Heineken Cup 2021/22

[Dexter]

The Monaco Grand Prix is also on the same weekend. That's only down the road form Marseilles, relatively.

[fourthirtythree]

Killester Travel charging €895 for a day-trip to the final!!

JWT undercutting Killester by offering the same day trip for €894.

You'd be sick if you'd just bought it, sick.

[D4surfer]

2022 EPCR European Player of the Year shortlist 

Grégory ALLDRITT (Stade Rochelais)
Caelan DORIS (Leinster Rugby)
Antoine DUPONT (Stade Toulousain)
James LOWE (Leinster Rugby)
Josh VAN DER FLIER (Leinster Rugby)

https://www.epcrugby.com/2022/05/17/sta ... shortlist/

[Laighin Break]

You can vote for Player of the Year here
They made an error setting up the page as it's multi select rather thang single select, so I voted for Josh, James and Caelan. I wonder if they all actually got a vote from my entry

https://imgur.com/a/1BlmbtM

[desperado]

Killester Travel charging €895 for a day-trip to the final!!

I booked it as there was no real alternative that didn't include trips around the globe.

Don't tell my wife.

Same here got fed up trying different combos. So I looked at the KT option; but you can get the same flights from Aer Lingus for 780 approx.; and via eDreams for 723. All your missing is a bus/metro connection to/from airport and services of a rep?

[D4surfer]

Killester Travel charging €895 for a day-trip to the final!!

I booked it as there was no real alternative that didn't include trips around the globe.

Don't tell my wife.

Same here got fed up trying different combos. So I looked at the KT option; but you can get the same flights from Aer Lingus for 780 approx.; and via eDreams for 723. All your missing is a bus/metro connection to/from airport and services of a rep?

The Aer Lingus flights are sold out now.

[Morf]

Last year, with two French teams in the final, they moved the final from France to London, with the compensation being that Marseille got it this year. It's properly idiotic planning by EPCR and the result is that their marquee event won't be a sell-out (or if it is, they will have given away the tickets to disinterested locals). A lot of fans who want to go to the game but cannot afford it financially or in terms of time will just have to sit it out.

Pedant alert:
Disinterested is impartiality, not having an interest in either outcome.
Uninterested is the absence of interest.

Close enough to be interchangeable at times but I get the strong impression that most people using it online or journalists don't actually know there is a difference.[/pedant alert]

[riocard911]

Last year, with two French teams in the final, they moved the final from France to London, with the compensation being that Marseille got it this year. It's properly idiotic planning by EPCR and the result is that their marquee event won't be a sell-out (or if it is, they will have given away the tickets to disinterested locals). A lot of fans who want to go to the game but cannot afford it financially or in terms of time will just have to sit it out.

Pedant alert:
Disinterested is impartiality, not having an interest in either outcome.
Uninterested is the absence of interest.

Close enough to be interchangeable at times but I get the strong impression that most people using it online or journalists don't actually know there is a difference.[/pedant alert]

You're grand. Drives me bonkers too, when they get them mixed up.

[Morf]

Last year, with two French teams in the final, they moved the final from France to London, with the compensation being that Marseille got it this year. It's properly idiotic planning by EPCR and the result is that their marquee event won't be a sell-out (or if it is, they will have given away the tickets to disinterested locals). A lot of fans who want to go to the game but cannot afford it financially or in terms of time will just have to sit it out.

Pedant alert:
Disinterested is impartiality, not having an interest in either outcome.
Uninterested is the absence of interest.

Close enough to be interchangeable at times but I get the strong impression that most people using it online or journalists don't actually know there is a difference.[/pedant alert]

You're grand. Drives me bonkers too, when they get them mixed up.

Wasn't meaning to pick out Jooooooe specifically either!

[joooooe]

Last year, with two French teams in the final, they moved the final from France to London, with the compensation being that Marseille got it this year. It's properly idiotic planning by EPCR and the result is that their marquee event won't be a sell-out (or if it is, they will have given away the tickets to disinterested locals). A lot of fans who want to go to the game but cannot afford it financially or in terms of time will just have to sit it out.

Pedant alert:
Disinterested is impartiality, not having an interest in either outcome.
Uninterested is the absence of interest.

