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SA14
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Ok. With premier sports I think they’re planning 2 games on a Friday and the rest on Saturday. Be interesting to see the times. They won’t be restricted like they were on terrestrial tv. |
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I presume 2 on Friday to satisfy Ulster
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Scarlet O'Hara
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Taking the baton from Soli
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It's not like he's spent much time with me to be indoctrinated.
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#UniteAndFight against the crooked Pro12
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Going to chuck this in here rather than start a new thread. Have posted the most notable bits during a Q&A (by Simon Thomas) with the (Pro 14) tournament chief executive Martin Anayi. Q: What are your reflections looking back on the first season as an expanded PRO14? We had a record crowd for the final, while attendances overall were
up 10-11 per cent and the top eight teams in the league were up by 15
per cent. The figures for the Scarlets were even better again. For
them to have an average of 10,000 people coming to games is a serious
achievement when you consider they are a very small area. People don’t
give them enough credit. Q: There has been speculation about further South African sides coming on board. What can you tell us about that? We are on record as saying we want to keep on expanding. South Africa makes a lot of sense for us from a structural point of view, so we will definitely look at them again. We have got to grow the league in a way that is sustainable and workable. I think the best number for our competition is 16. Q: Will S4C be showing any games live?There will be at least one game a week on free to air. There will be more information to follow on that relatively soon. (Not actually saying they will be on S4C) Q: Quite a few fans are frustrated that the fixtures for next season aren’t out yet. Can you explain why that’s the case. We also have to wait for the football fixtures because there are a number of joint venues. But we are pretty close to getting the fixtures finalised. As I say, we’ve got a broadcasters meeting this week and then they will go to clubs first. They should be out the same time as last year, which was the middle of July.
Q: Will it be the same format as last season or will you re-jig the conferences? Q: Officiating is always a big talking point with the league. How do you see that developing moving forward? We are basically creating a panel of elite referees. We are effectively paying for the refs, which is what happening in England and France. It just gives us that high performance. We are going to see a positive change and we are really happy about that. Full Q&A here http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/pro14-chief-reveals-fixtures-out-14860838 |
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I did smirk reading the bit in red because it's completely false, I created the fixtures thread last year on August 8th which would have been the day that the league fixtures were released.
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Fscarlet
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I thought the same, but I was too busy copying & pasting to check it
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KID A
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So there is no change to conferences - which was not what was promsied last year.
Also, going to Pro16 will mean fewer league fixtures. Great. So we get less Scarlets games to watch on our season tickets.
As long as test rugby isn't affected right? |
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It's a union run competition. We have made progress in getting our Irish masters to concede that as well as providing warm up games for Sexton, the league actually needs to generate revenue for its participants
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We're still still here, but I wish we were in an Anglo-Welsh
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SA14
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Maybe, just maybe, a day will come when everything will be perfect. Has the ball got the same dimensions this season? That’s what I want to know.
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So, by my calculation we play:
Home and Away Leinster Ulster Edinburgh Beneton Treviso Cardiff Blues Ospreys Dragons Southern Kings and then away to: Glasgow Connacht and home to: Munster Cheetahs Zebre Is that right?
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ap sior
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I'll be off to Treviso again then !!!
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Just the one trip to South Africa for the Kings then? Expensive one off.
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Kings in Port Elizabeth is the better place to go to though.
I did Cape Town to Port Elizabeth this year - the garden route in between is brilliant - and then skipped the Bloemfontein game, watched it on a hotel roof in Jo'burg!
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Was in the supermarket yesterday wearing my Scarlets top. I was stopped by this lad who said I was not expecting to see a Scarlets jersey here. He was a Dubliner.
We chatted about the Pro14. Like me he was more region/province than country when it came to rugby. Anyway he was saying despite his grave reservations about the South Africans joining the League, he has been very pleasantly surprised by how well it has gone and welcomes a couple more. I am of exactly the same opinion. Thoughts from the forum?
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Scarlets before Wales
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