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Quote Urmston Wire="Urmston Wire"And a call for RU to move to summer- with an interesting point in the comments about why this will cause more harm than good to compete against RL in summer in the North...
www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... f-comments'"
"A European Super-League?" Someone tell Mr. Kitson it already exists and has since 1995...but then again, if the 5Live presenter refers to Leeds/Bradford on Thursday as "Going to the rugby" as they did with whatever game was on last night, I may die with surprise. |
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www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... f-comments'"
"A European Super-League?" Someone tell Mr. Kitson it already exists and has since 1995...but then again, if the 5Live presenter refers to Leeds/Bradford on Thursday as "Going to the rugby" as they did with whatever game was on last night, I may die with surprise. | |
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It's rife throughout Radio 5, Gabby Logan probably being the worst. Thank god for George Riley's presence.
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| Quote joedynamo="joedynamo"[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/club/8461264/Wasps-suspend-Andy-Powell-and-Tim-Payne-after-bar-altercation-with-football-fans.htmlWasps suspend Andy Powell andTim Payne after bar altercation with Football fans[/url
Another source for you guys. FWIW, always thought Powell is more of a joker then a bad un, lets hope it was nowlt serious.'"
I'm thinking Crusaders have dodged a bullet when Powell went to Wasps instead of moving to league... |
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| Quote Andy Gilder="Andy Gilder"I'm thinking Crusaders have dodged a bullet when Powell went to Wasps instead of moving to league...'"
And you're not alone.
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| Quote Catalancs="Catalancs"Will union ever come up with an idea of their own?
Can't read the comments on my iPhone so will have to wait till I can get my hands on a good old PC.
Great to see folk in rugby union doing their best to dispel the upper-middle class snobbish stereotype.
Tony Rowe will receive at Stockport following his remarks about Edgeley Park. "I'm going to Sale on Friday and I'm not really looking forward to sitting in a tired old stadium where you've got to hold your nose when you go to the toilet," he said.'"
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So the lad is set upon while having a drink with a teammate and loses a lot of blood in the process. His club then look to sack him.
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Quote rfu chairman="rfu chairman""Rugby has moved on from the 'white, middle-class' stereotype: like any other sport, it reflects society in the round. And where are we, as a society? We're seeing children playing games of all descriptions who come from families who have either struggled to find work or have shown no great desire to work, and quite often, we find ourselves trying to inculcate values that should have been inculcated already'"
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| Quote joedynamo="joedynamo"From the article posted by Dids858:
Hmmm, do you think Hewitts tongue was firmly in cheek when he wrote that?'"
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Why the RFU is short-changing Championship clubs
Despite the Union reorganising the second tier three years ago to make it leaner and more competitive, little has changed
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Exeter spent £12m getting Sandy Park up to Premiership standard. Rowe said the criteria were so exacting that they had to measure every urinal to make sure it was at least 60mm apart from the next one. An extra 5cm had to be added on to a door to a medical room.
Sale have been looking to raise £8m to redevelop Edgeley Park. They lost £1.5m last year and have only once broken even in the professional era.
The RFU slimmed down the Championship, with the aim of getting rid of clubs happy to coast at that level with no ambition of going up. Yet what has changed, apart from the size of the division? The Union has not been prepared to back its mouth with money. Worcester were relegated this season and they are the only ones who can go up.
Too much attention put on the top division leaving many smaller clubs to swim with the sharks. Is professional rugby union viable outside the premiership? Looking at clubs like Sale Sharks, how many clubs are viable full stop? |
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Why the RFU is short-changing Championship clubs
Despite the Union reorganising the second tier three years ago to make it leaner and more competitive, little has changed
m.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/apr/ ... pe=article
Exeter spent £12m getting Sandy Park up to Premiership standard. Rowe said the criteria were so exacting that they had to measure every urinal to make sure it was at least 60mm apart from the next one. An extra 5cm had to be added on to a door to a medical room.
Sale have been looking to raise £8m to redevelop Edgeley Park. They lost £1.5m last year and have only once broken even in the professional era.
The RFU slimmed down the Championship, with the aim of getting rid of clubs happy to coast at that level with no ambition of going up. Yet what has changed, apart from the size of the division? The Union has not been prepared to back its mouth with money. Worcester were relegated this season and they are the only ones who can go up.
Too much attention put on the top division leaving many smaller clubs to swim with the sharks. Is professional rugby union viable outside the premiership? Looking at clubs like Sale Sharks, how many clubs are viable full stop? | |
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