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It's rumoured that Ottawa Aces will be playing in league 1 next year and will be playing their home games at Odsal Stadium. How do we all feel about this? Personally I have no problem with this and the more contributing to the upkeep of the ground the better.
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Well I hope they pay their Bill's and are not fly by night. lol.
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Pointless exercise really. Wouldn't trust Perez as far as I could throw Nigel Wood.
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If they are going to actually do this, what is the point of the Ottowa Aces? Is there a great thirst for watching old Aussies play third-tier rugby on the telly over there?
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If they play all games in the UK then what's the point? I don't understand the concept.
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the idea will be to play in Ottawa once travel is resolved
I accept this then asks the next question, is there a market for it but that question was appropriate before Covid when they applied
The Odsal home game will be 12 as a needs much option
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I was open-minded about Toronto and whilst they existed Ottawa seemed like a logical next step. Without Toronto, Ottawa seems beyond pointless.
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Is this a rumour with any credance? I can't find any mention of this anywhere...
IF true, and it makes sense with the Nigel Wood / Eric Perez link - then there could be a 'method in the madness' with some sort of 'dual reg' arrangement whereby our fringe players could play games for 'Ottawa' (and I use that term loosely)
It [icould[/i be a way of Race, Jowitt, O'Hanlon, Ho et al getting some game time
But I'll believe it when I see it
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| Quote: paulwalker71 "Is this a rumour with any credance? I can't find any mention of this anywhere...
IF true, and it makes sense with the Nigel Wood / Eric Perez link - then there could be a 'method in the madness' with some sort of 'dual reg' arrangement whereby our fringe players could play games for 'Ottawa' (and I use that term loosely)
It [icould[/i be a way of Race, Jowitt, O'Hanlon, Ho et al getting some game time
But I'll believe it when I see it'"
It's mentioned on the Love Rugby website. |
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I'll wait and see if anyone else reports it before I believe it.
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| Quote: paulwalker71 "
It [icould[/i be a way of Race, Jowitt, O'Hanlon, Ho et al getting some game time
But I'll believe it when I see it'"
Couldn’t they just play for our reserves next year? Fair enough league 1 would be a higher standard |
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| Quote: paulwalker71 "Is this a rumour with any credance? I can't find any mention of this anywhere...
IF true, and it makes sense with the Nigel Wood / Eric Perez link - then there could be a 'method in the madness' with some sort of 'dual reg' arrangement whereby our fringe players could play games for 'Ottawa' (and I use that term loosely)
It [icould[/i be a way of Race, Jowitt, O'Hanlon, Ho et al getting some game time
But I'll believe it when I see it'"
'It makes sense '. FFS!  |
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Ottawa have tonight confirmed they are ‘permanently relocating to the uk’.
Will they revert back to Hemel? Or something else entirely?
I’m not sure of the make up of the proposed Ottawa set up but wouldn’t it be nice if any proposed money men and investors could stick with the game in the UK. Invest in a UK team?
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| Quote: Hudd-Shay "'It makes sense '. FFS! ![]()
It makes sense TO THEM
I think the idea is bonkers
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OK the announcement is here
https://www.ottawaaces.com/club-announcement/
Clearly we are now discussing something different. I’d assumed the original idea was to base Ottawa at Odsal until COVID allowed them to play in Canada.
We are now talking about totally relocating to a new location permanently. Remember they bought the Hemel license, so they can base themselves somewhere and just crack on as if Ottawa never happened.
I assume that means Odsal is off the table as you surely can’t just have another Bradford club playing out of OdsaI? I hope it will be somewhere that expands the footprint of the game, perhaps Bristol or Nottingham. |
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OK the announcement is here
https://www.ottawaaces.com/club-announcement/
Clearly we are now discussing something different. I’d assumed the original idea was to base Ottawa at Odsal until COVID allowed them to play in Canada.
We are now talking about totally relocating to a new location permanently. Remember they bought the Hemel license, so they can base themselves somewhere and just crack on as if Ottawa never happened.
I assume that means Odsal is off the table as you surely can’t just have another Bradford club playing out of OdsaI? I hope it will be somewhere that expands the footprint of the game, perhaps Bristol or Nottingham. | |
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