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Re: URC Season 2022/23
First topic message reminder :
Fixtures out for the coming season:-
United Rugby Championship schedule 2022/23
Round one
September16/17/18
Benetton v Glasgow
Cardiff v Munster
Zebre v Leinster
Scarlets v Ospreys
Edinburgh v Dragons
Ulster v Connacht
February3/4
Stormers v Sharks
Lions v Bulls
Round two
September23/24/25
Zebre v Sharks
Glasgow v Cardiff
Leinster v Benetton
Scarlets v Ulster
Bulls v Edinburgh
Stormers v Connacht
Ospreys v Lions
Dragons v Munster
Round three
September 30/October 1/2
Cardiff v Lions
Ulster v Leinster
Stormers v Edinburgh
Bulls v Connacht
Ospreys v Glasgow
Munster v Zebre
Benetton v Scarlets
Dragons v Sharks
Round four
October7/8/9
Connacht v Munster
Edinburgh v Lions
Zebre v Stormers
Leinster v Sharks
Scarlets v Cardiff
Glasgow v Bulls
Ulster v Ospreys
Benetton v Dragons
Round five
October14/15/16
Ospreys v Stormers
Munster v Bulls
Lions v Ulster
Sharks v Glasgow
Edinburgh v Benetton
Cardiff v Dragons
Scarlets v Zebre,
Connacht v Leinster
Round six
October21/22/23
Benetton v Bulls
Connacht v Scarlets
Zebre v Edinburgh
Lions v Glasgow
Sharks v Ulster
Cardiff v Stormers
Leinster v Munster
Dragons v Ospreys
Round seven
October28/29/30
Scarlets v Leinster
Glasgow v Benetton
Munster v Ulster
Dragons v Zebre
Ospreys v Connacht
Cardiff v Edinburgh
February10/11
Bulls v Sharks
Lions v Stormers
Round eight
November25/26/27
Stormers v Scarlets
Ulster v Zebre
Bulls v Ospreys
Benetton v Edinburgh
Leinster v Glasgow
Munster v Connacht
Lions v Dragons
Sharks v Cardiff
Round nine
December2/3/4
Sharks v Ospreys
Edinburgh v Munster
Stormers v Dragons
Zebre v Glasgow
Connacht v Benetton.
Bulls v Cardiff
Leinster v Ulster
Lions v Scarlets
Round 10
December23/24/26
Sharks v Lions
Stormers v Bulls
Glasgow v Edinburgh
Benetton v Zebre
Connacht v Ulster
Ospreys v Scarlets
Munster v Leinster
Dragons v Cardiff
Round 11
December 31/January 1
Edinburgh v Glasgow
Zebre v Benetton
Sharks v Bulls
Stormers v Lions
Cardiff v Ospreys
Scarlets v Dragons
Ulster v Munster
Leinster v Connacht
Round 12
January6/7/8
Munster v Lions
Dragons v Bulls
Benetton v Ulster
Glasgow v Stormers
Cardiff v Scarlets
Connacht v Sharks
Ospreys v Leinster
Edinburgh v Zebre
Round 13
January27/28/29
Ulster v Stormers
Scarlets v Bulls
Benetton v Munster
Dragons v Glasgow
Leinster v Cardiff
Edinburgh v Sharks
Connacht v Lions
Zebre v Ospreys
Round 14
February17/18/19
Glasgow v Ulster
Munster v Ospreys
Lions v Sharks
Bulls v Stormers
Zebre v Connacht
Scarlets v Edinburgh
Cardiff v Benetton
Leinster v Dragons
Round 15
March3/4/5
Glasgow v Zebre
Munster v Scarlets
Bulls v Lions
Sharks v Stormers
Edinburgh v Leinster
Ospreys v Benetton
Cardiff v Ulster
Dragons v Connacht
Round 16
March24/25/26
Zebre v Cardiff
Leinster v Stormers
Benetton v Lions
Ospreys v Dragons
Connacht v Edinburgh
Munster v Glasgow
Scarlets v Sharks
Ulster v Bulls
Round 17
April14/15/16
Sharks v Benetton
Glasgow v Scarlets
Ulster v Dragons
Lions v Leinster
Bulls v Zebre
Stormers v Munster
Connacht v Cardiff
Edinburgh v Ospreys
Round 18
April21/22/23
Stormers v Benetton
Ulster v Edinburgh
Lions v Zebre
Dragons v Scarlets
Bulls v Leinster
Ospreys v Cardiff
Sharks v Munster
Glasgow v Connacht
Fixtures out for the coming season:-
United Rugby Championship schedule 2022/23
Round one
September16/17/18
Benetton v Glasgow
Cardiff v Munster
Zebre v Leinster
Scarlets v Ospreys
Edinburgh v Dragons
Ulster v Connacht
February3/4
Stormers v Sharks
