blockhead wrote:7,800 every game and Murrayfield for the Glasgow derbies would be a huge step forward for Edinburgh.
If they can hang onto Cockers they're going places.
blockhead wrote:7,800 every game and Murrayfield for the Glasgow derbies would be a huge step forward for Edinburgh.
If they can hang onto Cockers they're going places.
Hahaha. Aye right.
I'm telling ye. Edinburgh could be the team next season.
Or maybe Cardiff.
You know I'm going to lose,
And gambling's for fools,
But that's the way I like it baby, I don't want to live FOREVER!
blockhead wrote:7,800 every game and Murrayfield for the Glasgow derbies would be a huge step forward for Edinburgh.
If they can hang onto Cockers they're going places.
Hahaha. Aye right.
I'm telling ye. Edinburgh could be the team next season.
Or maybe Cardiff.
I'm not disagreeing with that. I find it hard to believe they will sell out every game.
Q: Will it be the same format as last season or will you re-jig the conferences?
A: It will be the same two conferences, with teams playing the other sides in their section home and away and then teams from the other conference either home or away.
The one change is we will reverse the cross-conference fixtures.
Interesting to note that the boss man suggests 16 is the number of teams which would work for the league best in terms of reducing the number of games played, especially during the AI/6N windows.
At a guess in a Pro 16: 4 sections of 4: Irish, Welsh, South African and Scottish/Italian. Play H&A v sides in your own section to keep derbies and play the other 12 sides split Home and Away - 18 game season. Playoffs could be winner of each section then next 4 best sides in terms of points. Euro spots could be the section winners + next best 3 sides in terms of points.
Last comment concerned professionalism of referees. I always assumed the refs were paid but perhaps not all were or perhaps not so much. Any increase in professionalism and standards of officiating has to be welcomed.
ronk wrote:
Impact prop starts for 25 mins, rolls off. Comes back on for 20 mins. Other prop does 15 and 20 mins either side of half time.
I don't like this, the blue card makes a lot of sense but the 12 subs is bizarre.
Am I alone in thinking that consensus was been formed around less substitutes, promoting more athletic players requiring greater stamina?
johng wrote:Martin Anayi said that fixtures would be out in mid July same as last year.......
Last year it was the 4th of August
They were late last ytear becauser of the expansion.
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
England A 8 - 14 Ireland A, 25th Jan 2014 Ruddock(c) 19/2 Tackles