Mark Connolly Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Gary Graham certainly did himself no harm with his performance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 14 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: Gary Graham certainly did himself no harm with his performance. He didn't. Ritchie was good too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Any injury updates. Does Hogg even have an outside chance of Welsh game? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Team for the next two rounds of the Sevens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 2 interesting stories in the news at the moment, Georgia in talks over getting a Pro 14 team https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47388295 and the welsh regions being in dissary and talks of merging or moving teams https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47368262 If the SRU are serious about Scotland challenging for the 6N's we need more players playing as first choice for their clubs and we need more strength in depth to give us options when the inevitable injuries happen. Given there are changes afoot the SRU need to be pushing for 3rd club side. Leaving aside the arguments of where to put it, we need more players playing at a decent level. You just look at the current Scotland team, you have Russell and Hogg out injured, and apart from Kinghorn and Hastings you dont have any other options playing regularly (with the exception of Jackson and Weir who are out of favour - good clubs players but probably not top international class) Its the same all through the team - 2nd and 3rd choice scrum halfs are sharing game time at Glasgow. 2nd and 3rd choice hookers are sharing game time at Glasgow. Dell is a first choice prop but is 2nd choice at Edinburgh behind Schoeman, Bergham and Nel are sharing the jersey at Edinburgh (or Bergham gets a game when Nel is injured which is quite a bit). In the centres You have Jones, Johnson, Grigg and Horne all at Glasgow (add Dunbar until recently and McDowall was also in the training squad and at Edinburgh it was Bennett and Scott, and Dean and Johnstone only got game time as they were injured - and both are now in the Scotland Squad. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh are running with huge squads as they lose so many players in the international windows. This could be reduced with a 3rd team sharing the internationals. Given the welsh budget (£19m a year between the 4 regions) you are probably looking at least and extra £4m a year to run an additional team. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 This World League idea sounds a bit shit http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47398739 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 This World League idea sounds a bit shithttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47398739I have not seen anyone say anything positive about the plans 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 The only positive I can see is this trophy might be no more 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 13 hours ago, ajwffc said: The only positive I can see is this trophy might be no more I think it will stay, its only the USA that would move the the rugby championship (Argentina use their B team mainly club players not with the Jaguares), so the US might do the same, or open up the competition for the next country down - either Paraguay or Columbia. The whole World League started out as a great idea - top 12 ranked teams in the world play each other once (11 games over the year) either as part of the 6N's or Rugby Championship and the Summer & Autumn test windows are used for inter tournament matches. 13-24 do the same (using ARC / Pacific tournament / REC matches) with the bottom club of 1-12 changing places with top club 13-24 every year. The problem was that the current top 12 includes Georgia, Fiji and Japan and Italy are down in 15. So for the tournament to work you would have to replace Italy with Georgia in the 6N (or expand to 7 teams) and include Japan and Fiji in the Rugby Championship. Japan are good to go as already in Super Rugby, but they dont want to include Fiji as they dont bring any money (the same argument that Georgia aren't included in the 6N's - if Spain or Germany were sitting above Italy you can be sure they would be included without question.) So to try and boost income the US are included over Fiji and the 6N's doesn't get touched to keep them happy - oh and there is no changes to the teams for 12 years!!! So the likes of Georgia, Romania, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Canada, Uruguay and Namibia miss out on playing the top teams outside of World Cups. At present the 2nd tier would be a revised REC (Italy, Romania, Spain, Russia, Belgium and Netherlands) and another 6 teams of USA, Canada, Uruguay, Namibia, Samoa and Tonga which would be an interesting tournament 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Good to see Hamish Watson and WP Nel both in the Edinburgh lineup this weekend. Let's hope they'll be back in the Scotland squad soon too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Good to see Hamish Watson and WP Nel both in the Edinburgh lineup this weekend. Let's hope they'll be back in the Scotland squad soon too. Like next week, we'll need them.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Glasgow and Edinburgh teams 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Bennett on the bench for Embra is good news 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Guinness PRO14 – Referee Appointments Round 17 – 2018/19 Friday, March 1, 2019 (All KO local) Leinster Rugby v Toyota Cheetahs – KO 19.35 The RDS Arena, Dublin Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU) AR1: Frank Murphy (IRFU), AR2: Wayne Davies (WRU) TMO: Colin Stanley (IRFU) Live on eir sport 1, Premier Sports 1, SuperSport 1, DAZN Saturday, March 2, 2019 (All KO local) Connacht v Ospreys – KO 14.45 The Sportsground, Galway Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR) AR1: Sean Gallagher (IRFU), AR2: Matteo Liperini (FIR) TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU) Live on TG4, Premier Sports 1, DAZN Benetton Rugby v Edinburgh – KO 15.00 (UK time) Stadio Monigo, Treviso Referee: George Clancy (IRFU) AR1: Andrea Piardi (FIR), AR2: Kieran Barry (IRFU) TMO: Alan Falzone (FIR) Live on DAZN, Premier Sports 2 Scarlets v Munster – KO 17.00 Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU) AR1: Ben Whitehouse (WRU), AR2: Dave Sutherland (SRU) TMO: Ian Davies (WRU) Live on S4C, Premier Sports 2, TG4, DAZN Zebre v Glasgow Warriors – KO 17.15 (UK time) Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU) AR1: Johnny Erskine (IRFU), AR2: Luca Trentin (FIR) TMO: Stefano Roscini (FIR) Live on DAZN, FreeSports Cardiff Blues v Isuzu Southern Kings – KO 19.35 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Joy Neville (IRFU) AR1: Dan Jones (WRU) AR2: Mark Patton (IRFU) TMO: Brian MacNeice (IRFU) Live on Premier Sports 2, SuperSport 1, DAZN Sunday, March 3, 2019 (All KO local) Dragons v Ulster – KO 15.00 Rodney Parade, Newport Referee: Stuart Berry (SARU) AR1: Dan Jones (WRU) AR2: Gareth John (WRU) TMO: Sean Brickell (WRU) Live on Premier Sports 2, DAZN, SuperSport 1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Blain for Edinburgh is ripping it up for the u20s. Just turned 19, 6 foot 3, good skills and lightning quick. Reckon he'll sign a pro contract next season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 The Sunwolves have just won their first ever away game in Super Rugby defeating the Chiefs 30-15. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 The Sunwolves have just won their first ever away game in Super Rugby defeating the Chiefs 30-15.Oof, that was in NZ too..Japan are going to be good on home soil in the autumn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 There were only 10 Japanese qualified players in their 23. Phil Burleigh was on the bench! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 There were only 10 Japanese qualified players in their 23. Phil Burleigh was on the bench! Of which 8 started, they are improving and will be very difficult on home soil 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Jacobsen Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Finn starting today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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