Lions v Bulls
Round two
September23/24/25
Zebre v Sharks
Glasgow v Cardiff
Leinster v Benetton
Scarlets v Ulster
Bulls v Edinburgh
Stormers v Connacht
Ospreys v Lions
Dragons v Munster
Round three
September 30/October 1/2
Cardiff v Lions
Ulster v Leinster
Stormers v Edinburgh
Bulls v Connacht
Ospreys v Glasgow
Munster v Zebre
Benetton v Scarlets
Dragons v Sharks
Round four
October7/8/9
Connacht v Munster
Edinburgh v Lions
Zebre v Stormers
Leinster v Sharks
Scarlets v Cardiff
Glasgow v Bulls
Ulster v Ospreys
Benetton v Dragons
Round five
October14/15/16
Ospreys v Stormers
Munster v Bulls
Lions v Ulster
Sharks v Glasgow
Edinburgh v Benetton
Cardiff v Dragons
Scarlets v Zebre,
Connacht v Leinster
Round six
October21/22/23
Benetton v Bulls
Connacht v Scarlets
Zebre v Edinburgh
Lions v Glasgow
Sharks v Ulster
Cardiff v Stormers
Leinster v Munster
Dragons v Ospreys
Round seven
October28/29/30
Scarlets v Leinster
Glasgow v Benetton
Munster v Ulster
Dragons v Zebre
Ospreys v Connacht
Cardiff v Edinburgh
February10/11
Bulls v Sharks
Lions v Stormers
Round eight
November25/26/27
Stormers v Scarlets
Ulster v Zebre
Bulls v Ospreys
Benetton v Edinburgh
Leinster v Glasgow
Munster v Connacht
Lions v Dragons
Sharks v Cardiff
Round nine
December2/3/4
Sharks v Ospreys
Edinburgh v Munster
Stormers v Dragons
Zebre v Glasgow
Connacht v Benetton.
Bulls v Cardiff
Leinster v Ulster
Lions v Scarlets
Round 10
December23/24/26
Sharks v Lions
Stormers v Bulls
Glasgow v Edinburgh
Benetton v Zebre
Connacht v Ulster
Ospreys v Scarlets
Munster v Leinster
Dragons v Cardiff
Round 11
December 31/January 1
Edinburgh v Glasgow
Zebre v Benetton
Sharks v Bulls
Stormers v Lions
Cardiff v Ospreys
Scarlets v Dragons
Ulster v Munster
Leinster v Connacht
Round 12
January6/7/8
Munster v Lions
Dragons v Bulls
Benetton v Ulster
Glasgow v Stormers
Cardiff v Scarlets
Connacht v Sharks
Ospreys v Leinster
Edinburgh v Zebre
Round 13
January27/28/29
Ulster v Stormers
Scarlets v Bulls
Benetton v Munster
Dragons v Glasgow
Leinster v Cardiff
Edinburgh v Sharks
Connacht v Lions
Zebre v Ospreys
Round 14
February17/18/19
Glasgow v Ulster
Munster v Ospreys
Lions v Sharks
Bulls v Stormers
Zebre v Connacht
Scarlets v Edinburgh
Cardiff v Benetton
Leinster v Dragons
Round 15
March3/4/5
Glasgow v Zebre
Munster v Scarlets
Bulls v Lions
Sharks v Stormers
Edinburgh v Leinster
Ospreys v Benetton
Cardiff v Ulster
Dragons v Connacht
Round 16
March24/25/26
Zebre v Cardiff
Leinster v Stormers
Benetton v Lions
Ospreys v Dragons
Connacht v Edinburgh
Munster v Glasgow
Scarlets v Sharks
Ulster v Bulls
Round 17
April14/15/16
Sharks v Benetton
Glasgow v Scarlets
Ulster v Dragons
Lions v Leinster
Bulls v Zebre
Stormers v Munster
Connacht v Cardiff
Edinburgh v Ospreys
Round 18
April21/22/23
Stormers v Benetton
Ulster v Edinburgh
Lions v Zebre
Dragons v Scarlets
Bulls v Leinster
Ospreys v Cardiff
Sharks v Munster
Glasgow v Connacht
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
Kingshu wrote:
According to the Financial Times (FT), the URC has new broadcast partnerships in place including with the BBC in the UK, RTE in Ireland and SuperSport in South Africa worth UK£55 million a year
Hang on, where the hell is all that money going? My club definitely isn't seeing that increase.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
Welshmushroom wrote:
So if you can't get the 2 million difference from TV revenue, the only place left would be through gates and merchandise, unless there is a magic money tree I seem to have missed?
