Gallagher Premiership 2018/2019

Burkie1203 · 06-10-2018 4:01pm

Wasps 7-20 Glaws

Interesting for both Leinster and Munster

LuckyGent88 · 06-10-2018 8:56pm

Hilarious try for harlequins there. Always wanted to see that happen from a penalty kick.

Delighted it was against Saracens too

Buer · 06-10-2018 8:57pm

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Hilarious try for harlequins there. Always wanted to see that happen from a penalty kick.

Delighted it was against Saracens too

What a catch, in fairness. Bizarre.

Dave_The_Sheep · 06-10-2018 10:41pm

What is this you are referring to? Got a link?

Burkie1203 · 06-10-2018 10:44pm

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

What is this you are referring to? Got a link?

Penalty off the posts led to a quins try

Its on twitter

Dave_The_Sheep · 07-10-2018 12:00am

Didn't even hit the posts, it seems.

Wind caught it.

Digifriendly · 07-10-2018 9:03am

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Hilarious try for harlequins there. Always wanted to see that happen from a penalty kick.

Delighted it was against Saracens too

Delighted that Saracens won. Billy Vunipola actually told the referee that he had knocked on in act of 'scoring' a try in the first half and referee did not go to TMO. How many other players in the game today would have done that?
Looks like it will be Saracens and Exeter battling it out for the title in May. Both sides a class apart from the rest.

Burkie1203 · 23-10-2018 2:13pm

No detail available yet

https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1054721788033294336?s=19

connemara man · 23-10-2018 2:14pm

https://twitter.com/EnglandRugby/status/1054718728707993600?s=19

Bit more here

Burkie1203 · 14-11-2018 8:45pm

Ouch

https://twitter.com/alexshawsport/status/1062778753846272000?s=19

Burkie1203 · 02-12-2018 4:29pm

Power cut at the rec. Ref Mic and TMO not working.

Burkie1203 · 02-12-2018 4:56pm

Bath 0-0 Sale at half time. Inspiring stuff

OldRio · 02-12-2018 4:58pm

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Power cut at the rec. Ref Mic and TMO not working.

And that is the highlight of the first half.
Bath 0 v Sale 0.

Dog Botherer · 02-12-2018 6:01pm

Finished 7-7

#ItsThePro14sFault

Burkie1203 · 02-12-2018 7:40pm

https://twitter.com/alexshawsport/status/1068802219967946752?s=19

Interested Observer · 02-12-2018 7:46pm

Dog Botherer wrote: »

Finished 7-7

#ItsThePro14sFault

There was nothing at all on show for Leinster to be worried about. Though they can't be that bad next week. I think w can expect the match to be played on a very heavy pitch.

Former Former · 02-12-2018 7:49pm

Burkie1203 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/alexshawsport/status/1068802219967946752?s=19

Except the Premiership can just change their regulations with the stroke of a pen and make all these players eligible.

Squidgy Black · 02-12-2018 7:50pm

Interested Observer wrote: »

There was nothing at all on show for Leinster to be worried about. Though they can't be that bad next week. I think w can expect the match to be played on a very heavy pitch.

The weather was really truly awful so I wouldn't take that performance as what we'll get next week, but there was some dire rugby played.

The Rec looks like it'll still be in bits by next week, the pitch was in bad shape by the end of today's game. Unless it's dry for a couple straight days next week it'll be a bog.

Burkie1203 · 02-12-2018 7:50pm

Former Former wrote: »

Except the Premiership can just change their regulations with the stroke of a pen and make all these players eligible.

How would that work with European Cup and Work Visa's though

irishbucsfan · 02-12-2018 8:13pm

Burkie1203 wrote: »

How would that work with European Cup and Work Visa's though

No one knows what the visa situation will be.

The European cup’s rules won’t be a problem though

troyzer · 02-12-2018 9:51pm

Wouldn't this affect Welsh and Scottish teams in the Pro14 as well?

pickarooney · 02-12-2018 9:59pm

troyzer wrote: »

Wouldn't this affect Welsh and Scottish teams in the Pro14 as well?

Would it affect Ulster?

Burkie1203 · 02-12-2018 10:05pm

pickarooney wrote: »

Would it affect Ulster?

Good Friday agreement terms might cover that

troyzer · 02-12-2018 10:34pm

Burkie1203 wrote: »

pickarooney wrote: »

Would it affect Ulster?

Good Friday agreement terms might cover that

Yeah it would. Worst case scenario they'd have to get Irish passports if they didn't already have one which they're entitled to by birth.

I'm surprised that we're only three months from this and this is the first time somebody in the media has raised the alarm.

There's an update on the article which says that the RFU have changed the rule to maintain the status quo to the end of the season. Nothing beyond that.

Are we actually looking at a scenario where the British teams will be forfeiting European games come March? They'll need an EPCR rule change to save them.

