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Re: Premiership rugby cup fixtures
DIR By: Nico Wilson
Date: August 20, 2024, 7:18 am
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HTML https://www.quins.co.uk/article/premiership-rugby-cup-fixtures-confirmed
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Re: Premiership Rugby Cup fixtures 24-25
DIR By: Archquin
Date: August 20, 2024, 8:21 am
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we will certainly be getting to know LS even more than usual!
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Re: Premiership rugby cup fixtures
DIR By: Use it or lose it
Date: August 20, 2024, 8:49 am
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Thank you for that,
Personally I know two champ sides have missed out, but from a
Quins standpoint I like how this tournament has been set up for
the first time in ages. Close away fixtures, three more home
fixtures and entirely done in the international windows! With
momentum into knowck out rounds and group stages that make
sense in the context home and away against each team.
I would love to have gone to somewhere like Coventry or Bedford
but I understand it has been done this way for bigger crowds and
lower costs through travelling. (Even though the north group is
still some miles)
This is a positive in my opinion.
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Re: Premiership Rugby Cup fixtures 24-25
DIR By: yaffle
Date: August 20, 2024, 11:21 am
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> Championship clubs' exclusion from cup 'appalling'
HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cq6rmyp0mrmo
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Totally understand Chinnor and Cambridge being annoyed at being
excluded. Another example of professional rugby bodies in
England making it up as they go along and looking after the big
boys.
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Re: Premiership rugby cup fixtures
DIR By: Camquin
Date: August 20, 2024, 12:33 pm
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You know the RFU are making it up as they go along when they say
things like "the clubs felt last year's competition went on too
long." - this year's competition has two extra weeks of
fixtures.
And "the bottom two clubs did not play Premiership opposition",
I am sure I recall Cambridge scoring tries at both Bristol and
Northampton.
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Re: Premiership rugby cup fixtures
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: August 20, 2024, 1:12 pm
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--- Quote from: Camquin link ---
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> You know the RFU are making it up as they go along when they
say things like "the clubs felt last year's competition went on
too long." - this year's competition has two extra weeks of
fixtures.
>
> And "the bottom two clubs did not play Premiership
opposition", I am sure I recall Cambridge scoring tries at both
Bristol and Northampton.
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Well your 'mates' at the top 10 Championship clubs either agreed
or, after all their bluster, discovered they didn't hold the
cards they thought they did.
Still, it's down to 16 clubs next year so at least they'll be
something to play for in the league.
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Re: Premiership rugby cup fixtures
DIR By: Camquin
Date: August 21, 2024, 6:53 am
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I think the championship clubs are well aware who holds the
cards.
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Re: Premiership rugby cup fixtures
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: August 21, 2024, 9:19 am
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> I think the championship clubs are well aware who holds the
cards.
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I'm sure they are but you wouldn't know that from listening to
Simon Halliday.
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Re: Premiership rugby cup fixtures
DIR By: Bucksquin
Date: August 21, 2024, 9:54 am
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--- Quote from: yaffle link ---
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> Totally understand Chinnor and Cambridge being annoyed at
being excluded. Another example of professional rugby bodies in
England making it up as they go along and looking after the big
boys.
>
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I understand their feelings on that, but how would the pool
groups have worked? Currently, the format consists of five pools
of four clubs. Their annoyance is understandable but irrational.
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Re: Premiership rugby cup fixtures
DIR By: yaffle
Date: August 21, 2024, 10:07 am
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> I understand their feelings on that, but how would the pool
groups have worked? Currently, the format consists of five pools
of four clubs. Their annoyance is understandable but irrational.
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They managed to include every team last year with 2 x pools of 6
and 2 x pools of 5. Not perfect but at least all the
Championship teams were involved and weren’t left with a load of
weekends without games. How are these teams able to plan for the
season ahead when decisions like these are made last minutes and
on the hoof? Nothing new, I suppose but still annoying.
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