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jprender

eoferrall wrote: »

Sure why not!

What position are you going for?

President of the World

eoferrall

jprender wrote: »

President of the World

You get my vote so for that!

FewFew

jprender wrote: »

President of the World

May I rule over Iceland? I feel I'd do a better job of running the place than their current leader... El Senor Volcanoooooo

Eireannach

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<biog>Killarney RFC are looking forward to the upcoming Boards Cup. After a second place result in the Try Harder Cup, there is room for a lot of improvement. Killarney's style is based off a well rounded team that likes to wear down their opponent.</biog>

Wylie Luke

Wylie Luke wrote: »

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<biog>If it's warm and wet and feels good who's to say it's wrong?</biog>

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JohnButler

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<biog>I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. The Gnomes just want to play the game, drink Pepsi and wear Reebok. The Gnomes motto remains the same, You've got to get your first tackle in early, even if it's late. F***kin' bring it on!!! .</biog>

tHE vAGGABOND

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<biog>the parrish, looking at doing pretty well in the crappy cup for the 3rd season in a row </biog>

FewFew

How far are we from filling up all the places in the cup?

daveharnett

Fewcifur wrote: »

How far are we from filling up all the places in the cup?

we're at 26 atm I think. I won't have time to sort anything until tuesday, so we'll see what numbers look like then before making a decision.

daveharnett

finbaromahony wrote: »

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<biog>After coming second in the fighters cup, the Kilumney Devils are showing a poor run of form due to many sex scandles and are riddled with sti's, They are looking for a good run in the boards cup after applying some topical cream to the affected area</biog>
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jprender wrote: »

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have our winner !!

crisco10 wrote: »

:eek:

eoferrall wrote: »

My players are revolting and are demanding expulsion of finbars team until they get clean. my players will not take to the field with their health at risk.
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:;)

Fewcifur wrote: »

I get the feeling that the "Nearly There" award is going to go up in value this season with all this top class competition joining up. Good times for boards.ie cup

We can relax lads, finbars team has been recycled since it was originally founded - he's not the original owner.

daveharnett

Ok, so here are the first 24 applicants. JB and Vaggabond, you are on the bench for now i'm afraid. Ranking is your current BR ranking for new members, or your BC ranking for returning members.

team_name ranking
Pool 1
Cork Southsiders 68.9016
Tralee Titans 64.5217
Ruckingood Lions 57.2797
Forza Juve 56.0394
Pool 2
Geraldine RFC 55.6843
Grubber RFC 55.1004
Dedard Fookers 55.072
polk high 53.6168
Pool 3
Everyone likes a tryer 53.3449
Munster Mark II 52.9237
Wandering Wanderers 51.5019
Bogwarriors 51.2683
Pool 4
Curly Sue Death Squad 49.6084
Yermen 49.6071
Templeogue Seniors 48.4316
Killarney RFC 48.4263
Pool 5
Morale 47.9597
Men who stare at Goats 47.6619
Lunster 47.4047
Ladyboys 44.9633
Pool 6
Kilsough South Warriors 44.3776
East Coast Tinders 42.4262
UCG 3rds 41.4335
Beltra RFC 39.2825

jprender

No Scorched Earth

daveharnett

jprender wrote: »

No Scorched Earth

No, I believe Orizio is sick of getting hammered. He's off to planet rugby for the season.

eoferrall

daveharnett wrote: »

No, I believe Orizio is sick of getting hammered. He's off to planet rugby for the season.

It's ok - if I stay in Div III with him I'll hammer him next season lads for you!

corny

The 3 top newcomers are gonna smash my boys up i think. Have mercy.

Orizio

jprender wrote: »

No Scorched Earth

There there JP, I'll be back...eventually.

I'm off to beat BR administrators and moderators over in the Balshaw Cup. :pac:

daveharnett

Fixtures for the first three rounds are up. Please check for errors and accept asap.
When do we want the mid-season break? Including knockouts, the tournament will take 9 weeks, so I don't think more than two weeks will work - we don't want the finals coinciding with crucial league matches if we can help it.
I'm guessing weeks 4&5 or weeks 5&6?
I'm prepared to have different break weeks for different pools (ie. have higher ranked pools take their break later in the season) if people really want.

FewFew

Orizio wrote: »

There there JP, I'll be back...eventually.

