Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:48 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote: London Irish describe a loss of £1m as "promising given the economic climate". That's a £3m trading loss in two years. How sustainable is the current financial model in English domestic rugby union? I may be wrong but I think quite a few 'big' clubs would have already gone pop by now if it hadn't been for Twickenham and the RFU. I don't think many will go down under to Super 15 as I honestly don't believe there are sufficient numbers of players in the English game who are good enough. France seems the likely option for me should clubs start tightening their belts.

Andy Gilder wrote: London Irish describe a loss of £1m as "promising given the economic climate". That's a £3m trading loss in two years. How sustainable is the current financial model in English domestic rugby union? I may be wrong but I think quite a few 'big' clubs would have already gone pop by now if it hadn't been for Twickenham and the RFU. I don't think many will go down under to Super 15 as I honestly don't believe there are sufficient numbers of players in the English game who are good enough. France seems the likely option for me should clubs start tightening their belts.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:02 pm  

Catalancs wrote: Toulouse RU blamed for Airplane incident. Ireland coach Les Kiss: Scrum is not an attacking platform. The Toulouse thing is bizarre. Thought their game with Gloucester was excellent. Watched it in Toulouse in ex-Irish international Trevor Brennen's bar, which is highly recommended. Les Kiss is the ex North Sydney and Kangaroos winger and London Broncos coach. Reading the article, it is not a typical Union lack of attacking flair, but more a comment on the present lottery of union scrums

Catalancs wrote: Toulouse RU blamed for Airplane incident. Ireland coach Les Kiss: Scrum is not an attacking platform. The Toulouse thing is bizarre. Thought their game with Gloucester was excellent. Watched it in Toulouse in ex-Irish international Trevor Brennen's bar, which is highly recommended. Les Kiss is the ex North Sydney and Kangaroos winger and London Broncos coach. Reading the article, it is not a typical Union lack of attacking flair, but more a comment on the present lottery of union scrums

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:54 pm  

The Toulouse thing just wasn't very clever. I've been there (the city not the bar) before to watch rugby and last year ended up in a bar the night Toulouse won the French league.
As for Kiss' comments, I think he's saying what a lot of us already know. I didn't know he'd coached at London.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:02 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Two mentions of bars in Toulouse and neither are about the Melting Pot? You call yourselves RL fans?!!

If that's the one I'm thinking of, it was closed last time we went.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:48 pm  

Two mentions of bars in Toulouse and neither are about the Melting Pot? You call yourselves RL fans?!!

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:34 am  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Two mentions of bars in Toulouse and neither are about the Melting Pot? You call yourselves RL fans?!!

Sorry didn't realise I was obligated to avoid rugby union bars. I was in one in Perpignan too this weekend owned by a French union international. Should I be excommunicated?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:40 am  

Catalancs wrote: I didn't know he'd coached at London. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/rugby_league/486603.stm

Catalancs wrote: I didn't know he'd coached at London. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/rugby_league/486603.stm

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:40 am  

Catalancs wrote:

I didn't know he'd coached at London.

He was originally assistant and then became joint coach with Tony Rea in 1999 after dan Stains got the chop. If I recall rightly it was somewhat controversial amongst the fans when he too was pushed out of the way at the end of the season for Rea to take on the job on his own

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:16 am  

Sarf Essex Taff wrote:

Sorry didn't realise I was obligated to avoid rugby union bars. I was in one in Perpignan too this weekend owned by a French union international. Should I be excommunicated?

Easy tiger
I think you've misunderstood his post. The Melting Pot is popular with rugby league fans when in Toulouse, nothing more.
These paranoid league fans with a giant chip on their shoulder, eh gutterfax

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:19 am  

Sarf Essex Taff wrote:

Sorry didn't realise I was obligated to avoid rugby union bars. I was in one in Perpignan too this weekend owned by a French union international. Should I be excommunicated?

Welsh, Essex & Yawnion - you shouldn't have been allowed in in the first place.