Yes, you've missed corporate income.
It seems the RFU are actually paying about £20m to its supply chain. Just £20m. That takes the proverbial.
£20m to eat up at least 9 prime weekends during the season. £20m to take the best players away for more than 9 games.
£1.5m per club, or so, to lose all of that.
It's breakeven money at least, but miles and miles off a claim that international money keeps the club game alive. Miles away.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
Welshmushroom wrote:
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Top14 makes money currently based on its current viewership deal.
page 32, DNACG Report 2021
versements LNR make up 23% of income across the league
You standing by your claim?
Re: URC Season 2022/23
Welshmushroom wrote:
What I will say is that the Top14 is saturated and they won't be able to grow much further past what they have already achieved to date.
Really? So how are you explaining a professional third tier in France that's now in place?
Re: URC Season 2022/23
Welshmushroom wrote:
What I will say however again as it's a point you breezed past without commenting on is that this will be at the expense of the fan and player welfare. The NFL are a million miles ahead of how they promote their sports and rugby could actually learn from them in a lot of respects by creating larger off seasons (by reducing both international and club rugby).
Correlation and causation in action here.
I breezed past it because I don't agree with "creating larger off seasons".
Re: URC Season 2022/23
LeinsterFan4life wrote:
The NFL didn't have to compete with the behemoth that is soccer until relatively recently though. Soccer hovers up the majority of the sports fans and coverage here, everyone else is fighting for scraps.
I don't think a longer off season is necessarily going to do much, we had no crowds or games for long periods due to covid and if anything ticket sales seemed to go down this year, it certainly did with Leinster. On the flip side soccer never seems to stop, even in their off season they are flying around the world in extravagant friendlies, yet people never seem to get enough of it.
NFL has the season length it does so that the other American sports all have unfettered access to the support base. There's little crossover between American Football, Basketball and Baseball in terms of seasons.
That's why there are many who own teams across various sports.
So your point about competition is spot on.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
Welshmushroom wrote:I take your point.
That said its not like the NFL does not have to compete with other sports. Baseball, Hockey and Basketball are all massive in their own right.
Also Football as a sport lends itself better to more games. It is after all non contact.
Mate, read a fixture list.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
Kingshu wrote:
Dont think thats true,
https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/pro14-united-rugby-championship-tv-rights-2021-streaming/
According to the Financial Times (FT), the URC has new broadcast partnerships in place including with the BBC in the UK, RTE in Ireland and SuperSport in South Africa worth UK£55 million a year (US$77.4 million), up from UK£25 million (US$35.2 million) for the Pro14 last year.
Which is higher than the current premiership deal of £110 million over 3 years which is £36million a year.
Put it this way, if it is £55m a year, why aren't the participating clubs getting their £3m+ each?
Re: URC Season 2022/23
RugbyFan100 wrote:Pretty sure I read that the broadcast / comeptition money handed to the 4 Welsh clubs had actually gone down in the last set of WRU accounts?
Yep
Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:RugbyFan100 wrote:Pretty sure I read that the broadcast / comeptition money handed to the 4 Welsh clubs had actually gone down in the last set of WRU accounts?
Yep
Yet the tv deal has gone up 125% from £25m to £55m?
Something not quite adding up there.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
RugbyFan100 wrote:PhilBB wrote:RugbyFan100 wrote:Pretty sure I read that the broadcast / comeptition money handed to the 4 Welsh clubs had actually gone down in the last set of WRU accounts?
Yep
Yet the tv deal has gone up 125% from £25m to £55m?
Something not quite adding up there.
No, that's wrong, in fairness.
In 2020, competition money was £7.1m. In 2021, the first year of the URC, it was £8.1m.
And that includes ERC money.
Woohoo. Rolling in it. £2m each. Certainly not £3.4m from the URC alone.
Although the IRFU somehow managed €21m in "Provincial Competition Income". Make of that what you will.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:RugbyFan100 wrote:PhilBB wrote:RugbyFan100 wrote:Pretty sure I read that the broadcast / comeptition money handed to the 4 Welsh clubs had actually gone down in the last set of WRU accounts?
Yep
Yet the tv deal has gone up 125% from £25m to £55m?
Something not quite adding up there.
No, that's wrong, in fairness.
In 2020, competition money was £7.1m. In 2021, the first year of the URC, it was £8.1m.
And that includes ERC money.
