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| Quote Catalancs="Catalancs"Chairman of the RFU on Simon Mayo's show on BBC radio 5 live this afternoon.
I've just sent my question in:
[iSimon, could you ask Martin Thomas how he sees the present state and the future of club rugby considering the financial plight of some of the major clubs, the player drain to France and the calls for the salary cap to be raised.
Great show and good luck to Ireland this weekend.[/i
Look forward to hearing the answer tonight when I get back from work on the listen again service.'"
Not necessary. Simon Mayo has just asked him 'How do you see the present state and the future of club rugby?'. I know Mayo is a big rugby fan, but would it have been so difficult to actually ask him the whole question I sent?
The RFU chairman, Martin Thomas just reeled out Television figures and the fact that Harelquins sold out earlier in the season  |
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| Quote Billy Banter="Billy Banter"Saturday, 21 March 2009
Italy v France, 13:15
England v Scotland, 15:30
Wales v Ireland, 17:30
Crunch time. Do Ireland deserve to win the Grand Slam?'"
If they finish top yes.
I do not think Wales have been a patch on last season and Gatland must have been tearing his hair out that they have taken a backward step but to be still in with a chance at this stage is probably more of a sad reflection on England and Scotland than anything else.
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Get in there. What a game!!!
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling...
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| Quote Ulster Wire="Ulster Wire"Get in there. What a game!!!
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling...'"
from what ive read on here and on a couple of websites the deciding game was awful. |
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great article
[urlhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article5946900.ece[/url
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Well done Ireland. Love or loathe RU you cannot deny that they have some good players who desreve to win a trophy or two.
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| Quote Durham Giant="Durham Giant"Well done Ireland. Love or loathe RU you cannot deny that they have some good players who desreve to win a trophy or two.'"
As a loather I could only name O'Driscoll in the Irish side so have no idea whether they deserve to win or not. Prefer anyone over England tbh. |
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Wasps sign Steve Kefu, Dan Ward-Smith and Tom Varndell on 2 year deals
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| Quote Catalancs="Catalancs"great article
[urlhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article5946900.ece[/url'"
Wouldnt go so far to say "great article." Full of stereotype and conjecture. A sport he doesnt like is getting a bit of attention and he doesn't like it.
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| Quote Ulster Wire="Ulster Wire"Wouldnt go so far to say "great article." Full of stereotype and conjecture. A sport he doesnt like is getting a bit of attention and he doesn't like it.
Its all opinion though.'"
As you said, it's all opinion. Having not lived in Ireland and therefore experienced what the writer has experienced I wouldn't want to use the words 'stereotypes' and 'conjecture'.
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A couple of rather tame affairs in this weekend's EDF Energy Cup Semi Final double header.
the crowd of 30,000 meant that it didn't sell out, despite there being four different teams playing and confident predictions from the RFU and the competition organisers that it would.
Friday's two Magners League's games drew crowds of 2,208 and 3,651.
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| Quote Catalancs="Catalancs"A couple of rather tame affairs in this weekend's EDF Energy Cup Semi Final double header.
the crowd of 30,000 meant that it didn't sell out, despite there being four different teams playing and confident predictions from the RFU and the competition organisers that it would.
Friday's two Magners League's games drew crowds of 2,208 and 3,651.'"
Strange place to stage them, though, the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, home of the mighty Sky Blues. The football ambience must have filtered through, as both games were very turgid affairs. |
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