European Club Rugby
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New trial, in English Championship Cup (2018-19) only.
The World Rugby Council gave approval to the RFU to Law 9.13, altering the definition of a high tackle from above the line of the shoulders to above the armpit line, as an extension to a package of World Rugby lowered tackle height trials for its recent U20 Championship and U20 Trophy in August.The trials are based on unprecedented World Rugby research from more than 1,500 elite matches conducted by World Rugby, which confirmed: * 76 per cent of head injuries occur in the tackle * 72 per cent of head injuries in the tackle occur to the tackler * The risk of injury to both players from a legal high-contact tackle (when the tackler is upright) is 4.3 times greater than a low-contact tackle * Tackles where head to head contact is likely, as occurs for upright tacklers, are 6.5 times more likely to cause head injuries than head to hip contact resulting when tackle height is lower. The forthcoming World Rugby U20 Trophy and RFU Championship Cup trials are the third-phase of an unprecedented approach to reducing head injuries by changing player behaviour through increased on and off field sanctions. * Phase one:Global sanction increases introduced in January 2017 demonstrate that in competitions where yellow cards for high tackles were increased, the concussion rates have not increased * Phase two:The introduction of the high-tackle warning system at the World Rugby U20 Championship in May, which aimed to penalise tacklers who were upright in a post-match review process, has reduced the concussion incidence by 50 per cent, according to preliminary data * Phase three:Lowering of permitted tackle height in law at the World Rugby U20 Trophy in Romania in August, with the RFU given approval extension for a similar trial for the RFU Championship Cup. -
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@crucial said in NH club rugby:
I would be coaching players to carry the ball high.
Yep.
Fingers crossed it'll mean more offloads in the tackle and a more flowing attack.
Now if they could just go back to ball carrier has to release the ball as soon as they hit the deck.
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@mikethesnow said in NH club rugby:
@crucial said in NH club rugby:
I would be coaching players to carry the ball high.
Yep.
Fingers crossed it'll mean more offloads in the tackle and a more flowing attack.
Now if they could just go back to ball carrier has to release the ball as soon as they hit the deck.
And players have to stay on their feet at rucks...
Fuck it, let's cut to what we all we want; bring back rucking!
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@mikethesnow said in NH club rugby:
@crucial said in NH club rugby:
I would be coaching players to carry the ball high.
Yep.
Fingers crossed it'll mean more offloads in the tackle and a more flowing attack.
Now if they could just go back to ball carrier has to release the ball as soon as they hit the deck.
The old school 'carry the ball in the armpit may come back in vogue.
The biggest 'enforcement' I'd like to see is clamping down on 'plane landing' at ruck/tackle area
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RFU financial road bumps to impact the Premiership from 2020 with reduced payments from the RFU to the Premiership Clubs.
RFU warns Premiership clubs of 'funding squeeze' as player wages rise out of control
Calls for player wage deflation in the Premiership grow louder as the RFU warned clubs that the current salary inflation is unsustainable, predicting a downturn in funding to the Premiership by the Union that could leave clubs with massive shortfalls.
Calls for player wage deflation in the Premiership grow louder as the RFU warned clubs that the current salary inflation is unsustainable, predicting a downturn in funding to the Premiership by the Union that could leave clubs with massive shortfalls. ..... The clubs increased revenue was, in part, by funding from the RFU in return for access to England players. This payment was negotiated in 2016 for £112m fixed for four years followed by a second payment in 2020. The second half of that deal could see a reduced payment due to dependency on RFU financial performance. The RFU is currently going through a cost-cutting exercise to deal with rising costs, including making 62 people redundant. The rise of player payments to England’s players has also created pressure on the bottom line. “If our income comes down, so does the agreement payment. So it doesn’t cause us a problem forever, it is just within the next two years,” said RFU chief executive Steve Brown.``` -
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Clumsy blue. Substitute for HIA
Move on.
Maybe have a look at pink 11 for the swinging arm.
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@stargazer Wyatt has bought the Stirling Sports store in Nelson and had a grand re-opening a couple of weeks ago. Can't see him heading off for another rugby stint unless he was offered crazy money.
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@chris-b said in NH club rugby:
@stargazer Wyatt has bought the Stirling Sports store in Nelson and had a grand re-opening a couple of weeks ago. Can't see him heading off for another rugby stint unless he was offered crazy money.
Owning a brick and mortar sports store that isn't Rebel Sports in this day and age could be dicey - earning some Euros might be a wise investment for his future if his body holds together.
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@nepia Maybe - though he's squeezed in 13 years as a pro rugby player and nine as an AB, so he's probably pretty comfortably off. Run his sports shop for a hobby. (I think he's got a better location in Nelson than Rebel Sports).
I see they've already conscripted him to appear on some of the Sky pre-match/post match shows and he speaks very well - especially for a prop. He might be able to take on John Drake's old role.
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@chris-b said in NH club rugby:
@nepia Maybe - though he's squeezed in 13 years as a pro rugby player and nine as an AB, so he's probably pretty comfortably off. Run his sports shop for a hobby. (I think he's got a better location in Nelson than Rebel Sports).
I see they've already conscripted him to appear on some of the Sky pre-match/post match shows and he speaks very well - especially for a prop. He might be able to take on John Drake's old role.
You'd hope so, and yep, if it was a hobby and not his bread and butter then all good.
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@chris-b said in NH club rugby:
I see they've already conscripted him to appear on some of the Sky pre-match/post match shows and he speaks very well - especially for a prop. He might be able to take on John Drake's old role.
IIRC, he's very popular with the Sky TV commentators (regularly appears on Stevenson and Mils' podcast), so that wouldn't be surprising.
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Premiership rugby clubs vow to join forces to tackle losses
England’s leading rugby clubs have reacted to losses by vowing to act together to control costs and reduce wage inflation with the aim of making the Premiership sustainable
Premiership clubs lost £38.5m in 16-17
Only one club turned a profit. Another spent more in wages than their turnover.
They're bleeding talent out of our game, and they don't even make money.
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@johanek said in NH club rugby:
Premiership rugby clubs vow to join forces to tackle losses
England’s leading rugby clubs have reacted to losses by vowing to act together to control costs and reduce wage inflation with the aim of making the Premiership sustainable
Premiership clubs lost £38.5m in 16-17
Only one club turned a profit. Another spent more in wages than their turnover.
They're bleeding talent out of our game, and they don't even make money.
This is not news. All the signs are that they will eventually mimic elements of the Irish system in terms of player management, reduce number of foreign players, make greater use of academies. And they’ll have to cut salary costs. The supposed £1m Piutau salary is a joke. Completely unsustainable.