Woohoo. Rolling in it. £2m each. Certainly not £3.4m from the URC alone.
Although the IRFU somehow managed €21m in "Provincial Competition Income". Make of that what you will.
"Make of that what you will". You're being disingenuous again, Phil. The IRFU figure includes 13.2m of CVC monies - part of the investment deal in PRO14 - "Receipt of €13.2m in respect of the CVC deal with Pro14 which is included in Provincial Competition Income in schedule 1" - IRFU Annual Report 2021
TV income would not just be split simply across 16 teams. Commercial income under terms of CVC deal means CVC are now taking their share with the balance split across the shareholder unions, in accordance with the participation agreements.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
Pot Hale wrote:
"Make of that what you will". You're being disingenuous again, Phil. The IRFU figure includes 13.2m of CVC monies - part of the investment deal in PRO14 - "Receipt of €13.2m in respect of the CVC deal with Pro14 which is included in Provincial Competition Income in schedule 1" - IRFU Annual Report 2021
TV income would not just be split simply across 16 teams. Commercial income under terms of CVC deal means CVC are now taking their share with the balance split across the shareholder unions, in accordance with the participation agreements.
Pat, far from being disingenuous, what's happening here is you showing your lack of understanding. Again.
My point was that the WRU is refusing to give the CVC money to those it rightly belongs to.
£55m-28% = £42.9m/16 = £2.68
Hence it doesn't add up. Which was my point. Which wasn't, therefore, disingenuous
Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:Welshmushroom wrote:
So if you can't get the 2 million difference from TV revenue, the only place left would be through gates and merchandise, unless there is a magic money tree I seem to have missed?
Yes, you've missed corporate income.
It seems the RFU are actually paying about £20m to its supply chain. Just £20m. That takes the proverbial.
£20m to eat up at least 9 prime weekends during the season. £20m to take the best players away for more than 9 games.
£1.5m per club, or so, to lose all of that.
It's breakeven money at least, but miles and miles off a claim that international money keeps the club game alive. Miles away.
Yeah sure thing Phil, I'm sure in the current climate corporation are just falling over themselves to give money to English Premiership sides. Given we are already seeing 2 clubs struggling to survive with doubts over their viability, I'm sure the 1.5 mill per club doesn't make a material difference to the clubs.
Your off your head.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:Welshmushroom wrote:
What I will say is that the Top14 is saturated and they won't be able to grow much further past what they have already achieved to date.
Really? So how are you explaining a professional third tier in France that's now in place?
Only time will tell but yes I don't think their TV deals and corporate revenues will rise significantly beyond this point, granted they don't need to at this stage. I'm not entirely sure why you think the Premiership can replicate rugby in France? Totally different countries. Football dominates English sport and that will always affect the amount of money and fans that are available to the club rugby scene in England.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:Pot Hale wrote:
"Make of that what you will". You're being disingenuous again, Phil. The IRFU figure includes 13.2m of CVC monies - part of the investment deal in PRO14 - "Receipt of €13.2m in respect of the CVC deal with Pro14 which is included in Provincial Competition Income in schedule 1" - IRFU Annual Report 2021
TV income would not just be split simply across 16 teams. Commercial income under terms of CVC deal means CVC are now taking their share with the balance split across the shareholder unions, in accordance with the participation agreements.
Pat, far from being disingenuous, what's happening here is you showing your lack of understanding. Again.
My point was that the WRU is refusing to give the CVC money to those it rightly belongs to.
£55m-28% = £42.9m/16 = £2.68
Hence it doesn't add up. Which was my point. Which wasn't, therefore, disingenuous
You're still doing it wrong even with your belated realisation of the CVC chunk. Not all of the shareholding has been taken up yet by CVC with unions giving up their percentages at different times. And a portion of the investment will be held centrally - not all of it goes to the shareholders.
The FT report refers to total revenues for URC being increased to £55m - a chunk of that includes revenues to SARU under their agreement with SuperSport for their teams' participation. SARU in turn are committed to paying the PRO14 shareholders an annual sum for their participation over 6 years from when they first joined.
In short, it's not £55m divided across 16 teams.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
Welshmushroom wrote:
Yeah sure thing Phil, I'm sure in the current climate corporation are just falling over themselves to give money to English Premiership sides. Given we are already seeing 2 clubs struggling to survive with doubts over their viability, I'm sure the 1.5 mill per club doesn't make a material difference to the clubs.
Your off your head.
Oh dear. I see why you write as you do.
The point missed by you was that, were there no / less international rugby, domestic rugby would pick up at least some of the slack from those presently backing international rugby. Remember the bit I wrote to you earlier about ABC1?
