European Club Rugby
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@Dodge said in NH club rugby:
think they're better known in Ireland (?), Scotland and Wales as they have the URC i believe - they have no footprint in England that I'm aware of as they don't have premier league football and haven't had prem, European or Intl rugby before. TNT are just BT Sport rebranded which built its admittedly still limited customer base via football, rugby and now cricket. I don't believe European rugby alone is enough to encourage people like me to sign up to yet another sports package
So what your saying is its stupid that England don't get access in their normal rugby service, because Ireland, Wales and Scotland don't count? Because the main comps are on different services, someone is going to miss out
@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
@Dodge said in NH club rugby:
think they're better known in Ireland (?), Scotland and Wales as they have the URC i believe - they have no footprint in England that I'm aware of as they don't have premier league football and haven't had prem, European or Intl rugby before. TNT are just BT Sport rebranded which built its admittedly still limited customer base via football, rugby and now cricket. I don't believe European rugby alone is enough to encourage people like me to sign up to yet another sports package
So what your saying is its stupid that England don't get access in their normal rugby service, because Ireland, Wales and Scotland don't count? Because the main comps are on different services, someone is going to miss out
This reply totally reflects the tone of this conversation on Twitter, this isn’t about England being more important than the others. This is about rugby growing its supporter base and trying to become more financially viable.
Reality is the value of the market for watching rugby in England is bigger than wales, Ireland and Scotland, getting no eye balls for the European competition in England will be the quickest way to kill it IMO.
Does Premiersport have football in the other countries? How many subscribers does it have relative to Sky and TNT? It’s a niche product
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
@Dodge said in NH club rugby:
think they're better known in Ireland (?), Scotland and Wales as they have the URC i believe - they have no footprint in England that I'm aware of as they don't have premier league football and haven't had prem, European or Intl rugby before. TNT are just BT Sport rebranded which built its admittedly still limited customer base via football, rugby and now cricket. I don't believe European rugby alone is enough to encourage people like me to sign up to yet another sports package
So what your saying is its stupid that England don't get access in their normal rugby service, because Ireland, Wales and Scotland don't count? Because the main comps are on different services, someone is going to miss out
This reply totally reflects the tone of this conversation on Twitter, this isn’t about England being more important than the others. This is about rugby growing its supporter base and trying to become more financially viable.
Reality is the value of the market for watching rugby in England is bigger than wales, Ireland and Scotland, getting no eye balls for the European competition in England will be the quickest way to kill it IMO.
Does Premiersport have football in the other countries? How many subscribers does it have relative to Sky and TNT? It’s a niche product
Totally agree.
Moreover even die hard fans will think twice about yet another subscription for a competition where your own team might only play a handful of games and many clubs do not place much importance on the comp itself.
I’m certainly not invested enough and can’t think of anyone rushing to sign up either.
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Fucking England fans finally experiencing what it's like to be a NZ rugby fan overseas and all hell breaks loose.
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
Fucking England fans finally experiencing what it's like to be a NZ rugby fan overseas and all hell breaks loose.
Well, I've just looked outside and it seems I'm not actually overseas.
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@Bones said in NH club rugby:
Fucking England fans finally experiencing what it's like to be a NZ rugby fan overseas and all hell breaks loose.
Well, I've just looked outside and it seems I'm not actually overseas.
@Catogrande said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
Fucking England fans finally experiencing what it's like to be a NZ rugby fan overseas and all hell breaks loose.
Well, I've just looked outside and it seems I'm not actually overseas.
You'll be able to watch club rugby for a small fee then.
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@Catogrande said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
Fucking England fans finally experiencing what it's like to be a NZ rugby fan overseas and all hell breaks loose.
Well, I've just looked outside and it seems I'm not actually overseas.
You'll be able to watch club rugby for a small fee then.
Tell me something I don't know. And don't say salad tastes nice. I'm not fat.
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not sure if there's another thread where this has been discussed but rugby in England continues to shoot itself in the foot, why would you sell the European competition rights to a broadcaster that no one has heard of, no one has access too and no one wants? I am sure a few die hard fans have paid for the package but I haven't, don't know how, can't be arsed to work out so just won't watch the competitions now - and I'm a Quins fan who loved last years competition.
Rugby needs to find a way of making the game more widely available, almost no one watches it on TV anymore
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Saffas finding the going tough this weekend
Bulls 21 - 30 Northampton
Leicester 56 - 17 Sharks
Harlequins 53 - 16 Stormers
Cardiff 26 - 10 Cheetahs
Lions 43 - 35 Pau (but Pau almost never win away from home much less even get double figures on their side of the scoreboard!)
At least they got to watch the massacres in their own time zone! -
It looks like the SA teams still send weakened teams for away games. Hardly good for the competition is it?
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@Higgins Probably a bit of both.
Look at the Sharks team that played last week at home compared to this week at Leicester.
@Bovidae I will when I get a chance. There are obvious reasons why less than full strength teams are fielded eg injuries and maybe Leicester themselves were not at full strength either. If the Sharks deliberated fielded a less than full strength team then they damn well deserve to get flogged. Incidentally the record books will not carry an asterix again the name Sharks with a footnote that it was a weakened team and it will forever be recorded that it was the best team the Sharks could field regardless of the personnel involved.
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I'm sure that is shaking in his boots.
For those not watching at home, the first try was Leicester on a pick n go, driven over by the man behind. Unless we are going full Cotter 1-15, I'm not sure that is the defining feature we are looking for in our 13.
For the second, Leicester was in so much space, Ioane would scored it even more easily. It was literally, catch, run, score.
LF did make a nice turnover to earn a penalty, but none of that will have Ioane or Proctor worried.
if this was an epic troll and I've missed it btw, apologies.
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Different level
Straight running, crisp & accurate passing
Joy to watch
