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RaboDirect Pro 12 - General Season Discussion

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  • #272
    Podge_irl
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    [Jackass] wrote: »
    Game in Firhill is absolutely awful. Unwatchable. It's amazing the difference a crowd and atmosphere makes to a game!

    Its a terrible game, but it looks like a decent crowd.


  • #273
    SomeFool
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    [Jackass] wrote: »
    Game in Firhill is absolutely awful. Unwatchable. It's amazing the difference a crowd and atmosphere makes to a game!

    It's certainly hard to make a case for Cardiff against Leinster next week on what they've shown tonight.


  • #274
    CiaranMT
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    Score up there?


  • #275
    justsomebloke
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    17-3 after 55 mins.


  • #276
    CIARAN_BOYLE
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    CiaranMT wrote: »
    Score up there?
    Glasgow lead 17-3

    Scarlets coming back in Edinburgh who completly failed to butcher a 13 man Scarlets only trailing 20-16


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  • #277
    Podge_irl
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    Roberts went off injured too (knee). Looked bad initially though he walked off the pitch, if somewhat gingerly.

    They've shown absolutely nothing that would imply that they could threaten Leinster.


  • #278
    thomond2006
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    No Warburton AND Roberts would cripple Cardiff.

    I would look forward to BOD making mincemeat out of the Gavster next week if he starts.


  • #279
    vienne86
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    justsomebloke wrote: »
    17-3 after 55 mins.

    77 minutes and Warriors have bonus point.


  • #280
    Podge_irl
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    Glasgow get the bonus point try and move on to 56 points, equal with Munster (though with a game more played).

    Their game against Munster in a couple weeks could be interesting.


  • #281
    thomond2006
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    BP for Glasgow. Big result for them, keeps the pressure on the top 2.


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  • #282
    justsomebloke
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    Ospreys 10-3 up after 18 mins


  • #283
    justsomebloke
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    Ospreys 20-3 up after 28 minutes. More farcical video ref decisions going there way


  • #284
    justsomebloke
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    20-3 half time, ospreys with 2 tries and likely to get the bonus and putting more pressure on Leinster and munster


  • #285
    thomond2006
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    Ospreys get the BP win


  • #286
    CIARAN_BOYLE
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    Only 3 points separate second and fifth.

    Munster have to play the teams in fourth fifth and sixth in the rest of the league. I can see them dropping out of the top 4 if their focus is on the HEC


  • #287
    [Jackass]
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    Does anybody know where the Pro12 get their stats from?? :confused:

    On the Munster / Leinster head to head they have:

    Played 33 33

    Won 17 14

    Lost 14 17

    Draws 2 2

    (and then a load of other stats, but finally, and most curiously....)

    Champions 6 4

    So where the hell are they getting these stats from?? Munster 6 times champions to Leinsters 4?? And also I know for a fact that since the 1940's (when the inter-pro's first officially began) up until present day that Leinster have a better head to head record against Munster by about 10...

    I wouldn't mind, but not only are these stats used on the site (and they seem to have strange source for every team in every game), but wherever they get this feed of info from, Leinster link the same info into their stats on head to heads etc also....

    Amazing! :confused:

    http://www.rabodirectpro12.com/matchcentre/2648.php?section=overview&fixid=159007

    http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/matchcentre/match_centre.php?section=overview&fixid=159007

    What are these 33 games they are talking about, and what are these 6 and 4 championships??


  • #288
    CIARAN_BOYLE
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    Could it be since professionalism? IE since 1995, 33 games over 17 years sounds about right to me maybe


  • #289
    .ak
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    Is it not the combined ML and HC champions? How many times has Munster won the celtic league?


  • #290
    CIARAN_BOYLE
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    .ak wrote: »
    Is it not the combined ML and HC champions? How many times has Munster won the celtic league?
    3 I think, they also won the celtic cup one year so maybe its combined Celtic League, Celtic Cup and Heineken Cup titles


  • #291
    CiaranMT
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    CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »
    3 I think, they also won the celtic cup one year so maybe its combined Celtic League, Celtic Cup and Heineken Cup titles

    And that Celtic Cup as well? Was that separate?


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  • #292
    CiaranMT
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    CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »
    3 I think, they also won the celtic cup one year so maybe its combined Celtic League, Celtic Cup and Heineken Cup titles

    Thinking the same.

    Whatever way they're doing it makes no sense in any case.


  • #293
    CIARAN_BOYLE
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    CiaranMT wrote: »
    And that Celtic Cup as well? Was that separate?
    It was a seperate competition for two years Munster won it one year and Ulster won it another year


  • #294
    CatFromHue
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    I dunno where the 33 games came from. The Celtic League was initially broken into two pools where you played the teams in that pool on an home or away basis. Leinster and Munster were never in the same pool. They did compete in the first final though. The comp went changed to a one league basis where you played home and away in 2003/04. That makes it 21 games in total in the Celtic/Magners/Rabo Pro 12 League incl all Finals and Semi Finals.

    The breakdown is for Leinster is:
    P21 W12 L9

    Edit if you include the interpros and HEC you get 33 games in total.

    Interpros

    P10 W2 L6 D2

    HEC
    P2 W1 L1

    Also Leinster have won the HEC twice and the CL twice. Munster have won the HEC twice, the CL three times, and the CC once. So that's where the list of Champions comes from.


  • #295
    Big Nelly
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    Reports on twitter that Aironi have lost there licenses for Rabo next season?????? :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:


  • #296
    Hagz
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    Big Nelly wrote: »
    Reports on twitter that Aironi have lost there licenses for Rabo next season?????? :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

    Who's twitter??


  • #297
    decisions
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    Link??


  • #298
    ray jay
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    Big Nelly wrote: »
    Reports on twitter that Aironi have lost there licenses for Rabo next season?????? :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
    Financial difficulties it seems. They'll be replaced by another Italian club next year.

    http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/2012/04/06/italian-pro12-side-aironi-to-be-disbanded-91466-30710291/


  • #299
    Hagz
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    Why would Wales online have this information and nobody else...?

    EDIT; just found more sources
    http://rugby-transfers.blogspot.com/2012/04/rabo-pro12-italian-side-aironi-to-fold.html

    http://tensport.com.au/news/newsarticles/Rugby-Union-Aironi-pull-out-of-Celtic-League.htm


  • #300
    Hagz
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    Leaves a lot of stranded players. Apparently a team in Rome are favorites to replace them.


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  • #301
    CatFromHue
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    Big Nelly wrote: »
    Reports on twitter that Aironi have lost there licenses for Rabo next season?????? :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

    There were a few stories a while back that they were struggling financially a couple of months back. If I remember right they're independent of the Italian union unlike the Irish provinces. They average about 2,500 to 3,000 for their home attendance which is pretty small.


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