You asked if there was a substitution for the RFU income. I pointed out that there comfortably was. A further up to four home games and access to a larger corporate / broadcast backing. That access is undeniable, even if you can't grasp that.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
Welshmushroom wrote:PhilBB wrote:Welshmushroom wrote:
What I will say is that the Top14 is saturated and they won't be able to grow much further past what they have already achieved to date.
Really? So how are you explaining a professional third tier in France that's now in place?
Only time will tell but yes I don't think their TV deals and corporate revenues will rise significantly beyond this point, granted they don't need to at this stage. I'm not entirely sure why you think the Premiership can replicate rugby in France? Totally different countries. Football dominates English sport and that will always affect the amount of money and fans that are available to the club rugby scene in England.
You've ignored the point that French domestic professional rugby is expanding. Demonstrably expanding.
Time doesn't have to tell. It's already told.
As for what the Premiership can do, let's see what CVC decides. They see growth, funnily enough
Re: URC Season 2022/23
Pot Hale wrote:
You're still doing it wrong even with your belated realisation of the CVC chunk. Not all of the shareholding has been taken up yet by CVC with unions giving up their percentages at different times. And a portion of the investment will be held centrally - not all of it goes to the shareholders.
The FT report refers to total revenues for URC being increased to £55m - a chunk of that includes revenues to SARU under their agreement with SuperSport for their teams' participation. SARU in turn are committed to paying the PRO14 shareholders an annual sum for their participation over 6 years from when they first joined.
In short, it's not £55m divided across 16 teams.
See, this is where discussing stuff with you is utterly pointless as you just write lies as you did in your first sentence.
SARU is paying £6m a year, Champ. The participation income is falling. It's one of the major reasons the Welsh four clubs want out of the URC.
See now? Join the dots now? I hope so
Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:Pot Hale wrote:
You're still doing it wrong even with your belated realisation of the CVC chunk. Not all of the shareholding has been taken up yet by CVC with unions giving up their percentages at different times. And a portion of the investment will be held centrally - not all of it goes to the shareholders.
The FT report refers to total revenues for URC being increased to £55m - a chunk of that includes revenues to SARU under their agreement with SuperSport for their teams' participation. SARU in turn are committed to paying the PRO14 shareholders an annual sum for their participation over 6 years from when they first joined.
In short, it's not £55m divided across 16 teams.
See, this is where discussing stuff with you is utterly pointless as you just write lies as you did in your first sentence.
SARU is paying £6m a year, Champ. The participation income is falling. It's one of the major reasons the Welsh four clubs want out of the URC.
See now? Join the dots now? I hope so
Yes I know that SARU is paying 6m a year.
And your understanding is still wrong.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:Welshmushroom wrote:
Yeah sure thing Phil, I'm sure in the current climate corporation are just falling over themselves to give money to English Premiership sides. Given we are already seeing 2 clubs struggling to survive with doubts over their viability, I'm sure the 1.5 mill per club doesn't make a material difference to the clubs.
Your off your head.
Oh dear. I see why you write as you do.
The point missed by you was that, were there no / less international rugby, domestic rugby would pick up at least some of the slack from those presently backing international rugby. Remember the bit I wrote to you earlier about ABC1?
You asked if there was a substitution for the RFU income. I pointed out that there comfortably was. A further up to four home games and access to a larger corporate / broadcast backing. That access is undeniable, even if you can't grasp that.
I think your failing to grasp the fact the 1.5 million of the RFU money is essentially pure income for the majority of Premiership clubs as most of them are only providing 3-4 players for that money. In some cases non at all and given the PRL splits this funding out equally between clubs those that have those internationals are not fairly compensated as is. If as you say clubs would just make this up with the addition of extra fixture list income, do you really think this comes without additional cost to clubs? In order to schedule these additional games increased cost to squads would follow. During international windows only 23 players are named in match days for England. Under your proposition 299 players would be required for the match days for the Club sides for every additional game you add to the season. Given that the Players Union already states they play to many games I doubt clubs would be able to ask their existing squads to play even more games under your proposal. So then essentially clubs would probably have to increase their squad sizes to add these 9 fixtures which would essentially impact the amount of profit they could make from hosting the fixtures in the first place, not to mention the actual costs of staging these fixtures. There might be a couple of clubs in England who could make this work but for the majority this would turn out as a disaster. The game already wouldn't exist in England without massive amounts of benefactor money each year.
But your view given the opposition to extended breaks for players no doubt makes it totally feasible to ask players to play 30+ games a season without detriment to player welfare or decrease the quality of the league.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
Pot Hale wrote:
In short, it's not £55m divided across 16 teams.
