NH club rugby
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in NH club rugby:
Champions Cup last-16 draw
Toulouse (1) v Racing 92 (16)
Leinster (2) v Leicester Tigers (15)
Northampton Saints (3) v Munster (14)
Bordeaux-Begles (4) v Saracens (13)
Harlequins (5) v Glasgow Warriors (12)
Bulls (6) v Lyon (11)
Stormers (7) v La Rochelle (10)
Exeter Chiefs (8) v Bath (9)
Two repeats from Pool play
Leinster v Leicester
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Not sure if the confirmation has been posted:
Owen Farrell to join French club Racing 92
Farrell captained England to the semifinals of the 2023 Rugby World Cup and will leave the Gallagher Premiership and Saracens at the end of the season.
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Farrell had already announced his decision not to make himself available in this Six Nations championship, citing his wish to prioritise his and his family’s
mentalfinancial wellbeing.But I kid, good on him. Saracens were going to make him a marquee player, according to rumour, meaning Itoje would miss out - as they are going from 2 down to 1 outside the salary cap. It would unlikely be a huge jump on top of what he'd get in England (not like NZ to France) He's getting on, and slow turtle sexcockwomble shows what happens to 10s who stay too long. Make some money, have some fun, a little less glare than being booed by fans.
He still a dirty tackler that has gotten away with all sorts, but can't begrudge him the change
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DuPont back to being awesome, France will miss him 6N
How Antoine Dupont dominated the Investec Champions Cup pool stage
The Investec Champions Cup heads into the knockouts and Planet Rugby takes a closer look at the top individual performers.
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Round Nine – Attendance by fixture
Benetton v Zebre Parma: 5,000
Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors: 37,904
Stormers v Sharks: 37,246
Ospreys v Cardiff: 8,159
Connacht v Munster: 7,240
Dragons RFC v Scarlets: 7,617
Bulls v Lions: 26,632Total attendance: 146,046
Previous best single round attendances:
135,747 – Round Eight of the 2023/24 season
123,307 – Round 11 of the 2022/23 season
121,117 – Round 21 of the 2017/18 season
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@OomPB said in NH club rugby:
Round Nine – Attendance by fixture
Benetton v Zebre Parma: 5,000
Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors: 37,904
Stormers v Sharks: 37,246
Ospreys v Cardiff: 8,159
Connacht v Munster: 7,240
Dragons RFC v Scarlets: 7,617
Bulls v Lions: 26,632Total attendance: 146,046
Previous best single round attendances:
135,747 – Round Eight of the 2023/24 season
123,307 – Round 11 of the 2022/23 season
121,117 – Round 21 of the 2017/18 season
117,448 – Round 10 of the 2022/23 seasonWho says world cups don't pique interest in a sport eh!
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Saudi Arabia in talks to buy stake in Leicester, Gloucester, Northampton and Newcastle rugby clubs
Exclusive: Stadium naming rights and a rugby academy in Saudi Arabia are on the cards if a deal goes through
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Durban and Ellispark pulling crowds of the 30,000 plus on the weekend in derby URC clashes.
Sadly the home teams lost to the Bulls and Stormers.
This weekend the SA shield decider at Loftus aim to pull a record URC crowd of 50,000.
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Cheapest tickers are undr R100 for URC, Ellispark you pay extra for safe paking. Next weekend the Bulls made it a Dricus du Plessis welcome to Loftys day. He visited both teams on his SA tour.
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The URC have this nice gesture this and next weekend by making it origin match days. Players must wear either their club or schools socks and spectators the jerseys. Was cool to see the commentators wearing the jerseys. Obvious Grey Bloem and the Paarl schools and Paul Roos dominating.
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Saffer URC derby tries in Xhosa commentators.
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Loftus sold out for tomorrows big SA rivals URC clash between Bulls and Stormers. Will be a record crowd for URC rugby.
https://x.com/BlueBullsRugby/status/1763533596969570789?s=20Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 David Kriel, 11 Canan Moodie, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 7 Rienhardt Ludwig, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortjé (captain), 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Replacements: 16. Simphiwe Matanzima, 17. Akker van der Merwe, 18. Francois Kloppers, 19. JF van Heerden, 20. Nizaam Carr, 21. Zak Burger, 22. Willie Le Roux, 23. Mpilo GumedeStormers — 15 Warrick Gelant (Hoerskool Outeniqua), 14 Ben Loader (Wellington College), 13 Dan du Plessis (Paul Roos), 12 Damian Willemse (Paul Roos), 11 Leolin Zas (Hermanus High), 10 Manie Libbok (Hoerskool Outeniqua), 9 Herschel Jantjies (Paul Roos), 8 Hacjivah Dayimani (Jeppe), 7 Evan Roos (Paarl Boys), 6 Deon Fourie (captain, Hoerskool Pietersburg), 5 Ruben van Heerden (Affies), 4 Adre Smith (Oakdale), 3 Neethling Fouche (Grey College), 2 Joseph Dweba (HTS Louis Botha), 1 Sti Sithole (Westville).
Subs: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter (Grey College), 17 Brok Harris (Bastion), 18 Sazi Sandi (St Andrews), 19 Salmaan Moerat (Paarl Boys), 20 Ben-Jason Dixon (Paul Roos), 21 Marcel Theunissen (Grey College), 22 Paul de Wet (Paarl Boys), 23 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (Bishops).
Date: Saturday, March 2
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 15.00 (13.00 GMT)
Expected weather: The weather in Pretoria will be very hot with temperatures reaching 33°C.
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Assistant Referees: Griffin Colby (South Africa), Sean Muller (South Africa)
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Northampton, Leinster, Harlequins, and either Exeter or Bordeaux for the semis so far
The peril of cross hemisphere rugby rear is head, bulls travel schedule ridiculous
The Bulls could be in trouble after it was reported that European Professional Club Rugby will open an investigation into the franchise.
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Great weekend of rugby
