off the ground, except to give more NZ and Ozzie players a play day. Can you imagine the top clubs sides in Europe giving there best players a month off just before the season kicks off? who is going to go an watch games from teams that dont exist yet in August when most people in the UK are off on holiday? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Don't think it will happen more than once if at all. As I don't see any of the Unions or leagues agreeing to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Also it has yet to be and probably never will be sanctioned by World Rugby 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Quade Cooper back in the Wallabies side against the Springboks in Brisbane on Sunday. Last time was 2017. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Glasgow manage to get 2 home games moved, one to Friday night, the other to Saturday night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Wallabies playing pretty well in South Africa here. Amazing to see a team moving the ball quickly and playing through the hands compete with the Boks. I was told that was impossible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 2 hours ago, GAD said: Wallabies playing pretty well in South Africa here Although the Boks were the Home team the game was played in Queensland (Cbus Stadium, Gold Coast). All remaining Rugby Championship games this season will be played in Queensland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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