European Club Rugby
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@Stargazer what's he doing, bigging them up in the local media to keep his paycheque? That's pretty much all he seems to do over there
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@Machpants Fitzy's been made a Non-Executive Director and Board Member for the Scarlets.
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Trouble in Wales. Talks between the Welsh Rugby Board and the Players' Union have broken down:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/53543831
Negotiations stall over Welsh player pay cuts
By Gareth Griffiths
BBC Sport WalesIn April, the Professional Rugby Board (PRB) reached an agreement with the Welsh Rugby Players' Association (WRPA) over a 25% salary reduction that would last for three months.
Talks to extend that deal have yet to reach an agreement, with dispute over how players can recoup lost earnings.
Negotiations will continue with the hopes the issue can be resolved before the Pro14 season resumes on 21 August.
The PRB represent the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and the four regions Cardiff Blues, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets.
With no rugby played in Wales since March, the WRU could lose £50m if it does not host international matches for the rest of this year.
WRU chief executive Martyn Phillips and Wales head coach Wayne Pivac are among the senior executives who have accepted continued 25% pay cuts, while other staff members have had a 10% reduction.
The WRPA have previously said "it is not appropriate to put players in comparative terms with the game's administrators with no employment certainty beyond rugby retirement".
Welsh Rugby Union hopeful on player pay talks
It is understood the WRPA and the players are willing to agree to a further 12 months of 25% pay cuts, on top of the three months they have already suffered.But they are unhappy about the proposals presented by the PRB on how to potentially reclaim lost earnings.
A chance to recoup lost wages is important to the players, who feel they should be able to share in future profits after agreeing to pay sacrifices now to preserve the game in Wales.
One of the sticking points was the scheme created for players to try and recoup their losses, which is deemed by the players to be unfair.
The proposals were thought to exclude any player from the scheme who extends his contract over the next three years or leaves Wales.
It is a scheme that appears to rule out most players, with the only individuals exempt being those who renegotiate contracts they are happy with in an agreed timeline.
The WPRA has said in previous statements every person in Welsh rugby should have the opportunity to try and recoup their losses.
Players now believe this is not the case for them and fear the PRB has not acknowledged these concerns.
It is understood no player strikes have been discussed by the WRPA, with both sides still striving to reach an agreement.
In July 2020, the Irish Rugby Football Union and Rugby Players Ireland reached an agreement on a pay cut for the four provincial sides' players.
Players earning more than 25,000 euros a year will face a 10% salary reduction from 1 July to 31 December. They will also have a 10% salary deferral, with 5% subject to a retrospective salary reduction pending the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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@Daffy-Jaffy He'll be off to the Euro Court of Justice, there's some money to be made out of that!
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Sooo does a ring fenced Premiership from 2021~24 mean that Saracens are in the Championship for that period? Cos they should be, the cheating cnuts!
English rugby shake-up includes new £12m television deal for remodelled Championship
The most extensive shake-up of the sport since rugby went professional is expected to be put before the 11 Championship clubs at the end of August.
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Ireland (republic) retains limits on crowds at 200
The Government has again delayed increasing the number of people allowed at indoor and outdoor gatherings, meaning that sporting attendances must remain at 200.
The GAA, FAI and other sporting organisations had hoped that the numbers that could attend would be increased to 500, but the cabinet have decided to delay again in the face of an increase in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the size of crowds gathering will remain at 200 for outdoors and 50 for indoors and that the evidence will be reviewed again in three weeks' time.
The 200-person limit includes players, backroom teams, media, officials, stewards and the rest of the volunteer core that assemble to stage matches - meaning that most GAA club matches have had a maximum of 100 fans in attendance.
Phase 4 of the easing of restrictions had originally been planned for mid-July before an increase in the coronavirus reproduction number led to reopening being delayed.
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Further details have appeared about the NH season 2020-1:
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@Daffy-Jaffy he's obviously weak as a kitten, relatively. But man that's some awesome progress!
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Report: General manager denies that nearly half of Stade Francais squad have tested positive for virus
Stade Francais have been forced to cancel their next friendly with Brive due a significant proportion of their club testing positive for COVID-19.
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
Amazing that the numbers for the resumption ( due to costs, maybe, rather than CV restrictions) means no TMO no Citing Com. Be interesting to see if that is a goer again in the fiuture!
Back to true French rugby.
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@antipodean said in NH club rugby:
@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
Amazing that the numbers for the resumption ( due to costs, maybe, rather than CV restrictions) means no TMO no Citing Com. Be interesting to see if that is a goer again in the fiuture!
Back to true French rugby.
awesome, i look forward to the videos of punch-ons on social media
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
French don’t seem to care too much in domestic comps about the TMO/Citing. I think they just ply them with wine to turn a blind eye!
Same as their refs.
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Handy side. But wait for it... waaaaait for iiiit...."game changers" 😂
