United Rugby Championship

[Oldschoolsocks]

Travellers wear make-up?

Depends if they’re pushing or pulling John

[neill_m]

FRIDAY, APRIL 29

Vodacom Bulls v Glasgow Warriors
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria – KO 18.00 IRE & UK / 19.00 ITA & SA
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU, 3rd league game)
AR 1: AJ Jacobs (SARU) AR 2: Griffin Colby (SARU)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)

Munster v Cardiff Rugby
Musgrave Park, Cork – KO 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA & SA
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU, 23rd league game)
AR 1: Frank Murphy (IRFU) AR 2: Robbie Jenkinson (IRFU)
TMO: Leo Colgan (IRFU)

SATURDAY, APRIL 30

Emirates Lions v Benetton
Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg – KO 13.00 IRE & UK / 14.00 ITA & SA
Referee: Andy Brace (IRFU, 77th league game)
AR 1: AJ Jacobs (SARU) AR 2: Griffin Colby (SARU)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)

Cell C Sharks v Connacht
Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban – KO 15.05 IRE & UK / 16.05 ITA & SA
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU, 61st league game)
AR 1: Cwengile Jadezweni (SARU) AR 2: Stephan Geldenhuys (SARU)
TMO: Quinton Immelman (SARU)

Zebre Parma v Dragons
Stadio Lanfranchi, Parma – KO 15.05 IRE & UK / 16.05 ITA & SA
Referee: Chris Busby (IRFU, 21st league game)
AR 1: Riccardo Angelucci (FIR) AR 2: Dario Merli (FIR)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (FIR)

Ospreys v Scarlets
Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea – KO 17.15 IRE & UK / 18.15 ITA & SA
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU, 9th league game)
AR 1: Ben Whitehouse (WRU) AR 2: Rhys Jones (WRU)
TMO: Adam Jones (WRU)

Edinburgh Rugby v Ulster
The DAM Health Stadium, Edinburgh – KO 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA & SA
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU, 84th league game)
AR 1: Ian Kenny (SRU) AR 2: Dunx McClement (SRU)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (SRU)

[Ruckedtobits]

When I look at the Officials listed for Sharks v Connacht, you can't imagine anything but a car crash will result. Putting Adamson with Immelman is a recipe for ٪@#÷&*¥₩.

I know nothing about Cwengile Jaderweni or Stephen Geldenhuys but on recent experience they won't need to turn on their mics, every instruction will be incoming from Immelman

[curates_egg]

Haven’t seen it discussed elsewhere:
Why are we hosting our final home game of the season - which we will probably need to win, to secure a home path - in Lansdowne Road and not the RDS?

We’ve had plenty of games against Munster over the past few years and may have more this season.

[Theleinsterlad]

Haven’t seen it discussed elsewhere:
Why are we hosting our final home game of the season - which we will probably need to win, to secure a home path - in Lansdowne Road and not the RDS?

We’ve had plenty of games against Munster over the past few years and may have more this season.

[curates_egg]

Haven’t seen it discussed elsewhere:
Why are we hosting our final home game of the season - which we will probably need to win, to secure a home path - in Lansdowne Road and not the RDS?

We’ve had plenty of games against Munster over the past few years and may have more this season.

I'm sure they've run the numbers, but it will hardly be a sell out?
It's communion season, and the brave and faithful will be saving theirs for another day in the sun later in the season surely?
And will many extra Leinster fans (than would have gone to the RDS) really show up?

It seems unnecessary.

[cormac]

Haven’t seen it discussed elsewhere:
Why are we hosting our final home game of the season - which we will probably need to win, to secure a home path - in Lansdowne Road and not the RDS?

We’ve had plenty of games against Munster over the past few years and may have more this season.

Was originally scheduled for early April and then moved. Fairly certain they'd already sold tickets for that date in the Aviva so they could hardly turn around and then change back to the RDS after the game was swapped with the away match.

[wixfjord]

We won't need to win it to secure a home path either.

[curates_egg]

We won't need to win it to secure a home path either.

For a home final, we still might.

[curates_egg]

Haven’t seen it discussed elsewhere:
Why are we hosting our final home game of the season - which we will probably need to win, to secure a home path - in Lansdowne Road and not the RDS?

We’ve had plenty of games against Munster over the past few years and may have more this season.

Was originally scheduled for early April and then moved. Fairly certain they'd already sold tickets for that date in the Aviva so they could hardly turn around and then change back to the RDS after the game was swapped with the away match.

Thanks. That's the only explanation that makes sense. A shame.

[wixfjord]

We won't need to win it to secure a home path either.

For a home final, we still might.

One point from the next two will give us that route.

[curates_egg]

We won't need to win it to secure a home path either.

For a home final, we still might.

One point from the next two will give us that route.

I know it should be a foregone conclusion, but coaches and players can't think like that.
So many things can happen.

[johng]

FFS even stopping the Stormers from getting 4 tries this week will get us a home final. if we do need anything at all from Munster then it will be a LBP

We have been playing games in LR since long before it was the Aviva statement. We have played a regular season game there in the HC and also a league one every year since it reopened. Normally the Munster game.

It's been on the season ticket. Not sure how long it's been on general sale but it would be a logistical nightmare to change it to the RDS and why would you want to anyway even if it was easy?

[wixfjord]

For a home final, we still might.

One point from the next two will give us that route.

I know it should be a foregone conclusion, but coaches and players can't think like that.
So many things can happen.

Well it's not a foregone conclusion! We need one point from two games to do it.
We don't need a win thankfully.

[OTT]

Note to self when I’m being critical of officials I must remember that Ben Whitehouse is still by far #1. *Shudders*

Fingers crossed he stays clear of anything to do with our games for the rest of the season.

[cormac]

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[FLIP]

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The WRU are not clowns, they are the entire circus.

[Ruckedtobits]

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The WRU are not clowns, they are the entire circus.

Couple this with Pontypool calling for the resignation of the Community Rugby Committee of the Welsh RFU because their principle League was not completed this year because one Club (allegedly) refused to play it's fixtures. You couldn't make up the saga that is Welsh Club rugby.

[Theleinsterlad]

I wonder if they do dump one out will that open the door to the cheetahs re-entering?

[paddyor]

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THis has been coming for 10 years. The only question was who would get the chop.