European Club Rugby
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@Daffy-Jaffy that makes sense, totally.
I mean, what a great idea, get the best player from the opposition sent off, that'll please the punters to see even less of the star players.
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
@Daffy-Jaffy that makes sense, totally.
I mean, what a great idea, get the best player from the opposition sent off, that'll please the punters to see even less of the star players.
It’s like an episode of W1A
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@Machpants so clearly WR enjoys all these cards and 15 v 14/13/12 or whatever eventuates they will give teams the opton to send someone off.
fluffybunnies
I assume incentivising tries from outside the 22 will be like a 50/22 in that if you launch and attack from your 22 and score through phases without a knock on or ball going out or winning a penalty or what ever, your try will be 6 points, or the conversion 3, or both?
Fix rucks and mauls, reduce resets then see how much better the game is with those before you fuck our game up more.
fluffybunnies
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the game is boring because people can't score. Cards normally equal scoring, so win?
Fix the fucking offside line and incentivise defending teams to commit numbers to the ruck and watch the game open up.
And fix the fucking stoppages (easier said than done)
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South Africa rugby player Nkosi reported as missing by club
The member of the 2019 World Cup winning squad has been 'absent without leave for three weeks' from Blue Bulls.
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@Higgins said in NH club rugby:
More problems up in the Valleys
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/sports/other/welsh-rugby-to-hold-crisis-meeting-amid-threat-of-player-exodus/ar-AA14UU41?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d24e0ef6bd5f4f91a3e679429422d801Hopefully the first thing Garland will do is revoke Garland’s Law
Our best players became that way by playing outside of Wales
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@MiketheSnow Things have moved on a bit, just have to wait and see what the outcome is.
Statement from the Boards of Scarlets, Cardiff Rugby, Dragons RFC and Ospreys
The four professional regional clubs fully endorse and sympathise with the concern expressed in the statement released by the Welsh Rugby Players Association over the weekend. We recognize the stress…
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@Higgins said in NH club rugby:
More problems up in the Valleys
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/sports/other/welsh-rugby-to-hold-crisis-meeting-amid-threat-of-player-exodus/ar-AA14UU41?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d24e0ef6bd5f4f91a3e679429422d801Don't clubs have wealthy benefactors like the Irish do?
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@antipodean said in NH club rugby:
@Higgins said in NH club rugby:
More problems up in the Valleys
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/sports/other/welsh-rugby-to-hold-crisis-meeting-amid-threat-of-player-exodus/ar-AA14UU41?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d24e0ef6bd5f4f91a3e679429422d801Don't clubs have wealthy benefactors like the Irish do?
They have some but not enough
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@OomPB How are the Cheetahs in the European Challenge Cup given they do not appear to be competing in the United Rugby Championship? Having said that I see they are away to Pau in the first round.
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the red card in teh Sharks game set my new benchmark for "softest i have ever seen"
not that any rugby player would ever do it, but the tackled player made a meal of it, and whined to the ref.
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Came across that tweet above, when viewing this thread on reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyunion/comments/zjzlbk/attendances_for_champions_cup_round_1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
In that thread, some comments about how the new format is ruining it
I didn't know about this, I assume it is related to adding South African trans to the comp. It used to be 6 groups of 4. Now, Google tells me the format is:TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The Tier 1 clubs and the Tier 4 clubs which have been drawn in the same pool, but which are not in the same league, play one another home and away. The Tier 2 clubs and the Tier 3 clubs which have been drawn in the same pool, but which are not in the same league, play one another home and away .... etc etc ....
Jeepers.
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Would be ironic if a once popular and perfectly sized comp was butchered by demands to include extra teams from South Africa.
Could I narrow it down to just that? Yes.*
.* if I ignore cold snap, FIFA world cup quarter between Eng v Fra, recession, and the fact pro rugby has become unwatchable.
