honestly united Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Thats a short sighted view, Spain and Germany for example are huge markets that they should be looking to exploit and if they were at the same level as Georgia they would have already replaced Italy in the 6N's. Spain are not far off (and their women's team were way ahead of Scotland and it was criminal they were kicked out the womens 6N's) and Germay were making progress until the Wild fiasco kicked off. The only way they are going to improve is playing games against the top Tier 2 and lower Tier 1. If we were in a situation where you had a 24 team world cup with proper competition to qualify, plus 10 or 15 teams in with a chance of winning rather than the same 4 of 5 teams you would be able to sell the TV rights for more, hence helping the Tier 1 countries. The tier 1's are trying to keep the pie to themselves, but if they shared now thier slice would be smaller, but of a much bigger pie. In 5 to 10 years you could have Russia, US, Canada, Japan, Spain, Brazil and Germany knocking on the door of being Tier 1, thats what the target should be as they are markets with huge potential and could generate huge amounts of income for NZ / Aus / SA etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Edinburgh prop Pierre Schoeman has been given a 4 week ban (reduced from 6) after his red card at the weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 3 hours ago, ajwffc said: Edinburgh prop Pierre Schoeman has been given a 4 week ban (reduced from 6) after his red card at the weekend. From a Scotland point of view it'll give Dell, Marfo and Sutherland game time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Edinburgh team for Friday 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 That could well be 6/8 of the Scotland pack for the AIs and 6 Nations. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Core squad for sevens series 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David990 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 5 hours ago, ajwffc said: Edinburgh team for Friday That’s a very strong Edinburgh team. Could easily get the BP win if everything clicks for them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) Refs for the 1st 2 rounds of Europe have been announced. When Saracens come to visit us, Mathieu Reynal will be the ref. Then when we go to Cardiff, Luke Pearce is reffing. For Edinburgh fans, their 1st game away to Montpellier will have a guy called Wayne Barnes reffing... Their 2nd game at home to Toulon has JP Doyle reffing. Edited September 28, 2018 by come on shire 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Possible upset in the Mitre 10 Cup. Auckland unbeaten after 6 games and top of the Premiership are losing 19-31 to Otago, 4th on Championship table with a W 3 L 3 record. ETA Auckland at home and spoke too soon as now 26-31 with 8 minutes left. Great display from Otago regardless of the final result. Otago held on despite giving away a penalty with 5 seconds of normal time left. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Strong Warriors team this weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David990 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 13 minutes ago, same_ol_g35 said: Strong Warriors team this weekend. Much stronger Warriors team, as most of us expected. quite the injury list though. Players unavailable through injury: Adam Ashe (neck), Brian Alainu’uese (back) Scott Cummings (ankle), Zander Fagerson (ankle), Siua Halanukanuka (foot), Stuart Hogg (ankle), Sam Johnson (head / knee), Kiran McDonald (hand), Tim Swinson (lower limb) and DTH van der Merwe (groin). Dragons team: Jordan Williams, Dafydd Howells, Adam Warren, Jarryd Sage, Jared Rosser, Arwel Robson, Tavis Knoyle; Ryan Bevington, Richard Hibbard (c), Lloyd Fairbrother, Brandon Nansen, Rynard Landman, Aaron Wainwright, Nic Cudd, Lewis Evans Replacements: Elliot Dee, Brok Harris, Aaron Jarvis, Huw Taylor, James Thomas, Rhodri Williams, Josh Lewis, Will Talbot-Davies No Griffiths, Moriarty, Hill...Dee, Rhodri Williams, Harris on the bench. Not exactly a B team, but quite a few of the better players rested. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Hopefully Jones and Dunbar can establish a good partnership again. Looking back to the New Zealand Test and wins over Wales and Ireland they are well capable of it. Looking forward to seeing Niko and Lee Jones. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Edinburgh looking good here. I wonder which of the two Van Der Merwe's will have more tries this season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, same_ol_g35 said: Edinburgh looking good here. I wonder which of the two Van Der Merwe's will have more tries this season? I don't know but i'm confident DTH will make more tackles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 19 minutes ago, Detournement said: I don't know but i'm confident DTH will make more tackles. Yeah Duhan looks so uninterested in defence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Not a maul. Gives a scrum anyway.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 7 points from the scrum so all good. Hickey and Pyrgos look good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, Detournement said: 7 points from the scrum so all good. Hickey and Pyrgos look good. Yeah Hickey looks very good. Edinburgh front row are absolutely banjoing their Treviso counterparts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) Nigel keeping it close. Ignores a seatbelt, no release on Bradbury and arms round VDM's neck inside about 15 seconds. Pings Gilchrist for holding on. Edited September 28, 2018 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Other game is a bit more interesting. There's a verge of tears around the corner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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