Fatknacker Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 3 hours ago, CyderInACan said: The article I saw that suggested an expansion said they’d get rid of a cup competition to compensate. I think. I’ll try and find it. Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted December 5, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 Been confirmed it's 100% not happening this season. Liked the reply from the RFU where they basically said many of the clubs didn't care before but as 7 of them are in real danger of the drop at the moment they are trying to protect themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatknacker Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 44 minutes ago, phantom said: Been confirmed it's 100% not happening this season. Liked the reply from the RFU where they basically said many of the clubs didn't care before but as 7 of them are in real danger of the drop at the moment they are trying to protect themselves Self preservation being a very strong instinct! Bristols excellent start to the season when they should have won at least one more game possibly two and Worcester and Newcastle improvement in the last two seasons really has complicated things for the bigger boys...every one other than Exeter and Saracens really are vulnerable because there's no nailed on bottom three. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club and Country Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 Let’s be honest premiership rugby have been waiting for Bristol to show up for about 5 years now ringfencing will defo happen next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 C’mon then how bad was Saturday!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 11 hours ago, CyderInACan said: C’mon then how bad was Saturday!? Didn't think it was that bad. Basically a full strength la rochelle side against a not so strong bristol side and we lost 5 tries to 4. Obviously there were some very poor mistakes and stuff to work on but the scoreline didn't reflect the match imo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 hour ago, JBFC II said: Didn't think it was that bad. Basically a full strength la rochelle side against a not so strong bristol side and we lost 5 tries to 4. Obviously there were some very poor mistakes and stuff to work on but the scoreline didn't reflect the match imo Good t get a BP I guess too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 On 10/12/2018 at 19:42, CyderInACan said: Good t get a BP I guess too If we can get a BP on Saturday night and then 2 x 5 pointers against the Russian side, we should progress. Just about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, The Bard said: If we can get a BP on Saturday night and then 2 x 5 pointers against the Russian side, we should progress. Just about. Does doing well in this competition have any worth for Bristol? Is it like the Europa League? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 The game Saturday night -/8pm ko our time I think - is being broadcast live on France4 and BeIn Sports Max 9 FR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 4 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: Does doing well in this competition have any worth for Bristol? Is it like the Europa League? Depends how the coach uses the competition. I think they were thinking we would qualify for the quarter finals quite comfortably. However, the narrow loss away to Zebre made that less likely. The side he's picked for Saturday is completely 2nd string. All English qualified. La Rochelle were the best side I've seen at Ashton Gate this season. Very brave by Lam. Obviously using the game to see who will show they're ready to step up whilst ensuring the main players are keyed up for the 3 games over the festive period. It's exactly like Europa League. 2nd tier competition but the winner goes to the Champions Cup next year. It's only 3 extra games and if we're safe come March/April, one suspects it might be targeted. The draw was very kind, but the loss at Zebre has made things very difficult. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 The ko over in La Rochelle tonight is 9pm local time. I’d be very unhappy wit that! And people moan about the prem footy games being moved to daft times. I guess the one consolation is plenty of boozing time for the visiting Bristol contingent, hoping they’ll be very pissed and very loud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Massive win for Bristol, one of the biggest we've ever had in Europe. The defence for the whole 80 minutes was superb, leinster quality. Summed up by Andy uren driving their hooker into touch, absolute quality. Taje that sort of defence into the next two massive games and we'll be in an excellent place 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 12 hours ago, JBFC II said: Massive win for Bristol, one of the biggest we've ever had in Europe. The defence for the whole 80 minutes was superb, leinster quality. Summed up by Andy uren driving their hooker into touch, absolute quality. Taje that sort of defence into the next two massive games and we'll be in an excellent place Great game in challenging conditions. What a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 12 hours ago, JBFC II said: Massive win for Bristol, one of the biggest we've ever had in Europe. The defence for the whole 80 minutes was superb, leinster quality. Summed up by Andy uren driving their hooker into touch, absolute quality. Taje that sort of defence into the next two massive games and we'll be in an excellent place Does that mean Bris Qualify ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 hour ago, slartibartfast said: Does that mean Bris Qualify ? With two bonus point wins against the Russians we should as one of the top 3 2nd placed teams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 hour ago, JBFC II said: With two bonus point wins against the Russians we should as one of the top 3 2nd placed teams Assuming the Russians aren't much cop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Kid in the Riot said: Assuming the Russians aren't much cop? They've lost every game heavily so far and conceded 85 points to la rochelle. I'd imagine they aren't up to too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinkadink Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/landmark-day-for-premiership-rugby-with-cvc-partnership/ Official Bears statement on CVC minority share... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted December 20, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 10 hours ago, Rinkadink said: https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/landmark-day-for-premiership-rugby-with-cvc-partnership/ Official Bears statement on CVC minority share... I read the statement - apologies but what does it actually mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinkadink Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Hopefully it means rugby gets more popular, more TV/media coverage, more money in the game, more professional leagues (in time), etc... CVC bought Formula 1 a while back and turned a large profit (8 billion pounds?), I think they've been involved with Moto GP too and now Premiership Rugby. Practically, in the short term this would mean all the 13 P share holders (all current clubs plus London Irish) get a chunk of cash up front -something like £20million each- in exchange for sharing the income with CVC who will heavily market the product in this country and elsewhere to make a decent ROI. Could all go wrong, of course but they're still minority holders so that lessens the risk somewhat. Both codes of rugby deserves to be bigger and this could well be the catalyst that Union needs to push on to greater things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 Wow, that's an exciting 15! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 Looking forward to tomorrow, closest game of the season for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Good result last night too with Wuss losing 6-32 to Saints. No BPs. I think we can win today against the team with the worst scoring record in the division. Newcastle are 2nd worst and Barf 3rd! Today’s other fixtures are Chiefs v. Sarries (irreverent to us!) Tigers v Quins (away win please) Tomorrow it’s Newcastle v Glos (away please) Wasps v Bath (home please) If we can do our bit the table could look very good indeed - C’mon Bris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Poor half. 14-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Too many errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Oh dear. 27-10 ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Really poor today. No lack of effort, but nothing they tried worked and when you're making basic errors like missing touch from a penalty twice and kicking it out on the full from the kick off then you're not going to win many games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Damn, just when they look like a midtable team they get dragged down again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 23 hours ago, cidercity1987 said: Damn, just when they look like a midtable team they get dragged down again Yup, today’s win for Bath and a narrow loss for Newcastle doesn’t help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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