Well you know the ASM played with their top players in the Challege cup from the semi-final, before that it was more the usual bench players and some U-23 who played the ECC for the ASM.
I think Toulouse won't we an easy team to play. During the second part of the top 14 they were quite impressive. In fact a key point could be how they will deal with their players who will have participated to the world cup. With the world cup, the 6 nation tournament, the Hcup and the top 14, there will be quite a lot of matches next season and they will have quite a lot of players that will be part of al these competitions. [/b]
We'll see the Stade Toulousain is not the CSBJ but next season the Brennus will be their top priority and with a so packed season they may decide to lessen the injury risks with the HEC.
Well you know the ASM played with their top players in the Challege cup from the semi-final, before that it was more the usual bench players and some U-23 who played the ECC for the ASM.
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Is your last statement valid for the other teams of Munster Pool? We could actually ask the ERC to restrict the HEC competition next season to the games played in this pool and to crown the winner of this pool.
Perpignan are buildin' an impressive squad for next year, any other team in this pool will be destroyed
don't understimate too much Treviso too, they doubled their budget for next year and are getting a lot of good players
How does one even get to Viadana?! It is like in the middle of this bermuda triangle betwixt Parma, Reggio and Mantova! Each 22km away from the promised land of HEC rugby! Impossible! [/b]
Is your last statement valid for the other teams of Munster Pool? We could actually ask the ERC to restrict the HEC competition next season to the games played in this pool and to crown the winner of this pool.
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yeah of course!! what i should have said is that the winner of that pool should be crowned champions!!
yeah thats a good idea!!
lets start a TRF petition or something and persuade the ERC to cancel pools A,B and C and also the QF, SF and final and have the competition decided by pool D!!! VERY good idea, thanks! :cheers:
Actually, why don't we just not have any matches at all this HEC and just crown Munster the champions. That would be ever so much more "fair" for those with a victimisation-disorder.
Because, at the end of the day, that is the only reason why you're moaning about being drawn in such a group isn't it? Because you know, outside of Thurmond Park, you have just as much hope of progressing to the last stages as anyone else and that just won't do will it?
You have to be careful against Edinburgh because Patterson can be freakishly acurate at times and they will have Larkham too. I can't see Leinster losing to anybody apart from Tigers at home (Where is your HEC home ground next year?) and they should hopefully beat Edinburgh in both legs.
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I think we've done alright with getting Jennings and Cullen back from Leicester, their experience there should have improved them as players, not too sure on Ollie le Roux although I didn't think much of Will Green and he was certainly a success. Leinster will play at the RDS next season, think the capacity will be around 20000, we'll know what it looks like come the horse show in August.
I fancy Munster to win all their home games and beat Scarlets and Clermont away and take at least a losing bonus point from Wasps in London (Hopefully we should have more support than them there!).[/b]
I'd agree with that, although I seriously think that this pool will be between Munster and Clermont, have been very impressed with them this season in the Top 14, there will be hype over Llanelli although their form from this season is overrated imo. Toulouse and Ulster failed to live up to their hype, London Irish were never really up to much and Munster lost O'Connell and Foley, and the biggest problem with the Irish sides is strength in depth especially in comparison to the other countries.
Premiership Rugby 23/24 - Round 16
