Bath V Worcester. Euro Challenge Cup Final.

toomevara

Absolutely excellent game of rugby. Must've been the HC place at stake. Haven't seen anything as physical in a long time...really enjoyable blood and thunder style stuff.

Recommend you catch it if you like your rugby raw and uncompromising. Slightly marred by some of the most inept refereeing I've seen in a long time, how Grewcock and Borthwick didn't get carded for persistent cynical offending is beyond me....Worcester had no luck, but fair play to bath,scored two beautiful tries....

Stev_o

toomevara wrote: »

Absolutely excellent game of rugby. Must of been the HC place at stake. Haven't seen anything as physical in a long time...really enjoyable blood and thunder style stuff.

Recommend you catch it if you like your rugby raw and uncompromising. Slightly marred by some of the most inept refereeing I've seen in a long time, how Grewcock and Borthwick didn't get carded for persistent cynical offending is beyond me....Worcester had no luck, but fair play to bath,scored two beautiful tries....

Was at work this morning and was trying to get the day off to watch it [and sleep ] Is there a replay tonight?

toomevara

Stev_o wrote: »

Was at work this morning and was trying to get the day off to watch it [and sleep ] Is there a replay tonight?

11:30 tonight, sky sports 1...I think....a highlights package for an hour..

[Jackass]

Just to clarify, here is the score for those who didin't catch it / want to see it:

Bath 24 v 16 Worcester

Didn't see it myself, but will be looking into the implications this now has on Leinsters draw for next years HC :eek:

P_1

[Jackass] wrote: »

Just to clarify, here is the score for those who didin't catch it / want to see it:

Bath 24 v 16 Worcester

Didn't see it myself, but will be looking into the implications this now has on Leinsters draw for next years HC :eek:

Is the lineup for next year's Heineken complete then? Would I be right in guessing:

Ireland: Leinster, Munster, Ulster.
Wales: All 4
Scotland: Both
England:Leicester, Wasps, Glos, Bath, Quins, Sale
France: ST, SF, CA, BO , +3
Itay: 2 teams

Podge_irl

Italy have two teams I believe, and France have 7.

Stev_o

pithater1 wrote: »

Is the lineup for next year's Heineken complete then? Would I be right in guessing:

Ireland: Leinster, Munster, Ulster.
Wales: All 4
Scotland: Both
England:Leicester, Wasps, Glos, Bath, Quins, Sale
France: ST, SF, CA, BO , +2
Itay: 1 team

Two teams actually.

P_1

Stev_o wrote: »

Two teams actually.

Fixed.

Ideal draws:
Leinster: BO/Bath, Dragons/French team who won't care, Italians?
Munster: Llanelli, Glasgow, Italians/French team who won't care?

[Jackass]

These are the tiers for next season

First Tier
Munster
Toulouse
Biarritz Olympique
Leicester Tigers
Stade Francais
London Wasps

Second Tier
Leinster
Bath Rugby
Gloucester Rugby
Perpignan
Sale Sharks
Llanelli Scarlets

Third Tier
Ospreys
Cardiff Blues
ASM Clermont Auvergne
Dragons
Ulster
Castres Olympique

Fourth Tier
Glasgow Warriors
Benetton Treviso
Edinburgh Rugby
Calvisano
Harlequins
Montauban

So, Leinster for example could have a best case scenario of (imo):

1/ Biarritz Olympique
2/ Leinster
3/ Dragons
4/ Harlequins

And a worst case scenario of:

1/ Toulouse
2/ Leinster
3/ Ospreys
4/ Edinburgh Rugby

For Munster, best case scenario (imo):
1/ Munster
2/ Perpignan
3/ Dragons
4/ Harlequins

And worst case:

1/ Munster
2/ Gloucester Rugby
3/ Ospreys
4/ Glasgow

Podge_irl

[Jackass] wrote: »

And a worst case scenario of:

1/ Toulouse
2/ Leinster
3/ Ospreys
4/ Edinburgh Rugby

I swear to god I will actually cry if we get stuck with Edinburgh again.

Actually, now that I think about it, how is the 7th French team going to be grouped. Will it have to be a fourth tier team in with a first tier or is there any such restriction? Is it actually possible to get Toulose and Clermont??

P_1

Podge_irl wrote: »

I swear to god I will actually cry if we get stuck with Edinburgh again.

Actually, now that I think about it, how is the 7th French team going to be grouped. Will it have to be a fourth tier team in with a first tier or is there any such restriction? Is it actually possible to get Toulose and Clermont??

I sincerley hope not.

toomevara

Some of those pools still look crazily inconsistent as per usual. Edinburgh in tier 4? andQuins? Ulster/Dragons/ in tier 3? puh leeeeeze! And of course the Italians who'll crazily distort any group theyr'e in...

as a Munster man I'll take

Sale
Dragons
Calvisano

please.......is that even possible....?

Podge_irl

toomevara wrote: »

as a Munster man I'll take

Sale
Dragons
Calvisano

please.......is that even possible....?

Nope, there has to be an English and French team in every group. You could get Munster Sale Dragons and Montauban though.

toomevara

Podge_irl wrote: »

Nope, there has to be an English and French team in every group. You could get Munster Sale Dragons and Montauban though.

Ah. I get it, cheers for that and yes, Sale, Dragons and Monauban will do nicely Podge, Make it so! Although having said that we'd probably get trolleyed in the quarters for lack of hardcore match play...reckon our 'pool of doom' this year really gave us the match hardness and fitness to win it out....still a slightly less demanding/heartstopping pool would be welcome next year...