Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Help Support The Rugby Forum :
Forums
Featured
2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2023 Six Nations] England Squad
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Rinkadink" data-source="post: 1124640" data-attributes="member: 74190"><p>Isn't that because Ribbans is leaving the UK in a couple of months?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Exeter and Bristol have won European ***les in the past couple of years or so, funnily enough they have had some of the lowest player representation for England. But that's not the key; the premiership operating on half the playing budget of French clubs and even less vs the likes of Leinster, is.</p><p></p><p>Saints have the worst D in the league so that is no surprise (Bristol putting 9 tries past you recently not going to help with that stat) but I wouldn't worry too much as Quins won the league with similar stats. I think there is a philosophical mismatch between how England have traditionally played and how many of the players actually play now. There is more too, but it can boil down to international rugby (read RFU) has to actually give for a change and stop driving the game into the ground. Similar to the traditional premiership old guard hobbling other clubs to maintain the status quo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rinkadink, post: 1124640, member: 74190"] Isn't that because Ribbans is leaving the UK in a couple of months? Exeter and Bristol have won European ***les in the past couple of years or so, funnily enough they have had some of the lowest player representation for England. But that's not the key; the premiership operating on half the playing budget of French clubs and even less vs the likes of Leinster, is. Saints have the worst D in the league so that is no surprise (Bristol putting 9 tries past you recently not going to help with that stat) but I wouldn't worry too much as Quins won the league with similar stats. I think there is a philosophical mismatch between how England have traditionally played and how many of the players actually play now. There is more too, but it can boil down to international rugby (read RFU) has to actually give for a change and stop driving the game into the ground. Similar to the traditional premiership old guard hobbling other clubs to maintain the status quo. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Featured
2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2023 Six Nations] England Squad
Top