Quote:Certainly looks that way. :-(jimbo800
How convenient is the timing of this. The RFU are determined to get rid of Irish.
Quote:SirBurger
As Heaf said on another forum, we were the last Championship side to do promotion via the play off route, we go up and they decide to scrap the play-offs and now we are going back down a new, even tougher play off looks likely to be introduced. Can't help but feel a bit hard done by.
Quote:Aa545
So if a top v bottom play off is introduced, how is that going to help the promoted club with there recruitment for next season?
Quote:Cornish boy
I absolutely understand the sentiment, as a process, playoff's make for a protracted season and as a result makes recruitment so difficult for both the possible promoted team as well as the possibly relegated team.
Quote:Danny-Boy
It is a No Brainer, We don't have the ground we need, We don't have the Large number of fans we need. We stay in Reading we are doomed!!!!!
I just want to say thanks to Nick K for all the loyalty he has seved and given usNick did a great job to as a club. I wish him and his family health and happiness!!!
Nick did a great job and if you looked at the last so many games things could have been diffrent. The club needs a bigger fan base and more money coming out of South West London!!!
I thankyou.
Now back to my padded cell, it is nice in here!!!
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Much more positive, although not sure how Premiership Rugby can vote to unilaterally shorten the European competition without agreement from other parties.
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have contributed far more to the English game than them
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have contributed far more to the English game than them
Would you like to quantify this statement please?
Quote:Margin_Walker
Hodgson probably not the best example to use there...
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have contributed far more to the English game than them
Would you like to quantify this statement please?
Profile of the English game: first team to beat Leinster at home in Europe, beaten Premiership finalists by a point, beaten European Cup semi-finalists.
Production of English internationals: Alex Corbisiero, David Paice, Nick Kennedy, Steffon Armitage, Paul Hodgson, Topsy Ojo, Delon Armitage, Jonathan Joseph, Marland Yarde, Anthony Watson.
In short, Bristol have had one season in the Premiership in the last ten years. Irish have only not been in the Premiership one season in the last ten. It's fairly simple.
Quote:GHA
Do they have a stake in Ashton Gate?
Quote:Automatic one up, one down was under serious threat from club owners keen to block off the 12-team league.
But when push came to shove no workable agreement was able to be reached at last week’s Premier Rugby board meeting to put before the RFU at today’s Professional Game Board summit.
Quote:Kildysart
Howzabout two leagues of 8 (maybe roughly split geographically), inviting the 13 plus another three from the Championship (Yorkshire, Ealing, Pirates or whoever has the resources to purchase shares?). Each team would play 14 games and the top 2 or 4 from each league would enter year-end play offs to decide who are top dogs.
Quote:paulm1953
Most Glasgow Warrior home games are sold out.
Quote:Narbia
Interestingly enough the proposed/agreed new stadium for Cornish Pirates is 6000 max, capacity.
Quote:to 15KTheRealBigEasyQuote:Narbia
Interestingly enough the proposed/agreed new stadium for Cornish Pirates is 6000 max, capacity.
With an option to expand!
Quote:NarbiaQuote:to 15KTheRealBigEasyQuote:Narbia
Interestingly enough the proposed/agreed new stadium for Cornish Pirates is 6000 max, capacity.
With an option to expand!![]()
Which would suggest they're not currently considering Premiership status.
BBC - timeline from 2005.
Quote:Premiership capacity is 10k so if they build 6k then not much work needed to expand to 10k if they get promoted of course.NarbiaQuote:to 15KTheRealBigEasyQuote:Narbia
Interestingly enough the proposed/agreed new stadium for Cornish Pirates is 6000 max, capacity.
With an option to expand!![]()
Which would suggest they're not currently considering Premiership status.
BBC - timeline from 2005.
Quote:Aa545
Premiership capacity is 10k so if they build 6k then not much work needed to expand to 10k if they get promoted of course.
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Premiership capacity is 10k so if they build 6k then not much work needed to expand to 10k if they get promoted of course.
Well Sarries are the case in hand in how to increase your 10K capacity overnight to 15K several times a year, so you MAY be right - depending on building type.
Best of luck to Pirates I say. Hope they complete their financing and work starts.
Mind you, you don't need 10K capacity for Pro14 membership !
Quote:DrV'sHairyCraic
What financing? They're getting the council funding for it.
Quote:As above
Under the council's agreement, the funding will only be provided should the government also hand over £3m