Donnybrook

[cormac]

Are they installing an all-weather pitch in Donnybrook? Passed by it recently and there seemed to be far more work than the usual summer pitch re-planting going on.

[rdsblue]

Yes, Leinster announced before the B& I cup final in May that that would be the last game played on grass there and a new all weather pitch would be installed over the summer. No more muddy brown pitches for the schools matches next spring!

[cormac]

Yes, Leinster announced before the B& I cup final in May that that would be the last game played on grass there and a new all weather pitch would be installed over the summer. No more muddy brown pitches for the schools matches next spring!

Cheers. Makes a lot of sense, wonder if that's why the pre-season friendly with Ulster was moved?

[ormond lad]

Great to see pitches finally getting converted to all weather. Used to hate playing in Donnybrook by end of season when younger as pitch was so bad.
No more cr@p muddy pitches for anyone is great. Think the work being done to pitches was part of reason game with Ulster was moved

[jezzer]

The amount they've spent on that pitch over the past decade, they could have built the 20k stadium!

[Armchair]

The amount they've spent on that pitch over the past decade, they could have built the 20k stadium!

Yeah unbelivable mainteance costs but it is a cash cow for Leinster with schools rugby. Sportsworks are installing 2 new all weather pitches they will miss the mainteance charges they got on the the old pitches

[The Doc]

Great to see pitches finally getting converted to all weather. Used to hate playing in Donnybrook by end of season when younger as pitch was so bad.
No more cr@p muddy pitches for anyone is great. Think the work being done to pitches was part of reason game with Ulster was moved

Lucky if it was muddy - they used to sand the thing - picking sand out of the cuts

[Darce]

The amount they've spent on that pitch over the past decade, they could have built the 20k stadium!

Yeah unbelivable mainteance costs but it is a cash cow for Leinster with schools rugby. Sportsworks are installing 2 new all weather pitches they will miss the mainteance charges they got on the the old pitches

Nope. They wont.

The all weathers cost a bit in maintenance every year too

[Peg Leg]

The amount they've spent on that pitch over the past decade, they could have built the 20k stadium!

Yeah unbelivable mainteance costs but it is a cash cow for Leinster with schools rugby. Sportsworks are installing 2 new all weather pitches they will miss the mainteance charges they got on the the old pitches

Nope. They wont.

The all weathers cost a bit in maintenance every year too

Hoover and a mop, no?

[Armchair]

The amount they've spent on that pitch over the past decade, they could have built the 20k stadium!

Yeah unbelivable mainteance costs but it is a cash cow for Leinster with schools rugby. Sportsworks are installing 2 new all weather pitches they will miss the mainteance charges they got on the the old pitches

Nope. They wont.

The all weathers cost a bit in maintenance every year too

No where near the money they get every year currently

[mauler72]

I was watching the first Sarries home game after they converted to the All-weather surface. I remember they interviewed one of the club suits who said that the maintenance was expected to be about £12,000 per year, as opposed to about £80,000 for the old pitch, when you include groundsmans wages etc

[Blue not red blood]

Did he say which of the players wives was being paid 80000 as a groundsman

[simonokeeffe]

Did he say which of the players wives was being paid 80000 as a groundsman

bravo sir

[Alternative Ulster]

Did he say which of the players wives was being paid 80000 as a groundsman

bravo sir

Thon's a cracker hai.

[simonokeeffe]

Did he say which of the players wives was being paid 80000 as a groundsman

bravo sir

Thon's a cracker hai.

they later complained Irish groundsmen had an unfair advantage

[rooster]

I was watching the first Sarries home game after they converted to the All-weather surface. I remember they interviewed one of the club suits who said that the maintenance was expected to be about £12,000 per year, as opposed to about £80,000 for the old pitch, when you include groundsmans wages etc

Load of old balls as I know a freelance groundsman who looks after both grass and synthetic pitches and he says not a heck of a big difference between them and when you count in resurfacing the synthetic ones twice approx for 1 sand based pitch there is nothing in it, now admittedly one of the synthetics he maintains is a council one that gets very heavy use.
I told him about that 12k figure and he laughed at me and said who spun them that one.