I'm off to beat BR administrators and moderators over in the Balshaw Cup. :pac:

Ah yes, the standard of the boards cup improves and young Orizio runs to other pastures, ya chancer

FewFew

daveharnett wrote: »

Fixtures for the first three rounds are up. Please check for errors and accept asap.
When do we want the mid-season break? Including knockouts, the tournament will take 9 weeks, so I don't think more than two weeks will work - we don't want the finals coinciding with crucial league matches if we can help it.
I'm guessing weeks 4&5 or weeks 5&6?
I'm prepared to have different break weeks for different pools (ie. have higher ranked pools take their break later in the season) if people really want.

Not 100% on the new structure, but do we play each team in our pool twice? Just it seems I'm away from home for every one of my matches, was that luck of the draw or is this just leg 1?

daveharnett

Fewcifur wrote: »

Not 100% on the new structure, but do we play each team in our pool twice? Just it seems I'm away from home for every one of my matches, was that luck of the draw or is this just leg 1?

Yes, you play each team home and away.
It's an oddity of the fixture list, it looks like one team in each pool has three home matches, then three away matches. The other teams seem to have home and away fixtures on alternating weeks.

FewFew

daveharnett wrote: »

Yes, you play each team home and away.
It's an oddity of the fixture list, it looks like one team in each pool has three home matches, then three away matches. The other teams seem to have home and away fixtures on alternating weeks.

Ah that's grand, just making sure I wasn't painfully unlucky before accepting

crisco10

Dave,

I still have a fixture leftover on my list from season 8(week 9). Can you delete this or something? I think that was the QF this year where the oppo didn't turn up...

Cheers.

Accepted my 3 fixtures.

JohnButler

So the Gnomes don't get a chance to defend their crown?? What are we gonna do without the Boards cup?

eoferrall

JohnButler wrote: »

So the Gnomes don't get a chance to defend their crown?? What are we gonna do without the Boards cup?

PLay in the irish dutch cup? could be a bit of banter (and lots of igt!!) getting owned every week!!

daveharnett wrote: »

Yes, you play each team home and away.
It's an oddity of the fixture list, it looks like one team in each pool has three home matches, then three away matches. The other teams seem to have home and away fixtures on alternating weeks.

How do I always get the crappy draw! all away first off:( I also got the short end of the stick in the last cup... more away than home due to a "quirk" i call bullsh1t and there is a conspiracy against the tryers...:pac:

mar-z

eoferrall wrote: »

PLay in the irish dutch cup? could be a bit of banter (and lots of igt!!) getting owned every week!!

The Irish Dutch cup would be fun (but insanely difficult). Unfortunately no extra igt as its always 100% for friendlies.

How do I always get the crappy draw! all away first off:( I also got the short end of the stick in the last cup... more away than home due to a "quirk" i call bullsh1t and there is a conspiracy against the tryers...:pac:

Just think of the heroic down and out story that could be your season. Looking bad at the halfway point for the tryers after 3 tough away fixtures and then............ BAM 3 home games to bring you soaring to the top.

It might also help with people underestimating you if on lower points early and any points in the first 3 games will give a great chance at the end of the group with 3 home games to come.

daveharnett

daveharnett wrote: »

When do we want the mid-season break?

Ahem! Any opinions? Don't come crying to me about your cup run if you don't speak up now!:D

daveharnett

JohnButler wrote: »

So the Gnomes don't get a chance to defend their crown?? What are we gonna do without the Boards cup?

Don't despair just yet, there's still every chance that somebody won't accept their fixtures in good time.

mar-z

daveharnett wrote: »

Ahem! Any opinions? Don't come crying to me about your cup run if you don't speak up now!:D

I don't mind, I've never made it past round 3 in the cup anyway so it shouldn't effect me

eoferrall

mar-z wrote: »

The Irish Dutch cup would be fun (but insanely difficult). Unfortunately no extra igt as its always 100% for friendlies.

Oh my bad I thought it was for all matches - carry on so!

mar-z wrote: »

Just think of the heroic down and out story that could be your season. Looking bad at the halfway point for the tryers after 3 tough away fixtures and then............ BAM 3 home games to bring you soaring to the top.

It might also help with people underestimating you if on lower points early and any points in the first 3 games will give a great chance at the end of the group with 3 home games to come.

now you have just ruined my wow is me speech and promoting the underdog etc! damn you! sure it will all be there in the mix come the knockout stage!

crisco10

I don't mind about the mid-season break. I think I prefer no break in fact. But its really a 51-49 vote for me....