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SaintK wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:21 pm 35 points in 18 minutes

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:13 pm If it carries on like this, then it's going to get suuuuper loose around the 60 minute mark. There's no way all the players on the pitch will be able to match this pace for the duration.

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:49 pm Saints are going to remain a mid-table team for as long as Boyd refuses to spend any money on front row forwards. He needs to shed his stated mindset of the scrum just being a restart.

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:39 pm What's wrong with English club rugby? The Irish will kill them.

inactionman wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:52 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:21 pm 35 points in 18 minutes

Sounds like a typical Bath game.

Kawazaki wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 12:33 pm

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 12:17 pm Any decent journalist would let them get their investigation done and presented, not rush a story/rumour out just to claim they broke an exclusive. If after the fact it's then being hushed up, or if the investigation was botched then by all means start writing stories about that.

This would be naive written in 1921, let alone 2021.

Kawazaki wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 7:59 pm

From today’s Rugby Paper (Fissler):

English rugby is bracing itself for another salary cap scandal after Premier Rugby launched an investigation into a potential breaking of the rules.

Blindside understands that coaching staff and players have been interviewed by the salary cap manager about a potential breach.

The chief executive of the club, who are currently in the top six of the Premiership, has also been implicated and has faced a grilling.

The club under suspicion isn’t Saracens, who are currently second in the Premiership table after spending last season in the Championship after being found guilty of breaching the cap in 2019.

After being deducted 35 points and fined £5.3m in November 2019, they opted for a further points penalty rather than open up their books for a full forensic audit.

We believe this potential breach isn’t on the same scale, and the investigation will continue early in the New Year.

So, the suspects are;

Leicester
Northampton
Harlequins
Exeter
Gloucester

I'll piss myself laughing if it's Quins or Exeter.

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 11:20 am

Kawazaki wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 7:59 pm

From today’s Rugby Paper (Fissler):

English rugby is bracing itself for another salary cap scandal after Premier Rugby launched an investigation into a potential breaking of the rules.

Blindside understands that coaching staff and players have been interviewed by the salary cap manager about a potential breach.

The chief executive of the club, who are currently in the top six of the Premiership, has also been implicated and has faced a grilling.

The club under suspicion isn’t Saracens, who are currently second in the Premiership table after spending last season in the Championship after being found guilty of breaching the cap in 2019.

After being deducted 35 points and fined £5.3m in November 2019, they opted for a further points penalty rather than open up their books for a full forensic audit.

We believe this potential breach isn’t on the same scale, and the investigation will continue early in the New Year.

So, the suspects are;

Leicester
Northampton
Harlequins
Exeter
Gloucester

I'll piss myself laughing if it's Quins or Exeter.

It's Leicester. In the Times today. Relates to image rights and third party payments apparently.

Kawazaki wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 12:08 pm

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 11:20 am

Kawazaki wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 7:59 pm


So, the suspects are;

Leicester
Northampton
Harlequins
Exeter
Gloucester

I'll piss myself laughing if it's Quins or Exeter.

It's Leicester. In the Times today. Relates to image rights and third party payments apparently.

So the same charges as Saracens.

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 11:20 am

Kawazaki wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 7:59 pm

From today’s Rugby Paper (Fissler):

English rugby is bracing itself for another salary cap scandal after Premier Rugby launched an investigation into a potential breaking of the rules.

Blindside understands that coaching staff and players have been interviewed by the salary cap manager about a potential breach.

The chief executive of the club, who are currently in the top six of the Premiership, has also been implicated and has faced a grilling.

The club under suspicion isn’t Saracens, who are currently second in the Premiership table after spending last season in the Championship after being found guilty of breaching the cap in 2019.

After being deducted 35 points and fined £5.3m in November 2019, they opted for a further points penalty rather than open up their books for a full forensic audit.

We believe this potential breach isn’t on the same scale, and the investigation will continue early in the New Year.

So, the suspects are;

Leicester
Northampton
Harlequins
Exeter
Gloucester

I'll piss myself laughing if it's Quins or Exeter.

It's Leicester. In the Times today. Relates to image rights and third party payments apparently.

Leicester have confirmed that they are co-operating with a Premiership Rugby investigation into historic image rights payments.

The Tigers have met with representatives from the umbrella organisation for the Gallagher Premiership to discuss the potential breach of salary cap regulations.

The league leaders have responded to a report stating that salary cap director Andrew Rogers is looking into their association with a company called Worldwide Image Management.

Slick wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:23 pm Reading between the lines of the quotes coming out of the club they seem to know they are fucked.

Bullet wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:21 pm How many ex-players here got persuaded into playing Christmas charity games?

Don't do it, wanted 5 minutes but played whole 60 and can't walk now.
Boots went into the bin so never again

Bullet wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:21 pm How many ex-players here got persuaded into playing Christmas charity games?

Don't do it, wanted 5 minutes but played whole 60 and can't walk now.
Boots went into the bin so never again

Bullet wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:21 pm How many ex-players here got persuaded into playing Christmas charity games?

Don't do it, wanted 5 minutes but played whole 60 and can't walk now.
Boots went into the bin so never again

Happyhooker wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 4:44 pm

Bullet wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:21 pm How many ex-players here got persuaded into playing Christmas charity games?

Don't do it, wanted 5 minutes but played whole 60 and can't walk now.
Boots went into the bin so never again

Played in my last when I was 43, having stopped playing at 41. It reinforced the wisdom of my decision to retire

SaintK wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:13 pm News that Anthony Watson will not be renewing his contract at Bath at the end of this season
Don’t think he’s won a trophy since he joined, unlikely to win anything this season either

SaintK wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:13 pm News that Anthony Watson will not be renewing his contract at Bath at the end of this season
Don’t think he’s won a trophy since he joined, unlikely to win anything this season either

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:29 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:13 pm News that Anthony Watson will not be renewing his contract at Bath at the end of this season
Don’t think he’s won a trophy since he joined, unlikely to win anything this season either

Real shame, even with the general malaise in the team he was - prior to latest knee knack - pretty much the only silver lining in some pretty dark clouds.

Thought it would be JJ of the heavily capped backs who would up sticks, suppose there's still time for him to go as well.

If he's opted not to renew it generally means his destination is a done deal, although it's not supposed to happen until New Year (I think there's rule saying players can only be approached from Jan onwards at end of contracts) so I'd assume it's not ben disclosed yet. Any rumours/bets?

On trophy front, it was his concussion that killed any realistic hopes we had of beating Sarries in the play-off final 5 or 6 years back. Clocked by Farrell, groggily gets beaten for opening try, gets subbed as he's clearly not right and that was about it.