European Rugby Champions Cup

[simonokeeffe]

Sarries arent dead yet sadly

[johng]

Sarries arent dead yet sadly

No but Clermont and Leinster only need 1 win to stay ahead of them.

Max of 21 points for Saracens. They will qualify 7th or 8th

[johng]

4 Irish Wins 2 weeks in a row. 2 English wins out of 14

[johng]

In fairness. If I am going to include Connacht I should include English challenge cup results

[simonokeeffe]

Sarries arent dead yet sadly

No but Clermont and Leinster only need 1 win to stay ahead of them.

Max of 21 points for Saracens. They will qualify 7th or 8th

Theyre the Jason Vorhees of rugby

English clubs finish with 2 wins out of the back to backs

[blockhead]

Prem:
Played 14, lost 12. Combined pts won in 2 rounds 18.

Pro14:
Played 14, won 10, lost 4 (2 lost to another Pro14 team), Combined pts in 2 rounds, 50.

Glasgow were the only team to lose to a non Pro14 team. (Pro14 10-2 V other leagues)

Amazing what no relegation can do for team performance.

[blockhead]

Prem:
Played 14, lost 12. Combined pts won in 2 rounds 14.

Pro14:
Played 14, won 10, lost 4 (2 lost to another Pro14 team), Combined pts in 2 rounds, 50.

Glasgow were the only team to lose to a non Pro14 team. (Pro14 10-2 V other leagues)

Amazing what no relegation can do for team performance.

Actually they only gained 14 points.
Or, a LBP in every game!

[blockhead]

Ospreys had less than 7,000 for the vist of the Saints.
Wales is rugby country my arse.

[curates_egg]

Montpellier could still win our group. Not likely but they have picked up 5 bonus points, so mathematically could still nick us in the final game.

[blockhead]

Montpellier could still win our group. Not likely but they have picked up 5 bonus points, so mathematically could still nick us in the final game.

Yes, pick up 10 pts from last 2 games and deny us a LBP in last game and they win the group.
Exeter will be desperate to win the next game at home though.

[blockhead]

So,
27 points for Cooney
20 points for Keatley
20 points for Healy
Tom Farrell also got a try and a conversion for Mckinley.
The Leinster diaspora is strong.

[Ruckedtobits]

Wow. Night out for Stats Nerds. All fascinating. Keep them coming

[molloyjh]

Montpellier could still win our group. Not likely but they have picked up 5 bonus points, so mathematically could still nick us in the final game.

Yes, pick up 10 pts from last 2 games and deny us a LBP in last game and they win the group.
Exeter will be desperate to win the next game at home though.

Not necessarily. We beat them 5-0 at home so them beating us 5-0 over there means we’d be evens on the head to head. It comes down to PD then, right? In which case we’re currently 31 points clear of them.

We should pick up 5 against Glasgow. Monty are away to Exeter though so can’t seem them getting 5 there, but even if they do you’d have to think we’d extend our PD advantage. Exeter aren’t going to give up a lot of scores. I think we’re reasonably safe for top spot now. We will likely need at least 2 from the Monty game for a top 2 seeding though.

[Barry]

Montpellier could still win our group. Not likely but they have picked up 5 bonus points, so mathematically could still nick us in the final game.

Yes, pick up 10 pts from last 2 games and deny us a LBP in last game and they win the group.
Exeter will be desperate to win the next game at home though.

Not necessarily. We beat them 5-0 at home so them beating us 5-0 over there means we’d be evens on the head to head. It comes down to PD then, right? In which case we’re currently 31 points clear of them.

We should pick up 5 against Glasgow. Monty are away to Exeter though so can’t seem them getting 5 there, but even if they do you’d have to think we’d extend our PD advantage. Exeter aren’t going to give up a lot of scores. I think we’re reasonably safe for top spot now. We will likely need at least 2 from the Monty game for a top 2 seeding though.

5-1 - Montpellier got a losing bonus in the RDS

[molloyjh]

5-1 - Montpellier got a losing bonus in the RDS

Ah yes, forgot about that. Still, I don't see them getting a TBP win in Sandy Park.

[riocard911]

More whinging from the Grauniad, this time from Gerald Meagher:

"It is worth pointing out however that Leicester came into this European double-header on the back of a heavyweight tussle with Wasps and now face Saracens and Exeter in consecutive matches. It is important not to take away from Munster’s performance but the Premiership is hardly set up in a manner that benefits its clubs in Europe."

[LeRouxIsPHat]

I do feel sorry for Saracens. Maybe if the fixture list had been kinder they'd have won more than two of the last two Champions Cups?

[neilinboston]

Don’t we purposefully schedule interpro’s to bring our teams up to speed?

[harblstuff]

I do feel sorry for Saracens. Maybe if the fixture list had been kinder they'd have won more than two of the last two Champions Cups?

Let's just renegotiate the European Champions Cup, it obviously favours the Pro14 teams too much.

[Ruckedtobits]

More whinging from the Grauniad, this time from Gerald Meagher:

"It is worth pointing out however that Leicester came into this European double-header on the back of a heavyweight tussle with Wasps and now face Saracens and Exeter in consecutive matches. It is important not to take away from Munster’s performance but the Premiership is hardly set up in a manner that benefits its clubs in Europe."

Whereas Racing only had to play Montpelier, StadeToulononlyn and Munster only had Ospreys (double v N'hampton), Zebre and Dragons.

Whinging from English rugby is a bit like Test Match Special, they do it so well with a large sense of entitlement about how world order SHOULD be!