Leicester Tigers

all bonus points are important. Against an Italian side they are a must, if you get one at home in a win against a better side it is a bonus, and if you lose on the road it is important to get a losing one. If you manage to get one with an away win against a decent side you are laughing. But they ar...

tb1 made IMO a valid point: "Refs seem to have chucked the new interpretations out the window" I watched the Ospreys game and Fitzgibbon played the old Magners style with no hint of new interpretations - and a cracking game it was. Clancy reffed Magners style for 20 mins then seemed to ge...

IN THE LAW BOOK IT STATES Penalty Try. If a player would probably have scored a try but for foul play by an opponent, a penalty try is awarded between the goal posts. As a ref myslef i still out as to weather AT had done it to stop then from scoreing if you look at the reply he did gather the ball ...

One man lying on floor with ball. One man on his feet. There is no gate. there is no ruck "gate" but there is a tackle "gate" which is different in definition to that of the ruck" the width of the tackle "gate" is the complete width of the tackle ....so if the tac...

Bill W (2) wrote:So Stephen Jones was right?

not really.....as crowds have definitely increased (especially for HC games)...against the figures from the 70's no.....but against the figures for pro rugby yes.

bluntiger wrote:ABO

Anyone but Ospreys!

I agree....not because of the supporters as you lot are a great bunch and we have a good laugh with some great banter...but there have been too many games in recent times with too many "issues" and I believe a break would be good for both sides.

For those that are interested the average gates for the welsh teams for the last celtic league before regionalisation were as follows Cardiff Rugby 7,000 Newport 6,120 Pontypridd 5,880 Neath 4,594 Llanelli 3,294 Swansea 2,750 Bridgend 2,625 Caerphilly 950 Ebbw Vale 333 and for last season Cardiff Bl...

"The fact remains that even after some seasons of regional rugby, none of the Blues nor the Dragons nor the Scarlets have been anything remotely as successful as they were in their old guises, nor have they drawn crowds remotely as big as they used to." i am guessing that is irony? as in ...

Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod :smt023 I have a feeling my french is better than your welsh however the eels got in your hovercraft :smt002 but back on topic we could have a home draw in the playoffs....unless we suddenly get deducted points....which would smell of conspiracy wouldn't it :p

Bill W (2) wrote:
Mais les celts. C'est merde n'est ce pas!

that wasn't nice bill....come on play nice or I will have to talk welsh

guys dont forget that if leinster were to win it again then biaritz would not be a tier 1 team as the winning side is automatically ranked 1

SkippyTiger wrote:Shane Williams getting taken on the outside just like Habana:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDKUWwu9 ... r_embedded

If he could tackle that lad would be fairly useful

I am sure you wouldn't say no if he was offered to you though

Thankfully even if they win the cup,neither hairspreys or the stains can overtake us. I was of the belief that if you win the competition you are automatically ranked 1. Is that not the case? Agreed Bill, some degree of weighting might make them a little fairer by rewarding more recent performance ...

Bill W (2) wrote: Well their own is, well, mickey mouse!

funny you say that when 4 of the finalists are from the top 14, 3 from the magners and only one from the GP

The qualifying system as it stands is weighted against English clubs and taken together with capping and number of games issues it's a wonder that English Clubs have performed as well as they have to date. There's a crying need to take a long had look at the competition as it stands in order to lev...