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URC 2023/24

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    #842
    Digifriendly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,046 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122240936#Comment_122240936

    Spot on. RTE listings on their own website showing coverage of Bulls vs Leinster from 2.25pm.



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    #843
    Eod100
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    Looking at the TV schedule for the final on 22nd there. RTE 2 is showing the Euros and TG4 the Minors semi-final. RTE 1 scheduled to snow All Ireland QF until 5.45. Wonder what channel it will be on so?



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    #844
    sligeach
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    Wrong thread.



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    #845
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,774 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122262535#Comment_122262535

    RTE said they'd be back for final next Saturday so guess it will probably be on RTE 1 so with hurling quarter finals on earlier so.



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    #846
    StevenToast
    Registered Users Posts: 3,546 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    Bulls winning means that a SA team has been involved in every final since the Big 4 joined....great addition to the league...

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #847
    Neil3030
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122263384#Comment_122263384

    3 finals, 4 teams, right?



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    #848
    gneel
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭gneel


    Is it legal to rip the ball when on your knees? Splitting hairs but Tadgh Beirne did drop to his knees just before ripping



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    #849
    Augme
    Registered Users Posts: 5,796 ✭✭✭Augme


    Shaping up to be a terrible day for Irish rugby.



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    #850
    Eod100
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122263728#Comment_122263728

    Not over yet



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    #851
    Augme
    Registered Users Posts: 5,796 ✭✭✭Augme


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122263782#Comment_122263782

    It is now. Irish rugby teams really seem to have a huge difficult time delivering big results when they are expected to.



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    #852
    Exclamation Marc
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    Leinster bottling it in South Africa.

    Munster bottling it in their backyard.

    Not a great day for Irish rugby.



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    #853
    Guillermo Raspy Ramrod
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    Both teams lost to inferior sides who looked more focused, committed and strategic on the day. Highly frustrating.

    It’s been an extremely long season and some of our best players look pretty tired.



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    #854
    Homesick Alien
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    I'd say bulls can't believe their luck that they don't have to get on a plane this week!



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    #855
    Eod100
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122263935#Comment_122263935

    And only 3 weeks to go to the match vs S.A. Would have been 2 if either team got to the final. And with travelling out in advance an even shorter turnaround time.

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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    #856
    sydthebeat
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    Glad I have Pearl jam next weekend.

    I've no interest in watching either of those teams lift the cup next Saturday



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    #857
    Neil3030
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122263973#Comment_122263973

    Try being the Betterman and watch the replay…



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    #858
    pickarooney
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    So the URC final is in South Africa every year?



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    #859
    sydthebeat
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122263983#Comment_122263983

    😛

    Can't find him



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    #860
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122264035#Comment_122264035

    Which is bizarre but slightly infuriating.

    I would back Glasgow to give it socks. But it should be a source of some consternation that we haven't managed to bring it to Europe in the last 3 seasons.



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    #861
    StevenToast
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    Black day in Irish Rugby...

    A great day for the URC and the unpredictability of it....

    A superb day of rugby for the neutral....

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #862
    Podge_irl
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    Anyway, strongly supporting Glasgow for the final and think they have a good chance.



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    #863
    Shehal
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    I guess the lesson for Irish rugby here is our sides should maybe analyse the opposition and come up with a game plan to beat them…you know just like how they always seem to do when playing Irish opposition.

    What was noticeable today was any weakness Munster or Leinster had was brutally exploited but any strength both sides had was totally nullified…



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    #864
    StevenToast
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    20,000 in Thomond today and 31,000 at Loftus....

    Good numbers…..

    I think there should be a full house in Pretoria next week...50 odd thousand.....makes for a superb atmosphere...

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #865
    Exclamation Marc
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    I hope next year that they get rid of quarter finals. They were a complete waste of time.

    The URC isn't strong enough that it needs eight teams in a knockout. Ospreys had no business being in the mix with 8 losses out of 18. If they're hell bent on that round, then they should have 3-6 play a qualifier knockout to make the semifinals and 1 and 2 with a week off.



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    #866
    trevezel
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭trevezel


    another frustrating defeat for the Leinster, its time to change the management team…



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    #867
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,774 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122264465#Comment_122264465

    The format hasn't changed according to their fixture list anyways. Agree its a bit much having half the teams in the league progress to the knockout stage. https://www.unitedrugby.com/latest/news/full-2024-2025-urc-fixture-list



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    #868
    bilston
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    Having Quarter Finals keeps the regular season relevant to the end. The "Race to Eight" went right down to the wire. Restrict it to 4 teams and most matches would be irrelevant by about Round 16.

    I mean it's not a great look for Urish fans to be calling for a change to the structure of the competition just because things haven't gone as well as they'd hoped.



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    #869
    Exclamation Marc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122264827#Comment_122264827

    Second part of your comment is nonsense. I'd felt that way long before the knockouts. That a team can lose nearly half their regular season games and qualify for an end of season knockout just rewards poor teams. Yesterday's results had no bearing on my thoughts - the changes I called for would have made no difference to Leinster so we'd have been knocked out regardless... The top four teams all easily beat 5-8 so there was no jeopardy in those games. It was a pointless weekend.

    And you're completely wrong on the first point. European qualification was still up for grabs til the final day so it went down to the wire for all of the teams in the knockouts.

    And "the race to eight", come on, that's just a marketing fluff soundbite that you've bought into.



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    #870
    Jump_In_Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 3,778 ✭✭✭Jump_In_Jack


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122265119#Comment_122265119

    Munster and Bulls got home games in the quarters which gives them some revenue, builds momentum into the semis and adds 2 matches extra for URC spectators.

    From a business perspective it makes sense.

    It would be highly unusual for a team finishing 7th or 8th to beat the top two teams away in a knockout match.

    The system is fine as it is.



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    #871
    phog
    Registered Users Posts: 24,263 ✭✭✭✭phog


    Over 14k sold already for the Final

    https://x.com/Brendennel/status/1802257574542107113?t=vRwoQWhTs5fW_acUGo2-sA&s=19



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