Welcome To The Jungle Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Tipping it down here at AG for Bris vs Doncaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Tipping it down here at AG for Bris vs Doncaster What was the final score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posset red Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 70 mins 17-12 Bristol rugby twitter page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Tipping it down here at AG for Bris vs Doncaster I'm confused. I thought they were playing Weston tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rizzle Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 State of the pitch at the end of the game?! Anyone able to tell us who was there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 See a bit of the pitch on the second webcam feed http://www.bristol-sport.co.uk/ashton-gate-rebuild/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Fantastic not a mark on it and the rain was torrential all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rizzle Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Phhheeeew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Didn't look like it had just had a game on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Pitch was immaculate at final whistle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted November 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 It held up really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REBS14 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 The pitch was immaculate after several torrential downpours, i was cringing throughout the game thinking this will be turfed right up but glad to say it still looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Village Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 The pitch is phenomenal - that amount of rain and there wasn't a puddle on it - it didn't cut up and looked good as new come the end of the game - big thumbs up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Tonight was the worst rain I have seen in a long time during a match at Ashton Gate. In fact it reminded me of the near tropical rain we saw when living in Portugal. The force of the first half rain forced the ground staff to remark the two goal lines and both 25 metre lines. The pitch was fine. No puddles so superb drainage and at the end of the match, it was difficult to see that a game with thirty big lads had taken place. Obviously if rain like tonight continued for some time (weeks) then we may well see some wear. But so far so good. PS. The puddles inthe appropriately named Duckmoor Road after the game were very large! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 What was the final score? 24-12 to Bris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 i expected the pitch to hold up. After all it been used for rugby and football in several other stadiums and it cost many thousands of pounds. It's Desso grass ffs!. It was laid by professional blokes who know exactly what they're doing. I wasn't worried at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobArnold10 Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 i expected the pitch to hold up. After all it been used for rugby and football in several other stadiums and it cost many thousands of pounds. It's Desso grass ffs!. It was laid by professional blokes who know exactly what they're doing. I wasn't worried at all. This. When you pay what was it...just over a million for a state of the art pitch, you expect it to hold up no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 This. When you pay what was it...just over a million for a state of the art pitch, you expect it to hold up no matter what. If only the same could be said about footballers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliftonCliff Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 This. When you pay what was it...just over a million for a state of the art pitch, you expect it to hold up no matter what. Exactly. As Robbored said, this is precisely what all that money was splashed out for. Other Desso pitches around the country have been laid in order to make it possible for both sports to utilise the same surface and still have a stadium in which good, passing football can be played. Experience elsewhere has shown that can be done quite successfully, so BS knew what they'd be getting for their money: it does what it says on the tin. I am first and foremost a BCFC man - always have been and always will be - but like SL, I would love to see Bristol finally put on the sporting map in this country (it's about bloody time for a city of this size) and so now rugby is played at AG I will go along and support them now and again. Like a number of others on this thread, I was there last night and can confirm that the conditions were as atrocious as anything you'll see. A succession of torrential downpours at about ten-minute intervals, rain hammering down on the Williams Stand roof, and at the end the pitch was still more or less immaculate; no gouges from huge blokes sliding in long studs and no surface water whatsoever. At a push, you could have played a game of football on it straight afterwards. I hope this will help the two sets of fans to overcome any initial, mutual suspicion and co-exist cordially. The rugby lot seem a perfectly decent bunch to me. I personally would take great pleasure in seeing the season conclude with both teams achieving promotion in their respective sports, and the developing modern stadium hosting Premiership rugby next year along with Championship football. It would certainly leave no room for doubt as the where the heart of Bristol sport now resides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talk Of The Town Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 20 million turf fibres are injected every 2 by 2 cm into the pitch at a 20 cm depth. The pitch is also laid on sand which is compost enriched meaning the root zone is deeper. Below that is a drainage system. Its a state of the art Desso pitch costing over a million quid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalonred Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Was chatting to Tomarse about the pitch at the Millenium Stadium earlier. Wales are playing the first game on it since it was laid in the summer. Believe it or not it's a Desso. If you get chance, watch the highlights of the Wales v Oz game. Pitch is the same age as ours but Blige, it's a shocker. Wembley and the Millenium need to get more light on their grass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bucksred Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 i expected the pitch to hold up. After all it been used for rugby and football in several other stadiums and it cost many thousands of pounds. It's Desso grass ffs!. It was laid by professional blokes who know exactly what they're doing. I wasn't worried at all. You seen the Majeski thats the same kind of surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 I have seen it but it's eons old which is partly why it looks so tatty. The Desso pitch at AG is state of the art and brand spanking new. Craig Richardson will have learnt all the maintanence skills and it'll last indefinately with him and staff looking after it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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