Guinness Pro14 Season 2018-2019

razorblunt

Treviso down to 13 after a yellow.

Hidalgo-Clyne at 10 for Scarlet, so eh, they’re effectively down to 14.

thomond2006

Benetton player binned. Uh oh.

thomond2006

Halfpenny nails a touchline conversion to deny Benetton the LBP, but they leave with the TBP. 38-29 FT.

Benetton look the business so far this season.

razorblunt

Kieran Crowley said he’s ok with the red, said perhaps a yellow can be debated but they know they can’t do that they’ve all been briefed so no excuse. He did say it needs to work both ways and made reference to a shoulder early on in the game but I didn’t see that incident.

Tigerandahalf

Cheetahs 19 28 Glasgow 45 mins

Burkie1203

Glasgow going to hit Cheetahs for 50+.

Tigerandahalf

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Glasgow going to hit Cheetahs for 50+.

24 52 FT

thomond2006

That's a very worrying result for Cheetahs. Their home form was very strong last season.

Former Former

It's a very worrying weekend for the league overall. Too many absolute spankings with another to come tomorrow.

Tigerandahalf

thomond2006 wrote: »

That's a very worrying result for Cheetahs. Their home form was very strong last season.

They conceded 3 tries to Glasgow while they had a man in the bin. They were leading at the time the commentator said.

thomond2006

Former Former wrote: »

It's a very worrying weekend for the league overall. Too many absolute spankings with another to come tomorrow.

Tbf I'd discount the Ospreys one as they phoned it in from the off with the lineup.

Burkie1203

Zebre lead Cardiff 26-24. They were 21-0 behind at one stage i think (following it on twitter)

The Lost Sheep

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Zebre lead Cardiff 26-24. They were 21-0 behind at one stage i think (following it on twitter)

it finished 26-24. great result

sydthebeat

Watched it..... Great win by zebre... Very deserving of it.

Tigerandahalf

That is a mad result. I switched over to Freesports as Cardiff were hammering them.

Italians are doing very well.
Bennetton have looked really good. Kevin Crowley their NZ coach was also over Canada in the last world cup and they played a great brand of rugby too. Bennetton scored a cracker of a try in the 1st half, some great offloads after a turnover on their own 10m.

Former Former

thomond2006 wrote: »

Tbf I'd discount the Ospreys one as they phoned it in from the off with the lineup.

Yeah but that's not great for the league either...

Fair play to Zebre anyway, doing their bit to keep it interesting.

Boscoirl

Zebre were 21-0 down after 10 min.

2 tries in the first 4min

Mad result!

Synode

Have to say it's class having Eir with the amount of Pro14 rugby it's showing. Exactly what the league needed

Cheetahs have shipped 136 points after 3 games. Dragons on 95 and Kings on 87.

I do wonder what kind of a season the Cheetah's are going to have after their play off season last year. It's a terrible sign for the league if they implode after a promising start.

Leinster top the points scoring by a hair over Glasgow with 106 to 104. Glasgow top their conference but Ulster are ahead of Leisnter in conference B.

troyzer

Deleted User wrote: »

Cheetahs have shipped 136 points after 3 games. Dragons on 95 and Kings on 87.

I do wonder what kind of a season the Cheetah's are going to have after their play off season last year. It's a terrible sign for the league if they implode after a promising start.

Leinster top the points scoring by a hair over Glasgow with 106 to 104. Glasgow top their conference but Ulster are ahead of Leisnter in conference B.

Ulster are going to drop a few when the Interpros start.

sydthebeat

Deleted User wrote: »

Cheetahs have shipped 136 points after 3 games. Dragons on 95 and Kings on 87.

I do wonder what kind of a season the Cheetah's are going to have after their play off season last year. It's a terrible sign for the league if they implode after a promising start.

Leinster top the points scoring by a hair over Glasgow with 106 to 104. Glasgow top their conference but Ulster are ahead of Leisnter in conference B.

cheetahs last currie cup game is next weekend so hopefully they might have a few better choices to pick from (though their 0 from 5 results, and shipping an average of 40 points per game isnt a good sign)

its simply down to loosing their better quality players from last season and being replaced by pretty meh players

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2018%E2%80%9319_Pro14_transfers#Cheetahs

it was always a bad sign when a play off contender from last season was only 40/1 with the bookies this season.... (gone out to 200/1 now BTW)

Clegg

Pro 14 in talks with private equity firms to invest money into the league.

