Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
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Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
Just a quick thought on the seedings for next year and as I understand it we would get LI / Exeter and a top French team, should we get to final.
Thats going to make a home quarter / semi very difficult especially when you think the top French and eNGLISH TEAMS will play Ospreys and Edinburgh.
Mind you their teams ranked 3-6 will have to play the saffers.
Plenty to ponder
Thats going to make a home quarter / semi very difficult especially when you think the top French and eNGLISH TEAMS will play Ospreys and Edinburgh.
Mind you their teams ranked 3-6 will have to play the saffers.
Plenty to ponder
Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
No, the French teams are Clermont and Lyon. Either Exeter or clermont are the teams they wereBlue not red blood wrote: ↑June 8th, 2022, 9:28 pm Just a quick thought on the seedings for next year and as I understand it we would get LI / Exeter and a top French team, should we get to final.
Thats going to make a home quarter / semi very difficult especially when you think the top French and eNGLISH TEAMS will play Ospreys and Edinburgh.
Mind you their teams ranked 3-6 will have to play the saffers.
Plenty to ponder
Ruddock's tackle stats consistently too low for me to be taken seriously as a Six Nations blindside..... Ruddock's defensive stats don't stack up. - All Blacks Nil, Jan 15th, 2014
England A 8 - 14 Ireland A, 25th Jan 2014
Ruddock(c) 19/2 Tackles
England A 8 - 14 Ireland A, 25th Jan 2014
Ruddock(c) 19/2 Tackles
Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
URC (Tier 1 is the Winner and Runner Up, Tier 2 losing semi finalists)
Tier TBC - Leinster, Stormers, Ulster, Bulls
Tier 3 - Sharks, Munster
Tier 4 - Edinburgh, Ospreys
Premiership (Tier 1 is the Winner and Runner Up, Tier 2 losing semi finalists)
Tier TBC - Tigers, Saracens, Harlequins, Saints
Tier 3 - Gloucester, Sale
Tier 4 - Exeter, London Irish
Tigers v Saints & Saracens v Harlequins on Saturday
Top 14 (Tier 1 is the Winner and Runner Up, Tier 2 losing semi finalists, Tier 3 losing teams in barrage round)
Tier TBC - Castres, Montpellier (both worst case Tier 2), Bordeaux, Toulouse, La Rochelle, Racing 92
Tier 4 - Clermont, Lyon
Castres v winner of Toulouse/La Rochelle this weekend
Montpellier v winner of Bordeaux/Racing 92 this weekend.
Tier TBC - Leinster, Stormers, Ulster, Bulls
Tier 3 - Sharks, Munster
Tier 4 - Edinburgh, Ospreys
Premiership (Tier 1 is the Winner and Runner Up, Tier 2 losing semi finalists)
Tier TBC - Tigers, Saracens, Harlequins, Saints
Tier 3 - Gloucester, Sale
Tier 4 - Exeter, London Irish
Tigers v Saints & Saracens v Harlequins on Saturday
Top 14 (Tier 1 is the Winner and Runner Up, Tier 2 losing semi finalists, Tier 3 losing teams in barrage round)
Tier TBC - Castres, Montpellier (both worst case Tier 2), Bordeaux, Toulouse, La Rochelle, Racing 92
Tier 4 - Clermont, Lyon
Castres v winner of Toulouse/La Rochelle this weekend
Montpellier v winner of Bordeaux/Racing 92 this weekend.
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Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
Am I correct in saying we have 50% chance of having Toulouse/La Rochelle in our group next season?
Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
We'll have one of the losers from the Toulouse/La Rochelle and Bordeaux/Racing 92 games in our group next season. Plus one of Gloucester or Sale.
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Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
Well at least that should draw a decent crowd from Mordor
Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
Bordeaux 36-16 Racing 92 in Top 14 playoffs. So La Rochelle/Racing 92 then.
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Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
Not really gonna have a Castres or Montpellier situation with either of them.
Both La Rochelle and Racing take the Heineken Cup pretty seriously. As we know!
Both La Rochelle and Racing take the Heineken Cup pretty seriously. As we know!
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Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
That’s the price of losing in a semi finalRay Donovan wrote: ↑June 12th, 2022, 10:49 pm Not really gonna have a Castres or Montpellier situation with either of them.
