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Guinness Pro12 Season 2020-2021

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    #632
    Digifriendly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,015 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    Pro 14 website announcement -
    Glasgow vs Edinburgh (postponed due to frozen pitch) rescheduled for this Saturday 16th Jan. at 5.15pm
    Munster vs Leinster (postponed due to Covid cases) rescheduled for Sat. 23rd Jan. at 7.35pm

    https://www.pro14.rugby/latest/news/r9-rescheduled-fixtures-confirmed


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    #633
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,638 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Postponed Zebre v Edinbugh game scheduled for 23rd:

    https://www.pro14.rugby/latest/news/round-11-zebre-v-edinburgh-rescheduled


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    #634
    PMC83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭PMC83


    Weir back to Glasgow. Looks like Keatly isn't going there.


    https://www.the42.ie/glasgow-weir-munster-healy-5323815-Jan2021/


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    #635
    Lost Ormond
    Registered Users Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭Lost Ormond


    Cardiff Blues have added Alan Kingsley to their coaching team this week as a kicking consultant.

    Kingsley also works in a similar consultancy capacity with Dragons and Biarritz Olympique, and will primarily work on individual skills with Cardiff Blues academy backs.

    When coaching in AIL with Navan he was central in their rise to division 1. Real top class coach
    https://cardiffblues.com/news/kingsley-joins-cardiff-blues-academy-as-kicking-consultant


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    #636
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,805 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    PMC83 wrote: »
    Weir back to Glasgow. Looks like Keatly isn't going there.


    https://www.the42.ie/glasgow-weir-munster-healy-5323815-Jan2021/

    Weir won't be there until next season. Keatley to Glasgow was reported to be until the end of this season.


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    #637
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,638 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    R14 Scarlets v Cardiff match moved to next weekend.

    Connacht v Ospreys rescheduled match as well.


    https://www.pro14.rugby/latest/pro14/more-games-added-jan-2021


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    #638
    connachta
    Registered Users Posts: 7,963 ✭✭✭connachta


    Eod100 wrote: »
    R14 Scarlets v Cardiff match moved to next weekend.

    Connacht v Ospreys rescheduled match as well.


    https://www.pro14.rugby/latest/pro14/more-games-added-jan-2021


    2 massive games in a Connacht perspective


    If it's 5 points to nil for Cardiff, we can say we're in Champions Cup in 2021-22


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    #639
    Boscoirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭Boscoirl


    Balls. Was full sure the Glasgow v Edinburgh game was on now. Pretty sure I even read that KO time on Ultimate rugby.


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    #640
    Borders no.2
    Registered Users Posts: 1,649 ✭✭✭Borders no.2


    It might have been mentioned earlier in the thread but checking the Pro 12 table why have Ospreys, Glasgow and Zebre swapped groups with Scarlets, Edinburgh and Treviso 🀔


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    #641
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,805 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    Borders no.2 wrote: »
    It might have been mentioned earlier in the thread but checking the Pro 12 table why have Ospreys, Glasgow and Zebre swapped groups with Scarlets, Edinburgh and Treviso 🀔
    They haven't. It's just a glitch.


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    #642
    connachta
    Registered Users Posts: 7,963 ✭✭✭connachta


    Glasgow (and Connacht inderectly for qualification) saved by a train horn!!

    Embra SH kicked to ball out, conceeding a pen before HT, mistaking it with the buzzer

    That's what rugby is about :D


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    #643
    connachta
    Registered Users Posts: 7,963 ✭✭✭connachta


    Glasgow used to win with Peter Horne. Now they win with train horn :D Pure magic

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1350509142256066560


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    #644
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,805 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    Cookiemunster wrote: »
    Weir won't be there until next season. Keatley to Glasgow was reported to be until the end of this season.
    Keatley to Glasgow until the end of the season has been confirmed.
    https://twitter.com/GlasgowWarriors/status/1351152671726718976


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    #645
    PMC83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭PMC83


    Good for him, was wondering if he'd go back to London Irish


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    #646
    Burkie1203
    Registered Users Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭Burkie1203


    https://twitter.com/psixaba/status/1351146258833039361?s=19


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    #647
    Burkie1203
    Registered Users Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭Burkie1203


    Pro14 almost certainly reverting to full programme of games and playoffs.

    https://twitter.com/RuaidhriOC/status/1351187525503766528?s=19


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    #648
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,638 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Burkie1203 wrote: »
    Pro14 almost certainly reverting to full programme of games and playoffs.

    https://twitter.com/RuaidhriOC/status/1351187525503766528?s=19

    It always seemed fairly ambitious trying it this year with everything going on


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    #649
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    Eod100 wrote: »
    It always seemed fairly ambitious desperate trying it this year with everything going on

    FYP ;)


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    #650
    irelandrover
    Registered Users Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭irelandrover


    I assumed they wanted the South African teams to get competitive games before the lions tour. I'd expect a statement soon saying the lions tour is postponed now since the Rainbow cup won't go ahead.


