European Club Rugby
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Farrell had already announced his decision not to make himself available in this Six Nations championship, citing his wish to prioritise his and his family’s
mentalfinancial wellbeing.But I kid, good on him. Saracens were going to make him a marquee player, according to rumour, meaning Itoje would miss out - as they are going from 2 down to 1 outside the salary cap. It would unlikely be a huge jump on top of what he'd get in England (not like NZ to France) He's getting on, and slow turtle sexcockwomble shows what happens to 10s who stay too long. Make some money, have some fun, a little less glare than being booed by fans.
He still a dirty tackler that has gotten away with all sorts, but can't begrudge him the change
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DuPont back to being awesome, France will miss him 6N
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Round Nine – Attendance by fixture
Benetton v Zebre Parma: 5,000
Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors: 37,904
Stormers v Sharks: 37,246
Ospreys v Cardiff: 8,159
Connacht v Munster: 7,240
Dragons RFC v Scarlets: 7,617
Bulls v Lions: 26,632Total attendance: 146,046
Previous best single round attendances:
135,747 – Round Eight of the 2023/24 season
123,307 – Round 11 of the 2022/23 season
121,117 – Round 21 of the 2017/18 season
117,448 – Round 10 of the 2022/23 season -
Round Nine – Attendance by fixture
Benetton v Zebre Parma: 5,000
Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors: 37,904
Stormers v Sharks: 37,246
Ospreys v Cardiff: 8,159
Connacht v Munster: 7,240
Dragons RFC v Scarlets: 7,617
Bulls v Lions: 26,632Total attendance: 146,046
Previous best single round attendances:
135,747 – Round Eight of the 2023/24 season
123,307 – Round 11 of the 2022/23 season
121,117 – Round 21 of the 2017/18 season
117,448 – Round 10 of the 2022/23 season@OomPB said in NH club rugby:
Round Nine – Attendance by fixture
Benetton v Zebre Parma: 5,000
Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors: 37,904
Stormers v Sharks: 37,246
Ospreys v Cardiff: 8,159
Connacht v Munster: 7,240
Dragons RFC v Scarlets: 7,617
Bulls v Lions: 26,632Total attendance: 146,046
Previous best single round attendances:
135,747 – Round Eight of the 2023/24 season
123,307 – Round 11 of the 2022/23 season
121,117 – Round 21 of the 2017/18 season
117,448 – Round 10 of the 2022/23 seasonWho says world cups don't pique interest in a sport eh!
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I wish they’d just fuck off and leave our sports alone.
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Durban and Ellispark pulling crowds of the 30,000 plus on the weekend in derby URC clashes.
Sadly the home teams lost to the Bulls and Stormers.
This weekend the SA shield decider at Loftus aim to pull a record URC crowd of 50,000.
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The URC have this nice gesture this and next weekend by making it origin match days. Players must wear either their club or schools socks and spectators the jerseys. Was cool to see the commentators wearing the jerseys. Obvious Grey Bloem and the Paarl schools and Paul Roos dominating.
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Saffer URC derby tries in Xhosa commentators.
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Loftus sold out for tomorrows big SA rivals URC clash between Bulls and Stormers. Will be a record crowd for URC rugby.
https://x.com/BlueBullsRugby/status/1763533596969570789?s=20Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 David Kriel, 11 Canan Moodie, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 7 Rienhardt Ludwig, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortjé (captain), 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Replacements: 16. Simphiwe Matanzima, 17. Akker van der Merwe, 18. Francois Kloppers, 19. JF van Heerden, 20. Nizaam Carr, 21. Zak Burger, 22. Willie Le Roux, 23. Mpilo GumedeStormers — 15 Warrick Gelant (Hoerskool Outeniqua), 14 Ben Loader (Wellington College), 13 Dan du Plessis (Paul Roos), 12 Damian Willemse (Paul Roos), 11 Leolin Zas (Hermanus High), 10 Manie Libbok (Hoerskool Outeniqua), 9 Herschel Jantjies (Paul Roos), 8 Hacjivah Dayimani (Jeppe), 7 Evan Roos (Paarl Boys), 6 Deon Fourie (captain, Hoerskool Pietersburg), 5 Ruben van Heerden (Affies), 4 Adre Smith (Oakdale), 3 Neethling Fouche (Grey College), 2 Joseph Dweba (HTS Louis Botha), 1 Sti Sithole (Westville).
Subs: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter (Grey College), 17 Brok Harris (Bastion), 18 Sazi Sandi (St Andrews), 19 Salmaan Moerat (Paarl Boys), 20 Ben-Jason Dixon (Paul Roos), 21 Marcel Theunissen (Grey College), 22 Paul de Wet (Paarl Boys), 23 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (Bishops).
Date: Saturday, March 2
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 15.00 (13.00 GMT)
Expected weather: The weather in Pretoria will be very hot with temperatures reaching 33°C.
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Assistant Referees: Griffin Colby (South Africa), Sean Muller (South Africa)
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Northampton, Leinster, Harlequins, and either Exeter or Bordeaux for the semis so far
The peril of cross hemisphere rugby rear is head, bulls travel schedule ridiculous
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Great weekend of rugby
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cracking weekend, Quins game was chefs kiss. Having been at the Toulouse game at the Stoop before Christmas, I can't see how Quins beat them if they front up like they did that day. That said, I thought Quins would get battered in Bordeaux so what do i know
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cracking weekend, Quins game was chefs kiss. Having been at the Toulouse game at the Stoop before Christmas, I can't see how Quins beat them if they front up like they did that day. That said, I thought Quins would get battered in Bordeaux so what do i know
Did you see the Exeter v Toulouse game? The Frenchies turned up in the second half and just blew Exeter away. Their continuity was brilliant. Quins will have a chance if the first half Toulouse turn up, not sure if the second half team turn up though. So good.
