European Club Rugby
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Sharks match was really good I thought
@MiketheSnow Sharks need to win to qualify for Champions Cup 2025. Good to see the Springboks get some gametime.
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Now that is a lopsided scoreline, SRP equivalent was 26-6 (top versus second to bottom)
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/northampton-run-amok-against-gloucester-with-14-try-hammering/
@Machpants Glaws put out a B team really. That sort of thing should be looked at. Not fair on the other sides.
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@Catogrande If a team is going to do that then they deserve to get walloped, if fact it should be the duty of their opposition to flog them by as much as possible and forever stain their records. Who will remember the circumstances in ten years time when the records will still see Northampton 90 - 00 Gloucester as the result. I imagine the pound a point sponsors would be running for cover!
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@Catogrande If a team is going to do that then they deserve to get walloped, if fact it should be the duty of their opposition to flog them by as much as possible and forever stain their records. Who will remember the circumstances in ten years time when the records will still see Northampton 90 - 00 Gloucester as the result. I imagine the pound a point sponsors would be running for cover!
With you all the way there but the bit that annoys me is that Gloucester have handed a home semi-final to Northampton on a plate. They were likely going to get that anyway but giving them a training run in the penultimate game of the regular season is a big advantage.
Just. Not. Right.
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Kaching!
Canal+ has secured the broadcast rights for both the Top 14 and Pro D2 from 2027 to 2032, paying €696.8 million for the privilege.
According to numbers reported from SportsPro Media and the LNR – this equates to an annual payment of €128.7 million for the Top 14, marking a 13.3 per cent increase compared to the previous agreement.
1.2 billion NZD for 5 year TV deal, not including national team (just domestic) - All Blacks and domestic game in NZ $535 million.
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What a final
Leinster 22 - 25 Toulouse
Going in to the second period of extra time
Toulouse down to 14 after a RC in the first period of extra time
Leinster will kick themselves if they don’t see this home
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Some dumb play from Leinster
Don’t deserve to win when you concede 17 turnovers
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Great final. Even the kiwis couldn’t save Leinster this time. You will be surprised to read that there was a red card and that Dupont got motm.
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Great final. Even the kiwis couldn’t save Leinster this time. You will be surprised to read that there was a red card and that Dupont got motm.
@Billy-Tell said in NH club rugby:
Great final. Even the kiwis couldn’t save Leinster this time. You will be surprised to read that there was a red card and that Dupont got motm.
Deserved on both counts. Arnold must be as thick as shit with that play in those circumstances. If Toulouse had lost he’d have been as loved as a ginger stepchild.
DuPont was just bloody good without having his normal wtf plays.
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4 turn overs, by nine! Dupont is definitely one of the best club players in the world, his time at 7s had added more strings to his bow. He doesn't quite bring that across to international level against the to takes, still excellent but maybe he will to 7s
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Over the last few months there has been a fair bit of North versus South 'who would win' and which 'club' comps are better. But I would like to point out that URC table topping club at home Munster barely beat traveling to the other side of the world, in their first game of the season worst NZ team saders.
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The likes of Toulouse, Leinster and La Rochelle are not in the same league as Munster, IMO. In terms of physicality, the Top 14 is head and shoulders above the Super Rugby competition.
@cgrant I'd back our top club sides to beat any of those Northern sides at a neutral venue. That's why I'm looking forward to the World Club tourney in a few years. I've seen about 20 'Dupont is the best player in the world' posts in the last week alone. The North really believe their own hype at times yet the Southern Hemisphere continues to dominate World Cups. No surprises really, we just play faster more skillful rugby.
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URC making the most of having SA teams. Right time zones help
