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by MylesNaGapoleen
April 24th, 2024, 12:42 pm
Forum: General Rugby
Topic: European Champions Cup 23/24
Replies: 384
Views: 62113

Re: European Champions Cup 23/24

Moving the kickout time doesn't really benefit a lot other than TV audiences who'd watch both or people looking for a better selection of sports bars It's gonna take up your day if you're going. London can take a few big games and the police were happy for the event to stay the same time. It's not ...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 24th, 2024, 11:10 am
Forum: General Rugby
Topic: European Champions Cup 23/24
Replies: 384
Views: 62113

Re: European Champions Cup 23/24

Yeah, just screw over the people who’ve booked flights based on a kick-off time they’ve been advertising for months now. Great strategy. that's a fair point for those flying in and out the same day. it's expensive to do that, at the best of times and not many airlines will offer free cancellation, ...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 23rd, 2024, 10:10 pm
Forum: General Rugby
Topic: European Champions Cup 23/24
Replies: 384
Views: 62113

Re: European Champions Cup 23/24

FA Cup Final is confirmed for a 3pm kick off, currently clashing with the rugby (2:45pm). Apparently the EPCR don't want to move the time as their audience in France is impacted with a later kick off with the French Cup Final PSG v Lyon and the Cannes Film Festival. Police moved forward the FA CUP ...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 23rd, 2024, 5:05 pm
Forum: General Rugby
Topic: European Champions Cup 23/24
Replies: 384
Views: 62113

Re: European Champions Cup 23/24

As an aside, I bumped into one of the ECPR team on a flight from Dublin to Zurich a while back. He is from Cork and commutes regularly to Lausanne. I doubt they knew the FA cup final dates when they announced their European rugby weekend dates. It moves around a lot...usually the last sat in May. Lo...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 23rd, 2024, 3:50 pm
Forum: General Rugby
Topic: European Champions Cup 23/24
Replies: 384
Views: 62113

Re: European Champions Cup 23/24

A lot of the tickets already sold for the Investec final with a 2.45pm kick off stated would be a further issue. Especially with many having travel arrangements booked. While FA CUP Final tickets aren't released until after the semis. yep, it would be disruptive but they don't issue the tickets unt...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 23rd, 2024, 3:04 pm
Forum: General Rugby
Topic: European Champions Cup 23/24
Replies: 384
Views: 62113

Re: European Champions Cup 23/24

FA Cup Final is confirmed for a 3pm kick off, currently clashing with the rugby (2:45pm). Apparently the EPCR don't want to move the time as their audience in France is impacted with a later kick off with the French Cup Final PSG v Lyon and the Cannes Film Festival. Police moved forward the FA CUP ...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 23rd, 2024, 2:29 pm
Forum: General Rugby
Topic: European Champions Cup 23/24
Replies: 384
Views: 62113

Re: European Champions Cup 23/24

shame that there's a clash but I think London can absorb two massive events like this. Let's face it...lots of soccer stadia around London fill out most weekends in London, along with Hyde park concerts etc and it doesn't grind to a halt.
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 21st, 2024, 7:45 pm
Forum: Leinster Addicts
Topic: The quickening 2024
Replies: 95
Views: 7672

Re: URC hotting up

John G has collated the run in very well on the Quickening thread:
https://leinsterfans.com/forum/viewtopi ... 3d7b705304
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 21st, 2024, 7:41 pm
Forum: Leinster Addicts
Topic: The quickening 2024
Replies: 95
Views: 7672

Re: The quickening 2024

There’s surely no chance of us flying players out for the second game? I’d have rather expected players to fly home. i would put mostly the same team out next week. give them a chance to redeem themselves, so to speak. flying out a cavalry is not a good idea imo. munsters win almost cancels out the...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 21st, 2024, 2:19 pm
Forum: General Rugby
Topic: Top14 23/24
Replies: 130
Views: 32202

