Have they announced who's the halftime entertainment?paddyor wrote:Apparently ticket sales for the game in the US are about 10k. Really screwed the pooch using Sarries for this.
Aviva Premiership: something exciting happens
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That'd probably double the crowd tbh..........the act itself. This isn't quite Southern Kings bad, but it's bad.Peg Leg wrote:Have they announced who's the halftime entertainment?paddyor wrote:Apparently ticket sales for the game in the US are about 10k. Really screwed the pooch using Sarries for this.
Ruddock's tackle stats consistently too low for me to be taken seriously as a Six Nations blindside..... Ruddock's defensive stats don't stack up. - All Blacks Nil, Jan 15th, 2014
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Nuts to them and their white elephants
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... onsor-2018The market in sport has tightened after a period of boom. Premiership Rugby failed to find a replacement headline sponsor for Aviva this season after a long search. The company agreed to carry on for another year but for a heavily discounted price –believed to be in the region of 30% less – and the fears of some unions in the Six Nations is that far from securing a bumper package, they will be fortunate to even match the amount RBS paid.
That's from an article about the difficulty the 6N is having securing sponsoirship. A 30% discount is pretty bad.
https://rugbyballs.org/2017/09/22/worke ... rld-unite/Indeed the latest available figures show ten of the twelve Premiership clubs are – to mix metaphors – sailing below the breadline. So in the financial year 2015-2016, Wasps lost £3.8million (this despite a staggering 44% increase in turnover), Harlequins lost £2.2million (how do Harlequins lose that much money with a ground next-door to Twickenham), Newcastle £2.1million (£2.3 the year before), London Irish £1.9million (£1.8million in the previous year), Bath £1.2million (yet another million pound minus for the boys in blue), Sale Sharks £1.1million (see Bath), Gloucester £0.4million, Leicester Tigers, likewise, £0.4million and Worcester Warriors, you know about. For the record, only Exeter Chiefs (£0.9million) and Northampton Saints (£0.6million) were in the black.
Which just leaves Saracens, who, without question, merit a paragraph of their own given the European Champions made a pre-tax loss of £3.3million last year and £4million the year before, this – actually – being a quantum improvement on the previous five years in which they lost a hideous £5.168million, £5.930million, £5.827million, £5.552million and £6.413million respectively. The figures, frankly, are ‘drop-your-chips’ awful and if you run them through your abacus they add up to a £45.177million loss over the last ten years and a £17.831million deficit in the decade before that, a grand total of £63million in twenty years.
Guess it's fair to say the loss making trend will continue.
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England A 8 - 14 Ireland A, 25th Jan 2014
Ruddock(c) 19/2 Tackles
England A 8 - 14 Ireland A, 25th Jan 2014
Ruddock(c) 19/2 Tackles
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BT are set to bail on PRL as well, they got what they wanted with the European Cup, so they are well below their recent high water mark in terms of commercial income
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To be fair, that makes the Chief's success even more impressive.paddyor wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... onsor-2018The market in sport has tightened after a period of boom. Premiership Rugby failed to find a replacement headline sponsor for Aviva this season after a long search. The company agreed to carry on for another year but for a heavily discounted price –believed to be in the region of 30% less – and the fears of some unions in the Six Nations is that far from securing a bumper package, they will be fortunate to even match the amount RBS paid.
That's from an article about the difficulty the 6N is having securing sponsoirship. A 30% discount is pretty bad.
https://rugbyballs.org/2017/09/22/worke ... rld-unite/Indeed the latest available figures show ten of the twelve Premiership clubs are – to mix metaphors – sailing below the breadline. So in the financial year 2015-2016, Wasps lost £3.8million (this despite a staggering 44% increase in turnover), Harlequins lost £2.2million (how do Harlequins lose that much money with a ground next-door to Twickenham), Newcastle £2.1million (£2.3 the year before), London Irish £1.9million (£1.8million in the previous year), Bath £1.2million (yet another million pound minus for the boys in blue), Sale Sharks £1.1million (see Bath), Gloucester £0.4million, Leicester Tigers, likewise, £0.4million and Worcester Warriors, you know about. For the record, only Exeter Chiefs (£0.9million) and Northampton Saints (£0.6million) were in the black.
Which just leaves Saracens, who, without question, merit a paragraph of their own given the European Champions made a pre-tax loss of £3.3million last year and £4million the year before, this – actually – being a quantum improvement on the previous five years in which they lost a hideous £5.168million, £5.930million, £5.827million, £5.552million and £6.413million respectively. The figures, frankly, are ‘drop-your-chips’ awful and if you run them through your abacus they add up to a £45.177million loss over the last ten years and a £17.831million deficit in the decade before that, a grand total of £63million in twenty years.
Guess it's fair to say the loss making trend will continue.
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Where did you hear that?simonokeeffe wrote:BT are set to bail on PRL as well, they got what they wanted with the European Cup, so they are well below their recent high water mark in terms of commercial income
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Not sure if I can dig it up but was a few weeks ago in English press and some informed posts hereTerenureJim wrote:Where did you hear that?simonokeeffe wrote:BT are set to bail on PRL as well, they got what they wanted with the European Cup, so they are well below their recent high water mark in terms of commercial income
They might not quit as broadcaster but will be offering far less if they bid again for the tv rights
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Karl Sinkler admits gouging offence against Northampton player Michael Thompson and gets 7 week ban.
Despite initial post-match denial of any offence by the player and his coach, Sinkler indicated to the Tribunal that his action was unintentional.
Methinks there must have been good medical or video evidence on this one.
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Despite initial post-match denial of any offence by the player and his coach, Sinkler indicated to the Tribunal that his action was unintentional.
Methinks there must have been good medical or video evidence on this one.
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BT were sharing the video, he was dead to rights
Big surprise is he misses England's one hard AI against Australia
Big surprise is he misses England's one hard AI against Australia
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He was very silly - Ripped the scrum cap off the guy and then went back for more. 7 weeks is probably lenient.
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Guardian article.
I'll leave it there.Could Saracens win the Six Nations if they were allowed to enter it?
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Lol.. The Saracens fellating knows no bounds.blockhead wrote:Guardian article.I'll leave it there.Could Saracens win the Six Nations if they were allowed to enter it?
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Nobody who reads the Guardian likes contact sports so they probably don't bother with a sports editorjimbobjoe wrote:Lol.. The Saracens fellating knows no bounds.blockhead wrote:Guardian article.I'll leave it there.Could Saracens win the Six Nations if they were allowed to enter it?
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Premiership may be reduced to 10 teams in bid to avert player strike
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... yer-strike
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Presumably if they do that the question of no relegation will fall off the table.
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Bath charged for releasing Taulupe Faletau to Wales outside of Test window
http://www.the42.ie/taulupe-faletau-pre ... 5-Dec2017/
Could include points reduction, apparently.
http://www.the42.ie/taulupe-faletau-pre ... 5-Dec2017/
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Solid PR from PRL as per usualblockhead wrote:Bath charged for releasing Taulupe Faletau to Wales outside of Test window
http://www.the42.ie/taulupe-faletau-pre ... 5-Dec2017/
Could include points reduction, apparently.
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They went apoplectic over North so am surprised Bath did it, especially when they recently had to promise to not break the salary cap they totally werent breaking
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Scottish Rugby Union reportedly close to securing Worcester Warriors takeover
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/wr ... _takeover/
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