Heineken Cup fixtures in January?

durkadurka

Anyone know when the january heino fixtures will be announced -I'm talking exact dates and times?

I noticed the magners ones are now set till the end of april.

phog

durkadurka wrote: »

Anyone know when the january heino fixtures will be announced -I'm talking exact dates and times?

I noticed the magners ones are now set till the end of april.

Tomorrow

ALH-06

Any idea what time tomorrow? Got to be quick booking the flights!

irishbucsfan

Around lunch

kensutz

FRIDAY 15 JANUARY, 2010
POOL 2 Glasgow Warriors v Newport Gwent Dragons 19.30
POOL 4 Ulster Rugby v Edinburgh 20.00 Sky Sports/ RTE*

SATURDAY 16 JANUARY, 2010
POOL 1 Benetton Treviso v Munster 14.35 Sky Italia/ Sky Sports/ RTE*
POOL 2 Gloucester Rugby v Biarritz Olympique 15.00
POOL 3 Leicester Tigers v Viadana 14.00
POOL 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Ospreys 16.45 FR2 / Sky Sports (i)/ Sky Italia
POOL 4 Stade Français Paris v Bath Rugby 14.35 Canal+/ Sky Sports (i)
POOL 5 Cardiff Blues v Sale Sharks 15.45 Sky Sports
POOL 6 Leinster v Brive 18.00 Sky Sports/ RTE*

SUNDAY 17 JANUARY, 2010
POOL 1 Northampton Saints v Perpignan 15.00 Sky Sports
POOL 5 Toulouse v Harlequins 16.00 FR2/ Sky Sports (i)
POOL 6 Scarlets v London Irish 12.45 S4C*/ Sky Sports

* Highlights ** Delayed (i) Live on Sky Sports interactive

ROUND 6
FRIDAY 22 JANUARY, 2010
POOL 1 Munster v Northampton Saints 20.00
POOL 1 Perpignan v Benetton Treviso 21.00

SATURDAY 23 JANUARY, 2010
POOL 3 Viadana v ASM Clermont Auvergne 14.35
POOL 3 Ospreys v Leicester Tigers 13.35
POOL 4 Bath Rugby v Ulster Rugby 15.45
POOL 4 Edinburgh v Stade Français Paris 15.45
POOL 6 Brive v Scarlets 19.00
POOL 6 London Irish v Leinster 18.00

SUNDAY 24 JANUARY, 2010
POOL 2 Biarritz Olympique v Glasgow Warriors 13.45
POOL 2 Newport Gwent Dragons v Gloucester Rugby 12.45
POOL 5 Harlequins v Cardiff Blues 15.00
POOL 5 Sale Sharks v Toulouse 15.00

ScrubsfanChris

ROUND 6
FRIDAY 22 JANUARY, 2010
POOL 1 Munster v Northampton Saints 20.00
POOL 1 Perpignan v Benetton Treviso 21.00

I don't believe it, another Friday night game for us. The traffic trying to get into Limerick is mental if you are coming from Cork, Christmas shopping or not. We had to leave at 3:30 the last day to get up for just before 7:00. Do the ERC realise that not all Munster fans live within walking distance from Thomond.
When is the last time Munster had a 3:30 kick off on a Saturday, just like the good old days before the Sky Sports contract.

thomond2006

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

I don't believe it, another Friday night game for us. The traffic trying to get into Limerick is mental if you are coming from Cork, Christmas shopping or not. We had to leave at 3:30 the last day to get up for just before 7:00. Do the ERC realise that not all Munster fans live within walking distance from Thomond.
When is the last time Munster had a 3:30 kick off on a Saturday, just like the good old days before the Sky Sports contract.

+1

shawpower

I've heard the traffic can be horrendous around Limerick for the evening matches alright. I actually used to love the Friday evening games in Donnybrook though. Out for a few pints after work before the game. I'd love to have a few more like that each year. Back to the good old days. Wanna trade?

Aidric

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

I don't believe it, another Friday night game for us. The traffic trying to get into Limerick is mental if you are coming from Cork, Christmas shopping or not. We had to leave at 3:30 the last day to get up for just before 7:00. Do the ERC realise that not all Munster fans live within walking distance from Thomond.
When is the last time Munster had a 3:30 kick off on a Saturday, just like the good old days before the Sky Sports contract.

Yep, yet more mongo scheduling.

danthefan

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

I don't believe it, another Friday night game for us. The traffic trying to get into Limerick is mental if you are coming from Cork, Christmas shopping or not. We had to leave at 3:30 the last day to get up for just before 7:00. Do the ERC realise that not all Munster fans live within walking distance from Thomond.
When is the last time Munster had a 3:30 kick off on a Saturday, just like the good old days before the Sky Sports contract.

What team would exactly? Surprised at the sense of entitlement here.

Riskymove

danthefan wrote: »

What team would exactly? Surprised at the sense of entitlement here.

a lot of teams in England and France would generally have mostly local support as oppossed to provincial

(a lot also have proper transport, roads, parking etc:pac:)

sure we have to keep heading down after work in Dublin on a Friday


to be fair its also a burden on away supporters

Digifriendly

Surprised that Gloucester vs Biarritz is not to be covered live by Sky as on paper at least it looks a tasty tie. Surprised that Ulster vs Edinburgh is live on Sky as both teams are almost certainly out of contention for knock out stages and probably playing only for place in Challenge Cup.

phog

danthefan wrote: »

What team would exactly? Surprised at the sense of entitlement here.

There's no sense of entitlement but what this country lacks more than others is a decent public transport system hence most supporters have to drive thus creating most of the problems for Friday night games. How many trains/buses are there to Cork, Waterford, Kerry or Dublin from Limerick after 22:30 on a Friday night? The gardai, local authority and the Munster branch have previously requested that Friday night games should be avoided, obviously, their view was not considered. Hopefully, with the opening of the Shannon tunnel this will reduce some of the problems with getting to the ground.

As an aside, the Friday night game means the Saints only have a 5 day turn around from their Sunday game against Perpignan to their away game to us on Friday.

Digifriendly

phog wrote: »

There's no sense of entitlement but what this country lacks more than others is a decent public transport system hence most supporters have to drive thus creating most of the problems for Friday night games. How many trains/buses are there to Cork, Waterford, Kerry or Dublin from Limerick after 22:30 on a Friday night? The gardai, local authority and the Munster branch have previously requested that Friday night games should be avoided, obvioulsy, there view was not considered. Hopefully, with the opening of the Shannon tunnel this will reduce some of the problems with getting to the ground.

As an aside, the Friday night game means the Saints only have a 5 day turn around from their Sunday game against Perpignan to their away game to us on Friday.

Interesting point you make about views of Munster branch not being considered. Some years ago ERC arranged Ulster vs Leicester for a Sunday lunchtime. Over 700 letters/faxes/e mails of protest went into Ulster Branch. Efforts were made to change the date and time to no avail. However Ulster Branch must have made it clear to ERC that Sunday matches were causing a major problem with many objections for since then (think it was early 2004) there hasn't been another Ulster Sunday fixture at home. Maybe more people need to make their views known to MB and through them to ERC.