European Club Rugby
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Big Lesters first start (on the right wing) for Toulon v Northampton Saints, live Sky Sport 1 Saturday morning at 8:55am.
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I watched the Stormers-La Rochelle game from Cape Town over the weekend. The main (controversial) point in this match was the influence of the home TV producer who showed head-on-head contact on the big screen which caught the attention of the ref. While the correct decision was eventually made you can clearly hear Christophe Ridley say everything had been checked off by the TMO prior to this. This resulted in a La Rochelle try being disallowed, and eventually the Stormers scored late with a clutch sideline conversion from Libbok to win the game with time up.
WR needs to sort out the correct procedure ASAP as it's not the first time this has happened in SA. I've no idea why the TMO wasn't shown the video footage first.
I can only imagine what ROG had to say post-game.
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Was at the Quins game yesterday, I have never been in a stadium live and seen a team play as well as Toulouse did. They were magnificent. Huge power, work off the ball, pace, offloads, just absolutely class. Their fans were a joy too. Quins were good in patches but just couldn’t keep up with the intensity. Cadan Murley looked injured in the warm up, can’t believe he got through as long as he did and was on crutches at the end - weird decision by the Quins coaching staff to play him. Oh and Ramos is a dick
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@Bones said in NH club rugby:
@Dodge said in NH club rugby:
Oh and Ramos is a dick
Is that because he attacked Smith? Because if so, I'm surprised it took this long and I like him even more now.
If I was Smith I’d head to Super Rugby
He’d excel
Once games turn Test like, he becomes anonymous
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@MiketheSnow he'd have to play for the blues.
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@MiketheSnow said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
@Dodge said in NH club rugby:
Oh and Ramos is a dick
Is that because he attacked Smith? Because if so, I'm surprised it took this long and I like him even more now.
If I was Smith I’d head to Super Rugby
He’d excel
Once
games turn Test likehe gets coached by the England set up and stifled by their game plan and insistence on playing Farrell as well, he becomes anonymous.Sorted.
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@Catogrande said in NH club rugby:
@MiketheSnow said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
@Dodge said in NH club rugby:
Oh and Ramos is a dick
Is that because he attacked Smith? Because if so, I'm surprised it took this long and I like him even more now.
If I was Smith I’d head to Super Rugby
He’d excel
Once
games turn Test likehe gets coached by the England set up and stifled by their game plan and insistence on playing Farrell as well, he becomes anonymous.Sorted.
He went AWOL last weekend playing for the Mighty Quins
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I’m not saying he is the messiah, I have concerns that he still tries to “make things happen” when under the cosh and there’s nothing on. But and for me this is a bigger but than Kim Kardashian’s, is that he gets selected based on his game and then is not allowed to play that game.
See also: S Barnes, A Old, D Cipriani, C Hodgson.
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The URC derbies starts this weekend. Stormers vs Bulls will be massive in Cape Town. Yesterday already 30,000 tickets sold. Bulls the favorites. Jake White did some great shopping with the likes of Willie le Roux, Wilco Louw & Akker vd Merwe.