The Pro14 suspended the talks last year as it negotiated a television agreement with Premier Sports, but when CVC’s interest in the Premiership became public, it rekindled the interest of some of the unions. Wales, Scotland and South Africa are open to the idea of outside investment, while not being prepared to concede control. Ireland still have to be convinced.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/16/pro14-in-talks-with-investors-about-exploiting-its-commercial-rights

thomond2006

Hopefully something workable can get done. It would be great if it helped SA and Italy retain their players. A stronger Pro14 is in the best interests of everyone.

thomond2006

Highlights from the weekend are up: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-S6cXyil4qbIPfb2hrcH4w

bilston

Deleted User wrote: »

Cheetahs have shipped 136 points after 3 games. Dragons on 95 and Kings on 87.

I do wonder what kind of a season the Cheetah's are going to have after their play off season last year. It's a terrible sign for the league if they implode after a promising start.

Leinster top the points scoring by a hair over Glasgow with 106 to 104. Glasgow top their conference but Ulster are ahead of Leisnter in conference B.

Every league has good teams and s*** teams. The difference is the Pro 14 being that the s*** teams can't be relegated. But there isn't much we can do about that.

The Cheetahs decline has been offset (in my mind anyway) by the improvements in Benetton and Zebre.

Homesick Alien

thomond2006 wrote: »

Hopefully something workable can get done. It would be great if it helped SA and Italy retain their players. A stronger Pro14 is in the best interests of everyone.

This is key. While its brilliant to see Benetton doing so well I keep thinking guys like Steyn and Ioane will be probably gone next season and they'll have to rebuild again

irishbucsfan

Clegg wrote: »

Pro 14 in talks with private equity firms to invest money into the league.



https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/16/pro14-in-talks-with-investors-about-exploiting-its-commercial-rights

I’m sure there’ll be a thread about all the filthy money-hungry Pro 14 teams are destroying the sport by even considering external investment!

Synode

Clegg wrote: »

Pro 14 in talks with private equity firms to invest money into the league.



https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/16/pro14-in-talks-with-investors-about-exploiting-its-commercial-rights

Why do your links never work, unless quoted?

Clegg

Synode wrote: »

Clegg wrote: »

Pro 14 in talks with private equity firms to invest money into the league.



https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/16/pro14-in-talks-with-investors-about-exploiting-its-commercial-rights

Why do your links never work, unless quoted?

Magic. Or because I don't quote properly and didn't realise until you point out.

But probably magic.

lawred2

Watching pro14 highlights on freesports..

Is there anyone else with a highlights package?

Synode

lawred2 wrote: »

Watching pro14 highlights on freesports..

Is there anyone else with a highlights package?

Eir

lawred2

Synode wrote: »

Eir

No dice then.. freesports it is

Thanks

Synode

All the highlights are on YouTube as well but they're not as long as the ones Eir are running

Tommybojangles

lawred2 wrote: »

Watching pro14 highlights on freesports..

Is there anyone else with a highlights package?

How do people access Freesports in Ireland? is it part of the sky package?

The Lost Sheep

Tommybojangles wrote: »

How do people access Freesports in Ireland? is it part of the sky package?

You can add it in other channels on sky. The frequency to do that was posted somewhere here in past few days

thomond2006

https://twitter.com/Murray_Kinsella/status/1043048351887974400?s=19

That's a disaster for Glasgow.

Burkie1203

Springboks squad at kings v Glasgow game. Doubling the crowd

Burkie1203

Kings 14-0 Glasgow 10 mins

Buer

Kings off to a flyer against Glasgow here. 14-0 up after 10 minutes.

bilston

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Springboks squad at kings v Glasgow game. Doubling the crowd

Haha you made me choke on my drink with that comment!

Great start by the Kings though

stephen_n

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Kings 14-0 Glasgow 10 mins

:eek: do Glasgow have a second string team out?

bilston

stephen_n wrote: »

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Kings 14-0 Glasgow 10 mins

:eek: do Glasgow have a second string team out?

9 changes from last week. But 19 internationals in their 23 so I don't think they can use that as an excuse.

The Kings have improved this season. They are coming from such a low base that they'll still lose 90% of their games, but they're on the right track I think.

As I speak the Kings butcher a third try

Buer

stephen_n wrote: »

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Kings 14-0 Glasgow 10 mins

:eek: do Glasgow have a second string team out?

Nope. Pretty strong selection. Missing a few big names but plenty of regulars.

Burkie1203

21-0 now

bilston

Great try by the Kings.

Banda looks a handful.

The Glasgow tackling is woeful.

Buer

21-0. Kings are great fun. Lethal in open play. Glasgow just need to keep it in the pack and kill any rugby.

Peregrine

Third try. More points than minutes on the clock for the Kings. Woeful defence by Glasgow.

thomond2006

That's an incredible scoreline. Kings could end up the better SA side this season.

bilston

4th try already for the Kings.

Wow!

Burkie1203

Tbp for Kings after 22 min