Re: Top14 23/24

Another painful loss for La Rochelle yesterday. Sitting in 5th (top 6 teams go into the playoffs) 3 points clear of 10th place. Badly need a win against Toulon next week to stay in the mix and, at the very least, qualify for champions cup next season. Genuinely cannot see the special one cope too we...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 21st, 2024, 1:24 pm
Forum: Leinster Addicts
Topic: Lions v Leinster - Sat 20 April, 14.00 - RTE2
Replies: 322
Views: 17852

Re: Lions v Leinster - Sat 20 April, 14.00 - RTE2

This year's trip to SA is very akin to last year's. Underresourced team. Surely we could have given Kelleher and Conan and Connors much needed game time? Andrew Osborne has got more opportunities than merited to my mind. His defensive reading makes Stockdale look good. But maybe that is down to our...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 21st, 2024, 10:15 am
Forum: General Rugby
Topic: Munster 2023/2024 - Return of the Jedi????
Replies: 1363
Views: 764688

Re: Munster 2023/2024 - Return of the Jedi????

riocard911 wrote: April 20th, 2024, 6:12 pm FT: 22-27. Well done agus grma, Munster!
yep. Munster did us a massive favour beating bulls.
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 20th, 2024, 10:59 pm
Forum: Leinster Addicts
Topic: The quickening 2024
Replies: 95
Views: 7672

Re: The quickening 2024

3 points separates 5 to 11. squeaky bum time for Connacht & Ulster for the playoffs. Whatever happens now, it's been a great league this year. Probably the best in memory. Hugely competitive. agreed. I think the SA teams have been a fantastic addition to the URC. Shame about the welsh teams but...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 20th, 2024, 10:00 pm
Forum: Leinster Addicts
Topic: The quickening 2024
Replies: 95
Views: 7672

Re: The quickening 2024

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3 points separates 5 to 11. squeaky bum time for Connacht & Ulster for the playoffs.
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 20th, 2024, 9:04 pm
Forum: Leinster Addicts
Topic: Lions v Leinster - Sat 20 April, 14.00 - RTE2
Replies: 322
Views: 17852

Re: Lions v Leinster - Sat 20 April, 14.00 - RTE2

didn't predict Ospreys coming away with a win against stormers....fair play to them.
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 20th, 2024, 8:49 pm
Forum: Leinster Addicts
Topic: Lions v Leinster - Sat 20 April, 14.00 - RTE2
Replies: 322
Views: 17852

Re: Lions v Leinster - Sat 20 April, 14.00 - RTE2

Not sure the selection was so bad, the performance was just terrible. A total sh1t show. Leinster had 62% possession, 73% territory, 232 passes vs 86 for Lions, Lions made 164 tackles vs 67 for Leinster - yet Lions carried for 449m vs 370m for Leinster and scored 44 points vs 12. Just shows how bad...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 20th, 2024, 8:46 pm
Forum: Leinster Addicts
Topic: The quickening 2024
Replies: 95
Views: 7672

Re: The quickening 2024

Munster just did us a favour by beating the Bulls who got a losing bonus point. Let’s hope the Bulls beat Glasgow in a couple of weeks. yep. thanks munster! I agree with others: away win in Ulster and getting something from stormers game looks vital now to keep home fixtures. Bulls should beat glas...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 20th, 2024, 8:24 pm
Forum: Domestic Rugby
Topic: IRFU finances and estimated provincial split.
Replies: 2
Views: 245

Re: IRFU finances and provincial split.

Is that back of a beermat calculation? yep. a bit of guesswork from the IRFU financial statement from 2023 (which doesn't include details/accounts of the four provinces). from the guy who collated it: Following discussions about IRFU provinces' wage bills, here's a summary using reported figures fr...
by MylesNaGapoleen
April 20th, 2024, 3:32 pm
Forum: Leinster Addicts
Topic: Lions v Leinster - Sat 20 April, 14.00 - RTE2
Replies: 322
Views: 17852

Re: Lions v Leinster - Sat 20 April, 14.00 - RTE2

Losing try bonus would be something to take away.