If it's not '£55m divided across 16 teams', then it shouldn't be compared to the English and French deals, which seem to be split amongst their league's teams fairly squarely. Although I remember reading that some of the French TV money goes to Pro2.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
RugbyFan100 wrote:Pot Hale wrote:
In short, it's not £55m divided across 16 teams.
If it's not '£55m divided across 16 teams', then it shouldn't be compared to the English and French deals, which seem to be split amongst their league's teams fairly squarely. Although I remember reading that some of the French TV money goes to Pro2.
You're quite right - it shouldn't be used as a comparison per team. Depending on which amount you read for the Top TV deals - some of it is allocated to the Pro D2.
But they're still streets ahead of everyone else.
The figure used by the FT in its report is for the total value of revenues for URC - that could include sponsorships as well therefore, so it's not even clear what elements are being compared.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
Welshmushroom wrote:
I think your failing to grasp the fact the 1.5 million of the RFU money is essentially pure income for the majority of Premiership clubs as most of them are only providing 3-4 players for that money. In some cases non at all and given the PRL splits this funding out equally between clubs those that have those internationals are not fairly compensated as is. If as you say clubs would just make this up with the addition of extra fixture list income, do you really think this comes without additional cost to clubs? In order to schedule these additional games increased cost to squads would follow. During international windows only 23 players are named in match days for England. Under your proposition 299 players would be required for the match days for the Club sides for every additional game you add to the season. Given that the Players Union already states they play to many games I doubt clubs would be able to ask their existing squads to play even more games under your proposal. So then essentially clubs would probably have to increase their squad sizes to add these 9 fixtures which would essentially impact the amount of profit they could make from hosting the fixtures in the first place, not to mention the actual costs of staging these fixtures. There might be a couple of clubs in England who could make this work but for the majority this would turn out as a disaster. The game already wouldn't exist in England without massive amounts of benefactor money each year.
But your view given the opposition to extended breaks for players no doubt makes it totally feasible to ask players to play 30+ games a season without detriment to player welfare or decrease the quality of the league.
I believe the RFU payment plus any additional costs would be more than covered.
I've made no comment about "30+ games", so that's pure supposition.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
RugbyFan100 wrote:Pot Hale wrote:
In short, it's not £55m divided across 16 teams.
If it's not '£55m divided across 16 teams', then it shouldn't be compared to the English and French deals, which seem to be split amongst their league's teams fairly squarely. Although I remember reading that some of the French TV money goes to Pro2.
Don't be disingenuous
Re: URC Season 2022/23
Pot Hale wrote:
And your understanding is still wrong.
It's not, but I'm incapable of getting you to understand this. So both of us think the other is wrong (see your Ulster claim that excludes the IRFU payment - as they hold the contract - but includes medical costs as an example of how your understanding is weak and clouds the accurate figures) and that's never going to change.
So best to move on and not interact on such matters.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:Pot Hale wrote:
And your understanding is still wrong.
It's not, but I'm incapable of getting you to understand this. So both of us think the other is wrong (see your Ulster claim that excludes the IRFU payment - as they hold the contract - but includes medical costs as an example of how your understanding is weak and clouds the accurate figures) and that's never going to change.
So best to move on and not interact on such matters.
This doesn’t make any sense.
I said that Ulster’s revenues don’t include central contract player salaries i.e. Henderson & Stockdale.
Their contribution to provincial contracts is included. It’s well known and understood that a province with central contract players don’t have to include those costs in their budgets. It’s not that difficult to follow - there are only 13-14 of them in total across the 4.
Medical costs are included within Player & Management Costs in Ulster expenditure of 4.9m. Simple statement of fact.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:Pot Hale wrote:
And your understanding is still wrong.
It's not, but I'm incapable of getting you to understand this. So both of us think the other is wrong (see your Ulster claim that excludes the IRFU payment - as they hold the contract - but includes medical costs as an example of how your understanding is weak and clouds the accurate figures) and that's never going to change.
So best to move on and not interact on such matters.
Oh well, I tried.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:PhilBB wrote:Pot Hale wrote:
And your understanding is still wrong.
It's not, but I'm incapable of getting you to understand this. So both of us think the other is wrong (see your Ulster claim that excludes the IRFU payment - as they hold the contract - but includes medical costs as an example of how your understanding is weak and clouds the accurate figures) and that's never going to change.
So best to move on and not interact on such matters.
Oh well, I tried.
Don't worry - I'll be happy to explain it to you each time you get it wrong.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
Pot Hale wrote:PhilBB wrote:PhilBB wrote:Pot Hale wrote:
And your understanding is still wrong.