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    #651
    Burkie1203
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    irelandrover wrote: »
    I assumed they wanted the South African teams to get competitive games before the lions tour. I'd expect a statement soon saying the lions tour is postponed now since the Rainbow cup won't go ahead.

    They already said decision will be at the end of February.


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    #652
    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,283 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    This is probably not bad news, the league will at least mostly have games that happen giving us some rugby to watch.
    Covid will be around seriously till the summer and hopefully next season we can start fresh with the knowledge that the season will run as normal with crowds starting to return in some form.


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    #653
    Former Former Former
    Registered Users Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭Former Former Former


    irelandrover wrote: »
    I assumed they wanted the South African teams to get competitive games before the lions tour. I'd expect a statement soon saying the lions tour is postponed now since the Rainbow cup won't go ahead.

    Ah, the decision on the Lions tour will be independent of the Rainbow Cup. The SA provinces could just play each other and get more competitive rugby than they would from most Pro14 sides.

    But I can't see either tournament going ahead.


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    #654
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,176 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    It's far more sensible to play out a full season within our own region than to introduce the SA element to proceedings. When they introduce the SA teams, they should do it in the correct manner and not some cobbled together mid-season approach.

    Regarding the Lions tour, I wouldn't rule it out at this point. It's likely to be a commercial decision rather than a healthcare one, for the most part. The vaccination roll out in the UK is accelerating at a rapid pace and there's a genuinely strong chance that the UK based players would be vaccinated ahead of flying to SA under the current rate and plan.


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    #655
    hahashake
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭hahashake


    Buer wrote: »
    It's far more sensible to play out a full season within our own region than to introduce the SA element to proceedings. When they introduce the SA teams, they should do it in the correct manner and not some cobbled together mid-season approach.

    Regarding the Lions tour, I wouldn't rule it out at this point. It's likely to be a commercial decision rather than a healthcare one, for the most part. The vaccination roll out in the UK is accelerating at a rapid pace and there's a genuinely strong chance that the UK based players would be vaccinated ahead of flying to SA under the current rate and plan.

    Empty stadiums though?

    2022 makes more sense.


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    #656
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,176 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    hahashake wrote: »
    Empty stadiums though?

    2022 makes more sense.

    Indeed i.e. it will be a commercial decision overall.

    They can push it to 2022 but there will be a massive knock on impact with respect to other tours. For example, will NZ be happy to give up a 3 match test series against Ireland?

    They'll have little or no appetite (and neither would Ireland ) to have a game involving an Irish team stripped of their 5-10 best players. Similarly, Australia aren't going to want to host an England side minus 10-15 players. They have enough trouble filling their stadiums at the best of times.

    A discussion for another thread anyway.


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    #657
    jacothelad
    Registered Users Posts: 5,906 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    Buer wrote: »
    Indeed i.e. it will be a commercial decision overall.

    They can push it to 2022 but there will be a massive knock on impact with respect to other tours. For example, will NZ be happy to give up a 3 match test series against Ireland?

    They'll have little or no appetite (and neither would Ireland ) to have a game involving an Irish team stripped of their 5-10 best players. Similarly, Australia aren't going to want to host an England side minus 10-15 players. They have enough trouble filling their stadiums at the best of times.

    A discussion for another thread anyway.


    There would be few enough Ireland players in the Lions' Squad I suspect. The 3 match series could go ahead could go ahead.


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    #658
    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    hahashake wrote: »
    Empty stadiums though?

    2022 makes more sense.

    The unions would not be happy with a 2022 tournament. Given the affect the lions tours usually have on form and fitness for the following 12 months. That could be seriously damaging for England and a lesser extent for Ireland and Wales.


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    #659
    Boscoirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭Boscoirl


    Scarlets are fairly poor here so far.

    Have decided I want Cardiff to win purely due to Steff Evans haircut

    Does he not have any friends?


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    #660
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    It's a poor game over all, really.


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    #661
    molloyjh
    Registered Users Posts: 24,745 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    Really poor. The pitch is in bits and the weather is crap, so that won't help, but the quality on show is very low.


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