6 Nations 2018 - Other teams

[Xanthippe]

I have a feeling France might do us a favour

Edit; Cancel that, I misread the date

Ha

Werent we also second when the rankings first started?

Nope.

The first ever rankings (released on 10th September 2003) were as follows:

1	ENGLAND		89.95
2	NEW ZEALAND	89.80
3	IRELAND		83.92
4	AUSTRALIA	83.81
5	FRANCE		82.85
6	SOUTH AFRICA	80.92
7	ARGENTINA	80.00
8	SAMOA		74.67
9	SCOTLAND	74.42
10	WALES		74.24
11	FIJI		72.45
12	TONGA		70.08
13	ITALY		69.98
14	USA		68.42
15	ROMANIA		67.73
16	CANADA		66.21
17	GEORGIA		63.80
18	JAPAN		62.68
19	URUGUAY		62.65
20	PORTUGAL	62.03

[simonokeeffe]

Cheers

Dagger is getting a revisionist bump all over the place now

[Oldschool]

Cheers

Dagger is getting a revisionist bump all over the place now

He won't mind that if he's interested in the Ulster job.

[neill_m]

France: 15 Benjamin Fall, 14 Gael Fickou, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud (c), 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 11 Remy Grosso, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Marco Tauleigne, 7 Wenceslas Lauret, 6 Yacouba Camara, 5 Paul Gabrillagues, 4 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 3 Cedate Gomes Sa, 2 Adrien Pelissie, 1 Jefferson Poirot

16 Camille Chat, 17 Dany Priso, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Bernard Le Roux, 20 Mathieu Babillot, 21 Baptiste Couilloud, 22 Lionel Beauxis, 23 Geoffrey Palis

3 changes, most significantly their captain Guirado is out. The "Edinburgh 8" still frozen out. Jacques Brunel saying that they will be available for selection for the June tour of NZ.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Amazing that the Edinburgh 8 are still left out but Basteraud is captain after what he did.

[simonokeeffe]

Amazing that the Edinburgh 8 are still left out but Basteraud is captain after what he did.

which time ?

[neill_m]

Wales: Halfpenny; North, S Williams, Parkes, L Williams; Biggar, G Davies; R Evans, Owens, Francis, Hill, A W Jones (capt), Tipuric, Faletau, Navidi.

Dee, Smith, Lee, B Davies, Shingler, A Davies, Anscombe, S Evans.

Scotland: Hogg, Seymour H Jones, Grigg, Maitland, Russell, Laidlaw, Reid, Brown, Nel, J Gray, Swinson, Barclay (capt) Watson, Wilson.

McInally, Bhatti, Fagerson, R. Gray, Denton, Price, Horne, Kinghorn.

[Xanthippe]

Amazing that the Edinburgh 8 are still left out but Basteraud is captain after what he did.

Was there not an article that explained that the 'Edinburgh 8' punishment was a cover-up to hide the fact that, when France lost to Scotland and it became obvious they couldn't win championship, the team owners demanded their players back?

[John23]

Surely Mad Bernie would never allow that to happen? How many Montpellier players are among the 8 by the way?

[simonokeeffe]

Wales: Halfpenny; North, S Williams, Parkes, L Williams; Biggar, G Davies; R Evans, Owens, Francis, Hill, A W Jones (capt), Tipuric, Faletau, Navidi.

Dee, Smith, Lee, B Davies, Shingler, A Davies, Anscombe, S Evans.

Scotland: Hogg, Seymour H Jones, Grigg, Maitland, Russell, Laidlaw, Reid, Brown, Nel, J Gray, Swinson, Barclay (capt) Watson, Wilson.

McInally, Bhatti, Fagerson, R. Gray, Denton, Price, Horne, Kinghorn.

Harsh call on Shingler whs probably been their best forward

[blockhead]

The 6 Nations table has a very Pro14 look to it might I say. Although, in Englands last six 6 Nations games only Italy and Wales failed to beat them.
The Pro14 is so chyte!

[blockhead]

WRU had a record turover last year.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/45578364
£97M! Thats a lot more than we usually make, it will be interesting to see what the IRFUs figure willl be for last season.

[blockhead]

WRU had a record turover last year.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/45578364
£97M! Thats a lot more than we usually make, it will be interesting to see what the IRFUs figure willl be for last season.

Its just short of E86M, up E9M on the previous year. That's about £76M, big diff.

[Peg Leg]

WRU had a record turover last year.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/45578364
£97M! Thats a lot more than we usually make, it will be interesting to see what the IRFUs figure willl be for last season.

Its just short of E86M, up E9M on the previous year. That's about £76M, big diff.

How do the WRu make more than us? Surely the provinces feed into the Irfu books no?

[blockhead]

WRU had a record turover last year.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/45578364
£97M! Thats a lot more than we usually make, it will be interesting to see what the IRFUs figure willl be for last season.

Its just short of E86M, up E9M on the previous year. That's about £76M, big diff.

How do the WRu make more than us? Surely the provinces feed into the Irfu books no?

Average home attendance of 69,000 was a big part of it, making them E51M compared to our E42M.

[cormac]

Wales also own their stadium so get the full benefit of other events held there.

[neill_m]

Wales also own their stadium so get the full benefit of other events held there.

Indeed. The WRU prefer to host a monster truck event in the MS in mid May rather than bid for the Pro 14 final.

[paddyor]

Its just short of E86M, up E9M on the previous year. That's about £76M, big diff.

How do the WRu make more than us? Surely the provinces feed into the Irfu books no?[/quote]
4th out of window AI is a big money spinner in attendance and TV revenue I'd imagine. Think it's about 4m. Also if you have a look at the breakdown the concerts etc netted about 4m in hospitality.

To put it in perspective, the average attendance for a Welsh game at the Principality is probably higher than the Dragons entire attendance for a season.

[simonokeeffe]

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[Peg Leg]

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Welcome home lad