Burkie1203 · 06-12-2018 7:28am

https://twitter.com/TimesSport/status/1070564746179547137?s=19

Dubinusa · 06-12-2018 3:24pm

Franno's article this week is a good one.
He says that the premiership is a 2 horse race and that the rest are way back.
He also mentions the influx of foreign players and in his opinion it detracts from the English game.
Similarly, Geordan Murphy is under the kosh as the Tigers are in the relegation zone. Apparently, there's chatter to bring in Martin Johnson.
All in all the standard of the premiership is poor. Franno thinks the Leinster seconds would beat most of them.

The rfu have lost the plot imo. Wasps are on the edge of bankruptcy and several teams are in the red.
The players are flogged week in, week out. How the rfu turns it around is anyone's guess. They have recently laid off staff and it looks bleak.

Brexit may make things worse in the short term. Who knows how sterling is going to fare. I assume foreign players would have a tougher time getting work visas. Although I have no clue how Brexit will affect the rfu, I think it will probably be detrimental to begin with.

How are these clubs able to exist if the majority are financially insolvent? I think the rfu should have sought investors, with the rfu maintaining control of the clubs.
The player welfare is awful. It's nuts.

That said, the IRFU look like business zen matters compared to the rfu. It will be a sad day for rugby if the Wasps fold. I never thought I'd see this day.

troyzer · 06-12-2018 3:26pm

Dubinusa wrote: »

Franno's article this week is a good one.
He says that the premiership is a 2 horse race and that the rest are way back.
He also mentions the influx of foreign players and in his opinion it detracts from the English game.
Similarly, Geordan Murphy is under the kosh as the Tigers are in the relegation zone. Apparently, there's chatter to bring in Martin Johnson.
All in all the standard of the premiership is poor. Franno thinks the Leinster seconds would beat most of them.

The rfu have lost the plot imo. Wasps are on the edge of bankruptcy and several teams are in the red.
The players are flogged week in, week out. How the rfu turns it around is anyone's guess. They have recently laid off staff and it looks bleak.

Brexit may make things worse in the short term. Who knows how sterling is going to fare. I assume foreign players would have a tougher time getting work visas. Although I have no clue how Brexit will affect the rfu, I think it will probably be detrimental to begin with.

How are these clubs able to exist if the majority are financially insolvent? I think the rfu should have sought investors, with the rfu maintaining control of the clubs.
The player welfare is awful. It's nuts.

That said, the IRFU look like business zen matters compared to the rfu. It will be a sad day for rugby if the Wasps fold. I never thought I'd see this day.

It'll probably take a few teams like Wasps to go bankrupt and let the Premiership be populated by championship teams and lower who to date have relied on acadmies rather than foreign imports.

Hopefully it would then become part of the culture.

The fear of course is that this is how Exeter got to the top but now they're splashing out on players like Hogg.

sydthebeat · 06-12-2018 3:31pm

Dubinusa wrote: »

Franno's article this week is a good one.
He says that the premiership is a 2 horse race and that the rest are way back.
He also mentions the influx of foreign players and in his opinion it detracts from the English game.
Similarly, Geordan Murphy is under the kosh as the Tigers are in the relegation zone. Apparently, there's chatter to bring in Martin Johnson.
All in all the standard of the premiership is poor. Franno thinks the Leinster seconds would beat most of them.

The rfu have lost the plot imo. Wasps are on the edge of bankruptcy and several teams are in the red.
The players are flogged week in, week out. How the rfu turns it around is anyone's guess. They have recently laid off staff and it looks bleak.

Brexit may make things worse in the short term. Who knows how sterling is going to fare. I assume foreign players would have a tougher time getting work visas. Although I have no clue how Brexit will affect the rfu, I think it will probably be detrimental to begin with.

How are these clubs able to exist if the majority are financially insolvent? I think the rfu should have sought investors, with the rfu maintaining control of the clubs.
The player welfare is awful. It's nuts.

That said, the IRFU look like business zen matters compared to the rfu. It will be a sad day for rugby if the Wasps fold. I never thought I'd see this day.

the majority of your post assumes the RFU have any kind of control over clubs.... in reality the have little if none.... and both union and clubs in england are pulling in different directions and have different priorities.

Buer · 06-12-2018 3:51pm

Dubinusa wrote: »

Franno's article this week is a good one.
He says that the premiership is a 2 horse race and that the rest are way back.
He also mentions the influx of foreign players and in his opinion it detracts from the English game.
Similarly, Geordan Murphy is under the kosh as the Tigers are in the relegation zone. .

Franno with the early scoop as usual.

errlloyd · 06-12-2018 3:56pm

I don't have a huge amount of sympathy for Wasps.

Borrowed a **** ton of money to build a team at probably the least sustainable moment in rugby history.

Gallagher Premiership 2018/2019

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