Close enough to be interchangeable at times but I get the strong impression that most people using it online or journalists don't actually know there is a difference.[/pedant alert]

I deliberately used "disinterested" rather than "uninterested." In the context of tickets being given away to [ ] locals, I was trying (though clearly failing!) to say that the crowd would be largely made up of non-partisan day trippers. Presumably, they would have an interest in the game (given that they're there) but would not really care much about the outcome.

[Oldschool]

Very pedantic.

[Morf]

Last year, with two French teams in the final, they moved the final from France to London, with the compensation being that Marseille got it this year. It's properly idiotic planning by EPCR and the result is that their marquee event won't be a sell-out (or if it is, they will have given away the tickets to disinterested locals). A lot of fans who want to go to the game but cannot afford it financially or in terms of time will just have to sit it out.

Pedant alert:
Disinterested is impartiality, not having an interest in either outcome.
Uninterested is the absence of interest.

Close enough to be interchangeable at times but I get the strong impression that most people using it online or journalists don't actually know there is a difference.[/pedant alert]

I deliberately used "disinterested" rather than "uninterested." In the context of tickets being given away to [ ] locals, I was trying (though clearly failing!) to say that the crowd would be largely made up of non-partisan day trippers. Presumably, they would have an interest in the game (given that they're there) but would not really care much about the outcome.

They'll probably support La Rochelle just because they're French which makes them opportunistic but not disinterested.
The stewards or stadium staff are better described as disinterested as they're paid to be there. /moresemanticpedantry

[footrush]

Pedant alert:
Disinterested is impartiality, not having an interest in either outcome.
Uninterested is the absence of interest.

Close enough to be interchangeable at times but I get the strong impression that most people using it online or journalists don't actually know there is a difference.[/pedant alert]

I deliberately used "disinterested" rather than "uninterested." In the context of tickets being given away to [ ] locals, I was trying (though clearly failing!) to say that the crowd would be largely made up of non-partisan day trippers. Presumably, they would have an interest in the game (given that they're there) but would not really care much about the outcome.

They'll probably support La Rochelle just because they're French which makes them opportunistic but not disinterested.
The stewards or stadium staff are better described as disinterested as they're paid to be there. /moresemanticpedantry

Last time I was there the stewards were antagonistic and taciturn displaying very little empathy for the spirit of the game and expecting the worst in terms of soccer violence. It was not a pleasant atmosphere at all …..

[Serb]

2022 EPCR European Player of the Year shortlist 

Grégory ALLDRITT (Stade Rochelais)
Caelan DORIS (Leinster Rugby)
Antoine DUPONT (Stade Toulousain)
James LOWE (Leinster Rugby)
Josh VAN DER FLIER (Leinster Rugby)

https://www.epcrugby.com/2022/05/17/sta ... shortlist/

Glad to see they are flexible enough to include players in the final nomination that perform exceptionally well but didn’t make the original long list (i.e. Lowe), but it does beg the question why they bother at all with the long list.

[mildlyinterested]

2022 EPCR European Player of the Year shortlist 

Grégory ALLDRITT (Stade Rochelais)
Caelan DORIS (Leinster Rugby)
Antoine DUPONT (Stade Toulousain)
James LOWE (Leinster Rugby)
Josh VAN DER FLIER (Leinster Rugby)

https://www.epcrugby.com/2022/05/17/sta ... shortlist/

Glad to see they are flexible enough to include players in the final nomination that perform exceptionally well but didn’t make the original long list (i.e. Lowe), but it does beg the question why they bother at all with the long list.

Social Media engagement

[domhnallj]

Champions cup due for Dublin next year. Hopefully it will involve a defence of the title by Leinster.

[neill_m]

Champions cup due for Dublin next year. Hopefully it will involve a defence of the title by Leinster.

The 2023 Finals were originally scheduled to be staged at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium; however, with the Premier League concluding later than usual due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place in November and December, coupled with the impact of Rugby World Cup 2023 on the EPCR calendar, it was decided to select the Aviva Stadium as next season’s host venue.

