: Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:49 am  

langer the king wrote:

Did we have that green and red away kit back then? if so i remember

Not to sure if the Green and Red kit was in the 80's but i know which kit you mean, we had the Green and White for home games didn't we, it had Greenalls along the front.

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:51 am  

Inside Knowledge wrote:

Not to sure if the Green and Red kit was in the 80's but i know which kit you mean, we had the Green and White for home games didn't we, it had Greenalls along the front.

Green and White wasn't the home kit and the green and red was early 90's.

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:04 am  

Tom Brady wrote:

Green and White wasn't the home kit and the green and red was early 90's.

What was the home kit when Green and White was the away kit then

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:06 am  

Inside Knowledge wrote:

What was the home kit when Green and White was the away kit then

Primrose and blue stripes.

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:20 am  

YED79 wrote:

I'd love it if a huge backer came in and put us on Terrestrial TV

Maybe more people would get to see our game rather than the over exposed yawn a minute wrestling match they call union.

Fine sentiments, but impossible. Any 'huge backers' out there would be looking for a subscription TV model to make money, as terrestrial commercial TV is in an adverting downturn so bad they are losing money. We can always hope that the RFU gets too greedy for the Beeb, leaving them courting RL as their only rugby option. I think we'll have to be happy with the Challenge Cup on the Beeb for now - we have only to wait for the weekend to see what this year's coverage is like.

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:55 am  

Asgardian13 wrote:

Fine sentiments, but impossible. Any 'huge backers' out there would be looking for a subscription TV model to make money, as terrestrial commercial TV is in an adverting downturn so bad they are losing money. We can always hope that the RFU gets too greedy for the Beeb, leaving them courting RL as their only rugby option. I think we'll have to be happy with the Challenge Cup on the Beeb for now - we have only to wait for the weekend to see what this year's coverage is like.

Don't hold your breath.

The Six Nations is one of the protected species. Is there another RU competition covered on the BBC?

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:10 am  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

Is there another RU competition covered on the BBC?

The Anglo-Welsh Cup and the Magners League are shown on the BBC, Heineken Cup and the Premiership are available on BBC Radio.

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:37 am  

Remember the Captain Morgan trophy mid week on Beeb 2? (I think)

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:52 am  

I remember the Floodlit Trophy being midweek, with highlights on "Sportsnight with Coleman"

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:53 pm  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

Don't hold your breath.

The Six Nations is one of the protected species. Is there another RU competition covered on the BBC?

I was thinking more along the lines of ITV buying it ( they bought the last few RU World Cups ) by outbidding the BBC ( ITV have saved the F1 money now) and thus creating a Beeb 'rugby gap'. Even that is extremely unlikely, however.