Both La Rochelle and Racing take the Heineken Cup pretty seriously. As we know!
Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
Sure is. Saying that; Sale/Gloucester v LI or Exeter much of a muchness. LAR/Racing vs Clermont/Lyon - slightly bigger challenge if we get LAR. However Clermont who are recruiting heavily wouldn't have been easy; I'm never convinced by Racing; and at this stage surely we owe LAR one (or two). I'd love to get them in the draw. Right now there's a period of pondering 'what might have been''; come next Sept it will be a case of reload and go again. The coaching ticket have a big job on their hands; alot of it IMHO to do with mental preparation (including their own!). Tour of NZ is now as important for Leinster I'd say as Ireland.
Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
Options are
Gloucester/racing
Sale / LAR
Think I’d prefer the former. Gloucester are soft as and think racing are weaker than LAR. Either way I suspect we’ll kick off our campaign and the comp with a final replay on the Friday night.
Gloucester/racing
Sale / LAR
Think I’d prefer the former. Gloucester are soft as and think racing are weaker than LAR. Either way I suspect we’ll kick off our campaign and the comp with a final replay on the Friday night.
Ruddock's tackle stats consistently too low for me to be taken seriously as a Six Nations blindside..... Ruddock's defensive stats don't stack up. - All Blacks Nil, Jan 15th, 2014
England A 8 - 14 Ireland A, 25th Jan 2014
Ruddock(c) 19/2 Tackles
England A 8 - 14 Ireland A, 25th Jan 2014
Ruddock(c) 19/2 Tackles
Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
Doesn't work like that. We could also get Gloucester/LAR and Sale/Racing. Whichever ones we get, Ulster get the other two.
Look out Itchy, he's Irish
Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
Yeah you're right. I thought it split 5th and 6th seed but Connacht got 2 6th seeds.
Ruddock's tackle stats consistently too low for me to be taken seriously as a Six Nations blindside..... Ruddock's defensive stats don't stack up. - All Blacks Nil, Jan 15th, 2014
England A 8 - 14 Ireland A, 25th Jan 2014
Ruddock(c) 19/2 Tackles
England A 8 - 14 Ireland A, 25th Jan 2014
Ruddock(c) 19/2 Tackles
Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
Draw will be on Tuesday June 28th. Format of pool stages the same as last season.
https://www.epcrugby.com/2022/06/13/202 ... confirmed/
https://www.epcrugby.com/2022/06/13/202 ... confirmed/
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Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
The lack of outrage over this format has shocked me. They've made the group stage obsolete, I really think this is going to continue to have a negative effect on attendances.cormac wrote: ↑June 13th, 2022, 4:36 pm Draw will be on Tuesday June 28th. Format of pool stages the same as last season.
https://www.epcrugby.com/2022/06/13/202 ... confirmed/
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True that!!Keith wrote: ↑June 13th, 2022, 7:27 pmThe lack of outrage over this format has shocked me. They've made the group stage obsolete, I really think this is going to continue to have a negative effect on attendances.cormac wrote: ↑June 13th, 2022, 4:36 pm Draw will be on Tuesday June 28th. Format of pool stages the same as last season.
https://www.epcrugby.com/2022/06/13/202 ... confirmed/
Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
French teams love it and I suspect the English sides do too. Fewer games, probably only need two wins to qualify for last 16.Keith wrote: ↑June 13th, 2022, 7:27 pmThe lack of outrage over this format has shocked me. They've made the group stage obsolete, I really think this is going to continue to have a negative effect on attendances.cormac wrote: ↑June 13th, 2022, 4:36 pm Draw will be on Tuesday June 28th. Format of pool stages the same as last season.
https://www.epcrugby.com/2022/06/13/202 ... confirmed/
Look out Itchy, he's Irish
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Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
If I remember correctly, the claim was made on here, that this new qualification routine disadvantaged Leinster and the provinces in comparison to the old format of four team groups. Would anyone be so kind as to explain, how this disadvantage plays out, as I haven't understood it?
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Re: Heineken Cup Dates 2022/23
I hust find it ridiculous that teams can finish ahead of you in your own group even though they have had a totally different set of fixtures.
You are not in control of your own destiny and are at the whim of other team’s fortunes.
You are not in control of your own destiny and are at the whim of other team’s fortunes.