McKay added: “We are very happy to continue working with Tottenham Hotspur to stage our Finals there soon. It is a sensational stadium with a burgeoning history of hosting rugby matches.

[mildlyinterested]

Champions cup due for Dublin next year. Hopefully it will involve a defence of the title by Leinster.

Allez, in Johnnys final season in blue.

[LeinsterLeader]

Nine Irish players named on the Champions Cup team of the season
Champions Cup runners-up Leinster dominate the team with eight players selected. Champions La Rochelle have four players included


TUE, 13 SEP, 2022 - 11:59
TJ GALVIN

"Nine Irish players have been named on the 2021/22 Heineken Champions Cup team of the season.

Champions Cup runners-up Leinster dominate the team with eight players selected. Hugo Keenan, Garry Ringrose, James Lowe, and Johnny Sexton are named in the backline.

Rónan Kelleher, Tadhg Furlong, Ross Molony, and Josh van der Flier have been named in the forward pack along with Munster's captain Peter O'Mahony.

Champions La Rochelle have four players included with Raymond Rhule named on the wing having scored four tries in the tournament along with a key try in the final.

Danny Priso is named at loosehead prop, giant second row Will Skelton is named at lock and La Rochelle captain Grégory Alldritt named at number 8.

The team is completed by one player each from Toulouse and Racing 92. Toulouse's French star Antoine Dupont has been named at scrum-half.

Racing 92's French international Gael Fickou has been named at inside centre."

2021/22 European Heineken Champions Cup team of the season

15. Hugo Keenan (Leinster Rugby)

14. Raymond Rhule (Stade Rochelais)

13. Garry Ringrose (Leinster Rugby)

12. Gaël Fickou (Racing 92)

11. James Lowe (Leinster Rugby)

10. Johnny Sexton (Leinster Rugby)

9. Antoine Dupont (Stade Toulousain)

1. Dany Priso (Stade Rochelais)

2. Rónan Kelleher (Leinster Rugby)

3. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster Rugby)

4. Will Skelton (Stade Rochelais)

5. Ross Molony (Leinster Rugby)

6. Peter O’Mahony (Munster Rugby)

7. Josh van der Flier (Leinster Rugby)

8. Grégory Alldritt (Stade Rochelais)

[Oldschoolsocks]

Nine Irish players named on the Champions Cup team of the season
Champions Cup runners-up Leinster dominate the team with eight players selected. Champions La Rochelle have four players included


TUE, 13 SEP, 2022 - 11:59
TJ GALVIN

"Nine Irish players have been named on the 2021/22 Heineken Champions Cup team of the season.

Champions Cup runners-up Leinster dominate the team with eight players selected. Hugo Keenan, Garry Ringrose, James Lowe, and Johnny Sexton are named in the backline.

Rónan Kelleher, Tadhg Furlong, Ross Molony, and Josh van der Flier have been named in the forward pack along with Munster's captain Peter O'Mahony.

Champions La Rochelle have four players included with Raymond Rhule named on the wing having scored four tries in the tournament along with a key try in the final.

Danny Priso is named at loosehead prop, giant second row Will Skelton is named at lock and La Rochelle captain Grégory Alldritt named at number 8.

The team is completed by one player each from Toulouse and Racing 92. Toulouse's French star Antoine Dupont has been named at scrum-half.

Racing 92's French international Gael Fickou has been named at inside centre."

2021/22 European Heineken Champions Cup team of the season

15. Hugo Keenan (Leinster Rugby)

14. Raymond Rhule (Stade Rochelais)

13. Garry Ringrose (Leinster Rugby)

12. Gaël Fickou (Racing 92)

11. James Lowe (Leinster Rugby)

10. Johnny Sexton (Leinster Rugby)

9. Antoine Dupont (Stade Toulousain)

1. Dany Priso (Stade Rochelais)

2. Rónan Kelleher (Leinster Rugby)

3. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster Rugby)

4. Will Skelton (Stade Rochelais)

5. Ross Molony (Leinster Rugby)

6. Peter O’Mahony (Munster Rugby)

7. Josh van der Flier (Leinster Rugby)

8. Grégory Alldritt (Stade Rochelais)

Maybe they took the photo from POM’s stags into account when awarding the places?