It's not, but I'm incapable of getting you to understand this. So both of us think the other is wrong (see your Ulster claim that excludes the IRFU payment - as they hold the contract - but includes medical costs as an example of how your understanding is weak and clouds the accurate figures) and that's never going to change.
So best to move on and not interact on such matters.
Oh well, I tried.
Don't worry - I'll be happy to explain it to you each time you get it wrong.
If only you were as receptive as you are wrong, but we can now hopefully move on.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
RugbyFan100 wrote:PhilBB wrote:RugbyFan100 wrote:Pretty sure I read that the broadcast / comeptition money handed to the 4 Welsh clubs had actually gone down in the last set of WRU accounts?
Yep
Yet the tv deal has gone up 125% from £25m to £55m?
Something not quite adding up there.
I wouldn't be surprised, in this thread about Welsh rugby, to see some of the CVC payment released to the clubs (to whom it belongs anyway) in the next few weeks.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:RugbyFan100 wrote:PhilBB wrote:RugbyFan100 wrote:Pretty sure I read that the broadcast / comeptition money handed to the 4 Welsh clubs had actually gone down in the last set of WRU accounts?
Yep
Yet the tv deal has gone up 125% from £25m to £55m?
Something not quite adding up there.
I wouldn't be surprised, in this thread about Welsh rugby, to see some of the CVC payment released to the clubs (to whom it belongs anyway) in the next few weeks.
The topic title is URC Season 2022/23...
It's a broad church - that includes Welsh rugby.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
Pot Hale wrote:PhilBB wrote:RugbyFan100 wrote:PhilBB wrote:RugbyFan100 wrote:Pretty sure I read that the broadcast / comeptition money handed to the 4 Welsh clubs had actually gone down in the last set of WRU accounts?
Yep
Yet the tv deal has gone up 125% from £25m to £55m?
Something not quite adding up there.
I wouldn't be surprised, in this thread about Welsh rugby, to see some of the CVC payment released to the clubs (to whom it belongs anyway) in the next few weeks.
The topic title is URC Season 2022/23...
It's a broad church - that includes Welsh rugby.
Hale, mate, please try better to stop missing my point. It'll help you to stop writing such tripe.
Take the hint from the mods, Champ.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:Pot Hale wrote:PhilBB wrote:RugbyFan100 wrote:PhilBB wrote:RugbyFan100 wrote:Pretty sure I read that the broadcast / comeptition money handed to the 4 Welsh clubs had actually gone down in the last set of WRU accounts?
Yep
Yet the tv deal has gone up 125% from £25m to £55m?
Something not quite adding up there.
I wouldn't be surprised, in this thread about Welsh rugby, to see some of the CVC payment released to the clubs (to whom it belongs anyway) in the next few weeks.
The topic title is URC Season 2022/23...
It's a broad church - that includes Welsh rugby.
Hale, mate, please try better to stop missing my point. It'll help you to stop writing such tripe.
Take the hint from the mods, Champ.
I love when you say champ. Gives me a tingly feeling all over, mate.
Perhaps the WRU will give the CVC PRO14 monies to the regions with conditions attached to how they might be spent...
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Pot Hale wrote:
Perhaps the WRU will give the CVC PRO14 monies to the regions with conditions attached to how they might be spent...
Now this is a good conversation topic, starting with the word "give".
As the CVC payment is just a "future sale" of income, as such / so we're told, it would be an interesting conversation to see what (new/further) conditions could be set.
As interesting as what the WRU will do with the 6N CVC payment, bar pay for the Women's Game - as instructed by CVC.
Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:Pot Hale wrote:
Perhaps the WRU will give the CVC PRO14 monies to the regions with conditions attached to how they might be spent...
Now this is a good conversation topic, starting with the word "give".
As the CVC payment is just a "future sale" of income, as such / so we're told, it would be an interesting conversation to see what (new/further) conditions could be set.
As interesting as what the WRU will do with the 6N CVC payment, bar pay for the Women's Game - as instructed by CVC.
Indeed. The IRFU ‘gave’ €13.2m worth of CVC P14 monies to the provinces to part-pay their debt to the union. Straight out and back in again.
Would be interesting to see if WRU give the money seeking early repayment of some of the infamous loan or is that now off their books with the state taking over the loan?
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Pot Hale wrote:
Indeed. The IRFU ‘gave’ €13.2m worth of CVC P14 monies to the provinces to part-pay their debt to the union. Straight out and back in again.
Would be interesting to see if WRU give the money seeking early repayment of some of the infamous loan or is that now off their books with the state taking over the loan?
