To almost completely separate points; one just wrong- the other weak.nc6000 wrote:Because it isn't very good and it's getting worse each season.wprathead wrote:Why don't people just embrace the Pro12?
How come for example the England players were back starting for their clubs last weekend but the Irish ones weren't? The IRFU have made it pretty clear that resting their internationals after the Six Nations comes ahead of any league matches their teams play in.
For a start, the league this year is much more exciting than it has been in a long time- and its more exciting and close than the steroid pumped French and English equivalents. The Cinderella story of Connacht, and comparisons with Leicester in soccer, may be cliched- but they are not inaccurate. The Oligarchs Cup has been boring in comparison- even before we bombed out of it.
And whether or not players are 'rested' has no serious bearing on the quality of the league as a competition. Back to the old saw- its 'rotation' (a good thing) when its England/ France clubs doing it- but when the IRFU try to ensure player welfare by introducing a coherent system, the usual voices rise up to condemn it as 'resting' (a bad thing).