Aviva Premiership: something exciting happens

[Peg Leg]

Apparently ticket sales for the game in the US are about 10k. Really screwed the pooch using Sarries for this.

Have they announced who's the halftime entertainment?

[paddyor]

Apparently ticket sales for the game in the US are about 10k. Really screwed the pooch using Sarries for this.

Have they announced who's the halftime entertainment?

That'd probably double the crowd tbh..........the act itself. This isn't quite Southern Kings bad, but it's bad.

[simonokeeffe]

Nuts to them and their white elephants

[paddyor]

The 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.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... onsor-2018

That's from an article about the difficulty the 6N is having securing sponsoirship. A 30% discount is pretty bad.

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.

https://rugbyballs.org/2017/09/22/worke ... rld-unite/

Guess it's fair to say the loss making trend will continue.

[simonokeeffe]

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

[Hacker G]

The 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.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... onsor-2018

That's from an article about the difficulty the 6N is having securing sponsoirship. A 30% discount is pretty bad.

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.

https://rugbyballs.org/2017/09/22/worke ... rld-unite/

Guess it's fair to say the loss making trend will continue.

To be fair, that makes the Chief's success even more impressive.

[TerenureJim]

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

Where did you hear that?

[simonokeeffe]

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

Where did you hear that?

Not sure if I can dig it up but was a few weeks ago in English press and some informed posts here

They might not quit as broadcaster but will be offering far less if they bid again for the tv rights

[Ruckedtobits]

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.

Stokes and now Sinkler, the English tabloid folk heros fall as quickly as they rise!

[simonokeeffe]

BT were sharing the video, he was dead to rights

Big surprise is he misses England's one hard AI against Australia

[jimbobjoe]

He was very silly - Ripped the scrum cap off the guy and then went back for more. 7 weeks is probably lenient.

[blockhead]

Guardian article.

Could Saracens win the Six Nations if they were allowed to enter it?

I'll leave it there.

[jimbobjoe]

Guardian article.

Could Saracens win the Six Nations if they were allowed to enter it?

I'll leave it there.

Lol.. The Saracens fellating knows no bounds.

[simonokeeffe]

Guardian article.

Could Saracens win the Six Nations if they were allowed to enter it?

I'll leave it there.

Lol.. The Saracens fellating knows no bounds.

Nobody who reads the Guardian likes contact sports so they probably don't bother with a sports editor

[blockhead]

Premiership may be reduced to 10 teams in bid to avert player strike

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... yer-strike

[Lar]

Presumably if they do that the question of no relegation will fall off the table.

[blockhead]

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.

[jimbobjoe]

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.

Solid PR from PRL as per usual

[simonokeeffe]

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

[blockhead]

Scottish Rugby Union reportedly close to securing Worcester Warriors takeover
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/wr ... _takeover/