Well, there's a world of difference between spending your own money on yourself and taking somebody else's money from them, so there's no comparison between the IRFU and the WRU.
So the IRFU didn't go "out" because it never left the IRFU.
The loan isn't off the WRU's books. Charge Code 034195140016
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I was under the impression you didnt mind clubs being boosted by wealthy owners Phil? Does that not come under spending someone else's money?
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
PhilBB wrote:Pot Hale wrote:
Indeed. The IRFU ‘gave’ €13.2m worth of CVC P14 monies to the provinces to part-pay their debt to the union. Straight out and back in again.
Would be interesting to see if WRU give the money seeking early repayment of some of the infamous loan or is that now off their books with the state taking over the loan?
Well, there's a world of difference between spending your own money on yourself and taking somebody else's money from them, so there's no comparison between the IRFU and the WRU.
So the IRFU didn't go "out" because it never left the IRFU.
The loan isn't off the WRU's books. Charge Code 034195140016
Oh I didn't see a comparison, more a contrast. Both unions view themselves as the principals in receiving the competition monies as shareholders in the comp, but use them differently. If the loan isn't off their books, I can see the WRU attaching some conditions if they decide to "invest" the CVC monies in the regions.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
So will this be the last season before the Welsh regions leave and go to the loving embrace of the English regional south west 1 division?
I wish them well
I wish them well
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
carpet baboon wrote:So will this be the last season before the Welsh regions leave and go to the loving embrace of the English regional south west 1 division?
I wish them well
Their eyes look east waiting for the day that their love will appear on the horizon to sweep them away from all the annoying scoundrels in the gutter.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
Plenty on here have spoken about merit plenty of times in the past. So will this be the last season that top table european places get held in reserve for poorly performing teams and instead get based on final league positioning?
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carpet baboon wrote:So will this be the last season before the Welsh regions leave and go to the loving embrace of the English regional south west 1 division?
I wish them well
One can only hope
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/international-rugby/andy-farrell-set-to-tour-south-africa-with-emerging-ireland-in-september-with-players-to-miss-urc-action-41942286.html?555555
Remembere this.....
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/celtic-league-drops-welsh-clubs-after-cup-controversy-492720.html
Remembere this.....
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/celtic-league-drops-welsh-clubs-after-cup-controversy-492720.html
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
I'm looking forward to this coming season of URC. I think there are 3 good conferences to build on. Benetton to continue to improve. Both Scots, four SAs and four Irish to commit to the competition and build some rivalries.
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RugbyFan100 wrote:https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/international-rugby/andy-farrell-set-to-tour-south-africa-with-emerging-ireland-in-september-with-players-to-miss-urc-action-41942286.html?555555
Remembere this.....
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/celtic-league-drops-welsh-clubs-after-cup-controversy-492720.html
No comparison. One was an alternative club competition, the other isn’t.
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
I'm sure the English lower league will give the Welsh the perfect KO times they so desperately want.
No Friday night games due to work.
No sat 3pm games as your all playing or volunteering at your local.club
No sat evening games as traveling is hard
No Sunday games due to coaching the kids at the local club and church
No Friday night games due to work.
No sat 3pm games as your all playing or volunteering at your local.club
No sat evening games as traveling is hard
No Sunday games due to coaching the kids at the local club and church
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
I think some should watch their tone on here (on both sides), and yes I'm also guilty at times. Others should watch it with the accusations against 'the Welsh' - I know we have mixed feelings about the league in Wales but that's what it is, mixed feelings. Some do enjoy it. That should be considered a warning, otherwise the 'Newport Mafia' will be onto you
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Re: URC Season 2022/23
-So the best South African players will presumably be missing (again) for the first chunk of the URC season due to the rugby championship.
-The best Welsh players will be missing in late November becuse the WRUin have arranged a fixture outside of the window as per usual.
-The best Scottish players will be missing the week before the November test window becase their Union has arranegd a match outsude the window in late October.
40 Irish players will miss URC games at the beginning of October because they're off to play three fixtures for 'Emerging Ireland' in South Afica.
Pathetic. Between the Unions and the URC the tournament is an absolute shambles.
-The best Welsh players will be missing in late November becuse the WRUin have arranged a fixture outside of the window as per usual.
-The best Scottish players will be missing the week before the November test window becase their Union has arranegd a match outsude the window in late October.
40 Irish players will miss URC games at the beginning of October because they're off to play three fixtures for 'Emerging Ireland' in South Afica.
Pathetic. Between the Unions and the URC the tournament is an absolute shambles.
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Do you like any rugby that you watch?
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