R8 – Friday, December 22
Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh | 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA / 21.35 SA | Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Ulster v Connacht | 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA / 21.35 SA | BBC NI, TG4, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Saturday, December 23
Zebre Parma v Benetton | 13.00 IRE & UK / 14.00 ITA / 15.00 SA | ITA, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
DHL Stormers v Vodacom Bulls | 17.00 IRE & UK / 18.00 ITA / 19.00 SA | SuperSport, Viaplay, Premier Sports
Tuesday, December 26
Cardiff Rugby v Dragons RFC | 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA / 17.00 SA | BBC Wales, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Scarlets v Ospreys | 17.15 IRE & UK / 18.15 ITA / 19.15 SA | S4C, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Munster v Leinster | 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA / 21.35 SA | RTÉ, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Saturday, January 6
Cell C Sharks v Emirates Lions | 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA / 17.00 SA | SuperSport, Viaplay, Premier Sports
R9 – Saturday, December 30
Benetton v Zebre Parma | 13.30 IRE & UK / 14.30 ITA / 15.30 SA | ITA, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors | 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA / 17.00 SA | Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
DHL Stormers v Cell C Sharks | 17.00 IRE & UK / 18.00 ITA / 19.00 SA | SuperSport, Viaplay, Premier Sports
Monday, January 1
Ospreys v Cardiff Rugby | 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA / 17.00 SA | BBC Wales, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Dragons RFC v Scarlets | 17.15 IRE & UK / 18.15 ITA / 19.15 SA | S4C, Viaplay SuperSport, Premier Sports
Leinster v Ulster | 17.15 IRE & UK / 18.15 ITA / 19.15 SA | RTÉ, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
R8 – Friday, December 22
Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh | 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA / 21.35 SA | Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Ulster v Connacht | 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA / 21.35 SA | BBC NI, TG4, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Saturday, December 23
Zebre Parma v Benetton | 13.00 IRE & UK / 14.00 ITA / 15.00 SA | ITA, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
DHL Stormers v Vodacom Bulls | 17.00 IRE & UK / 18.00 ITA / 19.00 SA | SuperSport, Viaplay, Premier Sports
Tuesday, December 26
Cardiff Rugby v Dragons RFC | 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA / 17.00 SA | BBC Wales, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Scarlets v Ospreys | 17.15 IRE & UK / 18.15 ITA / 19.15 SA | S4C, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Munster v Leinster | 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA / 21.35 SA | RTÉ, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Saturday, January 6
Cell C Sharks v Emirates Lions | 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA / 17.00 SA | SuperSport, Viaplay, Premier Sports
R9 – Saturday, December 30
Benetton v Zebre Parma | 13.30 IRE & UK / 14.30 ITA / 15.30 SA | ITA, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors | 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA / 17.00 SA | Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
DHL Stormers v Cell C Sharks | 17.00 IRE & UK / 18.00 ITA / 19.00 SA | SuperSport, Viaplay, Premier Sports
Monday, January 1
Ospreys v Cardiff Rugby | 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA / 17.00 SA | BBC Wales, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
Dragons RFC v Scarlets | 17.15 IRE & UK / 18.15 ITA / 19.15 SA | S4C, Viaplay SuperSport, Premier Sports
Leinster v Ulster | 17.15 IRE & UK / 18.15 ITA / 19.15 SA | RTÉ, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports
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@Catogrande said in NH club rugby:
I’m not saying he is the messiah, I have concerns that he still tries to “make things happen” when under the cosh and there’s nothing on. But and for me this is a bigger but than Kim Kardashian’s, is that he gets selected based on his game and then is not allowed to play that game.
See also: S Barnes, A Old, D Cipriani, C Hodgson.
Very true
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Marcus Smith looks like he'd enjoy playing in a good SR team.
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The URC has been very close this year.
At the halfway mark.
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@OomPB said in NH club rugby:
The URC has been very close this year.
At the halfway mark.
https://x.com/topofthemoonGW/status/1742195557035106477?s=20I’ve been enjoying it
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Crowd attendances should be compared to 4 years ago, not one year ago.
Lead up to world cup year very different to post world cup. Have a lot of premiership fans in my circle and none of them have been to any recent games. I would argue being down only 1200 on average compared to last year is pretty good.
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@MajorRage SA crowds has been good specially Cape Town averaging close to 40,000 over the festive season. Summer rugby in it second year and it look good. The URC has improved a lot since last year. All the teams raised the bar, lots of talk about the Saffer and Irish teams but the Scots, Welsh and Italy teams are much more stronger. I love the URC. It is something special.
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@OomPB said in NH club rugby:
@MajorRage SA crowds has been good specially Cape Town averaging close to 40,000 over the festive season. Summer rugby in it second year and it look good. The URC has improved a lot since last year. All the teams raised the bar, lots of talk about the Saffer and Irish teams but the Scots, Welsh and Italy teams are much more stronger. I love the URC. It is something special.
If that is the case and from the few games I have watched they (the Welsh teams) must have been diabolically bad last season, especially the Scarlets.
