I'm from Detroit and I'm planning a trip to Edinburgh in Dec hoping to catch a game I'm also learning to to play Rugby this week going to an open practice
Having more clubs from the Premiership in the Challenge Cup would mean to reduce the number of spots in the Champions Cup (which would actually make sense, since 8 clubs out of 10 now qualify for the Champions Cup).
why benetton couldn't make it to pool 1 ??? there was only one another URC team and it's possible to have 2 URC teams because there was Munster and Bulls in pool 3 it's a non sense
Benetton into pool 1 would have left no room for Ulster. Two of the other pools already had an Irish club (Irish club had to be in three different pools) and the last pool already had two teams from URC, so Ulster had only pool 1 to go and Benetton was assigned to pool 2.
1:23:15 - Benetton are not able to go into Pool 1 and are moved to Pool 2 due to the principles, there is only one other URC team in Pool 1 at that point (the Sharks) so which principle is that???
Watched live and have been wondering about this all day - nevermind I found an explanation on reddit. At the point benneton was drawn, only ulster remained as a URC seed after and Ulster couldn’t have gone into pool 2 or 3 as it both had a irish club already (leinster and munster) and pool 4 already had 2 URC clubs (Glasgow and Stormers)
No only have you made the format completely ridiculous, but someone clearly wanted to milk this draw for as long as possible... Reading the names when putting them into the pot, and a recap after each 3 balls draw... We also have no idea who we're going to play still... Great job 👍
What an absolute pfaff, and still at the end of it no idea who our fixtures are against. Gee thanks Premiership Rugby for absolutely ruining the format of a perfectly good fan friendly competition becasue you were jealous of Irish clubs success...
Ouai enfin bon, Toulouse y trichent, cela ce voie. Déjà pour commencer y jouent collectif, tu peux pas lutter contre une équipe qui joue collectif. En plus sous prétexte qu'ils ont du talent, y se mettent à bien jouer, si ça c'est pas de la mauvaise foie.
In that case, the global South's resources for the global south. Keep your dirty fingers of our natural and human resources. Europe is nothing without the "global south". Colonising bastards, that is who you are. Thieves. Poetic justice that an African team dominates the "elite European sport". SPRINGBOKS, Sharks, first Stormers, and soon the Bulls in the URC. The European Champions Cup is next. We are are coming for it.
So glad he's getting the recognition he deserves now - Courtney has quietly been Northampton and England's best player for years now and makes no fuss, asks for no attention. To go from the tall skinny quiet kid I remember seeing mooching around NSB, to develop into the all round world class player he is today, amazing stuff. Club, Town and country legend.
