Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:33 pm  

I wouldn't bet on it getting too much exposure - this is likely to be the England Sevens side currently playing on the IRB circuit rather than the England XV's side IMO.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:16 pm  

My line of thinking was that with the Olympics being just around the corner the press will pick up on (soon to be Olympic) union 7s. The head of referees at RFU can break wind nowadays and it dominates Sky Sports News all day, so maybe league will benefit in a kind of 'in the background' way.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:46 pm  

Words escape me.

Words escape me.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:09 pm  

Catalancs wrote: Words escape me. I would be interested to see Jeff Blackett's full judgement, and whether he considered Clark to have set out to deliberately and with pre-meditation injure Hawkins. If - in Blackett's opinion - he did, then I'd say what he's got is what he deserves. If it's a case of a player getting carried away and doing something a bit stupid, I think he's a touch unlucky at the length of the ban. Particularly given Hartley got less for an act that could have potentially blinded an opponent, not just broken his elbow.

Catalancs wrote: Words escape me. I would be interested to see Jeff Blackett's full judgement, and whether he considered Clark to have set out to deliberately and with pre-meditation injure Hawkins. If - in Blackett's opinion - he did, then I'd say what he's got is what he deserves. If it's a case of a player getting carried away and doing something a bit stupid, I think he's a touch unlucky at the length of the ban. Particularly given Hartley got less for an act that could have potentially blinded an opponent, not just broken his elbow.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:37 pm  

If he did it deliberately you have to wonder why the police are not involved.

Good to hear Matt Dawson this morning proclaiming a new golden era of English rugby with the appointment of Matt Dawson. Then again he did say before every six nations game this year that the charge down kings were going to play exciting running rugby

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:02 am  

I see that Alex Goode is predicting that today’s Saracens Harlequins game will be a “will be a record rugby attendance at Wembley” http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/894541-ale ... harlequins I know there was 78,000 plus at the Challenge Cup final last year, are they expecting more than that?

I see that Alex Goode is predicting that today’s Saracens Harlequins game will be a “will be a record rugby attendance at Wembley” http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/894541-ale ... harlequins I know there was 78,000 plus at the Challenge Cup final last year, are they expecting more than that?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:35 am  

Dunbar wrote: I see that Alex Goode is predicting that today’s Saracens Harlequins game will be a “will be a record rugby attendance at Wembley” http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/894541-ale ... harlequins I know there was 78,000 plus at the Challenge Cup final last year, are they expecting more than that? Most articles are mentioning a World Record Rugby Attendance for a club game, which even a 2 second Google search shows up as typical union hype nonsense and lazy journalism copying from a press release without checking.

Dunbar wrote: I see that Alex Goode is predicting that today’s Saracens Harlequins game will be a “will be a record rugby attendance at Wembley” http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/894541-ale ... harlequins I know there was 78,000 plus at the Challenge Cup final last year, are they expecting more than that? Most articles are mentioning a World Record Rugby Attendance for a club game, which even a 2 second Google search shows up as typical union hype nonsense and lazy journalism copying from a press release without checking.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:10 pm  

seeing Wembley so packed for Saracens v Harlequins. just read a Tweet, this just about sums it up: 'At Wembly for a rugby match, Saracens v Harlequins (?)...no idea what's going on but it's awesome.'

got to wonder, where are all these 'fans' every week when they struggle to get 6,000 into Vicarage Road??

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:28 pm  

What was the pre match band today. Thats how they normally do it. Plus many free and very cheap tickets. http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premier ... /30259.php

What was the pre match band today. Thats how they normally do it. Plus many free and very cheap tickets. http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premier ... /30259.php

Wembley Stadium today.. : Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:14 pm  

hosted a single Rugby Union premiership game and drew a crowd of 84,000 people. Absolutely unbelievable effort by the Union lot.

Does anybody think that the Super League will ever achieve such a crowd for a league game?

The crowd for this game at Twickenham Stoop a few miles down the road, at the RFL's chosen expansion club, hasn't announced its official attendance yet, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Wake up.