Leicester Tigers

Is this part of their victim narrative too

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/rugby/ ... n%20London.

This club statement would suggest they do

https://www.ealingtrailfinders.com/news ... -standards

Ashurstwoodtiger wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:54 pm Just had a thought one of the problems with promotion for Champinship Clubs is ground size, not supporter size.

Is it?

What evidence is there for that?

Have Bayonne been expelled from the League

World Rugby reveals radical plans to speed up sport and broaden its appeal

Lot to digest here:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/ ... den-appeal

Article on our George

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/68567305

His nickname is Lenny and he told Rugby World: “I wish I had a story for it but I’m the youngest of 28 first cousins and we all have the same sort of nickname – Benny became Lenny and it stuck. Everyone calls me that now.”

Sadly but realistically it's hard to see anything but an Ireland romp.

England are no mugs and it's sport. Bit of luck here and there, maybe a red card for Ireland (although they are generally very discipled, maybe we'll click.

Other two games much more interesting though tbh.

Not sure what people expect from such an interview. Season ticket wise: stuck between a rock and a hard place. If they put them up after Covid there would be an uproar. So they've held off and now other things have made it even more challenging - so they've bitten the bullet. Will be challenging ini...

Non paywall version of the article

https://archive.ph/sZ2DQ

TBH, it just seems like a long moan.

Here is the article:

https://archive.ph/RCXEQ

It is worth a read from several angles.

Worth noting a similarity in the regionality of rugby in France and the make of the clubs in the League. I posted this in 2021: Yes, La Rochelle is clearly the Top 14 team with the lowest number of actual local players - although they are home to one Elissalde family, so it's not like no rugbyman wa...

What you would call negativity is what I would call realism. I just feel you get in a negative mental spiral with this stuff. Anyhow, a rabbit hole which we should probably stop going down. There are plenty of unalterable reasons why Prem rugby is not as commercially successful as the French pro le...

As I say too much negativity, it can't be done, it is inevitable, most people don't want to watch/understand rugby type attitude. Mistakes have been made in the past - let's learn from them. It's important to understand the strength of other clubs is important to us as our health is to them. Being v...

All of this has been discussed before.

There is too much negativity IMO. The Prem is great to watch and there are some great stadiums and clubs in it. We just need to build it out a bit and make better use of what is there.

We just have to look over the channel to see what we have to do.