Pro 14 - General Thread

[fourthirtythree]

Saw some of the Zebre game and they looked good for their win.

[blockhead]

Weegies are already in the playoffs and next years Heino I suppose.
ConfA is sooooeeassy!
Hands up the kilts.

[johng]

Anyone any idea when they will fix the remaining games this season? Specifically our game v ospreys. 23/4/5 of March.

[paddyor]

Treviso have beaten the Dragons 15-18.

[Oldschool]

Treviso have beaten the Dragons 15-18.

Dragons probably should have won this one.
Kirchner had a nightmare with his kicking - 100% missed.
In fact Kirchner had a nightmare full stop.
He had a kick blocked down for their first try under the posts.
In the 66 min the ref gave an appalling peno to Bennetton.
Dragons play ran into his own player, who hadn't moved, and the ref judged this as crossing.
This decision was just awful, a lot worse than Welsh no try last weekend.
The Pro14 really needs to do something about improving the standard of refereeing.
Better training and reward package might encourage more applications

[simonokeeffe]

Treviso 8th out of 14 teams on points

[blockhead]

Both Italian teams win on the road on the same weekend. Is that a first?
Bradley must have enjoyed the win in Connacht I'd say.

[johng]

Treviso have won 1 less game than Ulster this season

[rooster]

Treviso have won 1 less game than Ulster this season

Won't be surprised if they catch us before the end of the season

[blockhead]

Treviso have won 1 less game than Ulster this season

And Munster, although Ulster have lost less games than Munster have.
Watching the end of that game today, it was all Benetton. Zebre too were good for their win.

[Ruckedtobits]

Crowley has done just the sort of job I hoped he would do with Treviso as has Bradley with Zebre, although with luck, he might have grabbed 2/3 more wins.

These are two guys who can optimise the skills available whilst putting sufficient defensive discipline in place to strenthen any team.

If both Italians could get a decent start, both with fixtures and results, we might see confidence and results grow, followed shortly thereafter by supporters and sponsors. They're not far away and certainly no further than Connacht in 2012-13 at the end of Pat Lam's first season. Qualifying for the Champions Cup is a realistic target for both, but perhaps not this season for Zebre.

[neill_m]

Round 16 Fixtures:

Friday 23rd Feb

7pm Munster v Glasgow Sky Sports
7:30pm Dragons v Edinburgh
7:35pm Leinster v Southern Kings TG4

Saturday 24th Feb

12pm Benetton v Connacht TG4
5:30pm Ospreys v Cheetahs
7:35pm Scarlets v Ulster S4C/BBC2NI

Sunday 25th Feb

1pm Zebre v Cardiff

[neill_m]

Round 18 & 19 games confirmed:

Friday 23rd March

7:35pm Connacht v Edinburgh TG4/BBC ALBA
7:35pm Dragons v Cheetahs BBC2W
7:35pm Glasgow v Zebre

Saturday 24th March

1pm Southern Kings v Benetton
3:15pm Cardiff v Ulster Sky Sports
5:30pm Munster v Scarlets Sky Sports
7:35pm Ospreys v Leinster S4C

Friday 6th April

7:35pm Edinburgh v Ulster BBC ALBA/BBC2NI
7:35pm Ospreys v Connacht BBC2W

Saturday 7th April

2pm Leinster v Zebre TG4
2pm Cheetahs v Cardiff S4C
4:15pm Scarlets v Glasgow Sky Sports
5pm Benetton v Dragons
6:35pm Southern Kings v Munster

[brenno]

Saturday 24th March

1pm Southern Kings v Benetton
3:15pm Cardiff v Ulster Sky Sports
5:30pm Munster v Scarlets Sky Sports
7:35pm Ospreys v Leinster S4C

So Ospreys-Leinster only on bleedin S4C? Why aren't TG4 showing it if Sky are showing the Ulster and Munster games?

[Dave Cahill]

Saturday 24th March

1pm Southern Kings v Benetton
3:15pm Cardiff v Ulster Sky Sports
5:30pm Munster v Scarlets Sky Sports
7:35pm Ospreys v Leinster S4C

So Ospreys-Leinster only on bleedin S4C? Why aren't TG4 showing it if Sky are showing the Ulster and Munster games?

For the 70 millionth time - those are the host broadcasters, not necessarily who will be showing the game

[CiaranIrl]

Saturday 24th March

1pm Southern Kings v Benetton
3:15pm Cardiff v Ulster Sky Sports
5:30pm Munster v Scarlets Sky Sports
7:35pm Ospreys v Leinster S4C

So Ospreys-Leinster only on bleedin S4C? Why aren't TG4 showing it if Sky are showing the Ulster and Munster games?

For the 70 millionth time - those are the host broadcasters, not necessarily who will be showing the game

You're exaggerating. That's only been said 34 million times.

Incidentally, can anyone tell me if it's possible to get BBC Wales on a Sky box?

[Dave Cahill]

Saturday 24th March

1pm Southern Kings v Benetton
3:15pm Cardiff v Ulster Sky Sports
5:30pm Munster v Scarlets Sky Sports
7:35pm Ospreys v Leinster S4C

So Ospreys-Leinster only on bleedin S4C? Why aren't TG4 showing it if Sky are showing the Ulster and Munster games?

For the 70 millionth time - those are the host broadcasters, not necessarily who will be showing the game

You're exaggerating. That's only been said 34 million times.

Incidentally, can anyone tell me if it's possible to get BBC Wales on a Sky box?

yes it is, but you can't record or pause like a normal channel

Here is a list of some of the channels
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthr ... 2055520627

If you do a search on this (leinsterfans) forum you'll find the settings for BBC Wales and BBC Alba

[Dave Cahill]

Also, this has been posted before, but if you change your sky box default language to Welsh it has no effect whatsoever.


Except that S4C defaults to the English language stream (if there is on) and you can record and pause the game, in English, as normal

[CiaranIrl]

That was an attempt at a joke about things that have been asked 34 million times.

[Oldschool]

Also, this has been posted before, but if you change your sky box default language to Welsh it has no effect whatsoever.


Except that S4C defaults to the English language stream (if there is on) and you can record and pause the game, in English, as normal

Well remembered and still the case.
Lyng Sat is a very good source for Transponder info.
https://www.lyngsat.com/Astra-2E-2F-2G.html
If you have a freesat box you can record the likes of BBC Wales but there is a fair bit of knowledge required.