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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Wasp Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 December 2020 at 9:15am
Competing with these 4 teams during the 6N will be interesting.
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Originally posted by Wasp Wasp wrote:

Competing with these 4 teams during the 6N will be interesting.

Think it is meant to start after the 6 nations. Pretty meaningless for all concerned if played during 6 nations. Pro 14 final brought forward to late March as I understand it. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote scarletnut Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 December 2020 at 9:42am
Originally posted by GPR - Rochester GPR - Rochester wrote:

Originally posted by Wasp Wasp wrote:

Competing with these 4 teams during the 6N will be interesting.

Think it is meant to start after the 6 nations. Pretty meaningless for all concerned if played during 6 nations. Pro 14 final brought forward to late March as I understand it. 
Apart from the fact we are all desperate for the cash.
I still wake up late at night and think of what might have been when tim stimpson hit that jammy penalty1
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote GPR - Rochester Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 December 2020 at 9:47am
Originally posted by scarletnut scarletnut wrote:

Originally posted by GPR - Rochester GPR - Rochester wrote:

Originally posted by Wasp Wasp wrote:

Competing with these 4 teams during the 6N will be interesting.

Think it is meant to start after the 6 nations. Pretty meaningless for all concerned if played during 6 nations. Pro 14 final brought forward to late March as I understand it. 
Apart from the fact we are all desperate for the cash.

Desperate for cash is not in doubt but what broadcaster in their right minds is going to be willing to pay to show a fully loaded South African franchise taking on the Scarlets minus their 12/15 Internationals. As I understand it the reason they are cutting the pro 14 short with only 16 games is so that they can play this tournament during April/May in the build up to the Lions tour.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote scarletnut Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 December 2020 at 9:50am
Originally posted by GPR - Rochester GPR - Rochester wrote:

Originally posted by scarletnut scarletnut wrote:

Originally posted by GPR - Rochester GPR - Rochester wrote:

Originally posted by Wasp Wasp wrote:

Competing with these 4 teams during the 6N will be interesting.

Think it is meant to start after the 6 nations. Pretty meaningless for all concerned if played during 6 nations. Pro 14 final brought forward to late March as I understand it. 
Apart from the fact we are all desperate for the cash.

Desperate for cash is not in doubt but what broadcaster in their right minds is going to be willing to pay to show a fully loaded South African franchise taking on the Scarlets minus their 12/15 Internationals. As I understand it the reason they are cutting the pro 14 short with only 16 games is so that they can play this tournament during April/May in the build up to the Lions tour.
There's going to be a hell of a lot of change for the better over the next 2 years. CVC want the club game to be as important as the international game.
I still wake up late at night and think of what might have been when tim stimpson hit that jammy penalty1
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (3) Thanks(3)   Quote John Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 December 2020 at 9:57am
We are well placed to take on this new change. We have a good board, our own ground, a strong squad, a good academy and talent id system and a unique name  in world sports. 

We also have a large support base even if we are generally unsuccessful at getting them to the ground on matchday.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote scarletnut Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 December 2020 at 10:13am
Originally posted by John John wrote:

We are well placed to take on this new change. We have a good board, our own ground, a strong squad, a good academy and talent id system and a unique name  in world sports. 

We also have a large support base even if we are generally unsuccessful at getting them to the ground on matchday.
Very true. I think it'll be a turbulent few years but we'll come out of it better in the long run.
I still wake up late at night and think of what might have been when tim stimpson hit that jammy penalty1
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So the current PRO14 is effectivley decided, Leinster win Conference A, whilst Munster have a strong lead, ahead of us in Conference B?

Irish League for Irish teams hey? 

No play offs? No second place? We need to claw back Munster to make any final? 
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I think it would better if we parked any short/medium term hopes of a British League, not sure it's healthy holding out hope for it.

There doesn't seem to be any desire from the English for us to join them, the only noise we hear from across the bridge is around ringfencing the premiership rather than increasing the jeopardy.

We need to be realistic in making the best we can out of the available options rather than wasting energy hoping for something that's not going to happen.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Wil Chips Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 December 2020 at 12:16pm
Yep. The appetite in rugby SA for expansion and progression is key here.

Really hope this is the platform, although we all need to be open minded I feel.

Also we will have to sharpen up, be one of the Welsh sides, or these guys will trample us.
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The whole thing was dreamt up by Geoffrey and Bungle.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Wasp Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 December 2020 at 9:49am
Originally posted by Wil Chips Wil Chips wrote:

Yep. The appetite in rugby SA for expansion and progression is key here.

Really hope this is the platform, although we all need to be open minded I feel.

Also we will have to sharpen up, be one of the Welsh sides, or these guys will trample us.
This development means we will need to maintain a high quality roster of NWQ to compete during 6N. Playing the Sharks with a weak pack would not be much fun
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Wil Chips Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 December 2020 at 10:04am
The SA rugby guys are seeing this as the ideal warm up for the Lions. They will be fully loaded in my view.
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Opening fixtures have been announced 
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Saturday, 24 April - Dragons (A)
Saturday, 8 May - Ospreys (H)
Saturday, 15 May - Cardiff (H)
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Originally posted by PritchyTheScarlet PritchyTheScarlet wrote:

Saturday, 24 April - Dragons (A)
Saturday, 8 May - Ospreys (H)
Saturday, 15 May - Cardiff (H)
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