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Re: Challenge Cup Draw

Postby biffer on Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:31 am

Fixtures out on Tuesday
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Re: Challenge Cup Draw

Postby BigD163 on Tue Aug 22, 2017 3:23 pm

So LI away and Krazny away in rounds 1 + 2. Followed by Treviso away in the league. Zebre at home before the LI game.

Then LI again in round 3. But that comes on the back of the AI's for internationals and a SA tour for the rest.

Not sure why the fixtures are set as we play SF in rounds 5+6.
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Re: Challenge Cup Draw

Postby biffer on Tue Aug 22, 2017 3:32 pm

Sat 14 Oct London Irish v Edinburgh
Sat 21 Oct Krasny Yar v Edinburgh
Sat 9 Dec Edinburgh v London Irish
Fri 15 Dec Edinburgh v Krasny Yar
12/13/14 Jan Edinburgh v Stade Francais
19/20/21 Jan Stade Francais v Edinburgh

Odd kind of arrangement, but I assume it's because Krasny Yar can't play at home in the worst of the Siberian winter.

Our away game v the Russians is at Fili Stadium, which so far as I can tell is the Rugby League ground in Moscow, capacity 1,000.

Stade Francais are playing at Krasny Yar Stadium in Krasnoyarsk. Bordeaux are playing at the same ground one day earlier against Enisei-STM. The Dragons are playing Enisei-STM in Moscow on the same day as us in a different stadium. The two grounds are 15km apart which makes the double header difficult ;-)
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Re: Challenge Cup Draw

Postby BigD163 on Tue Aug 22, 2017 3:38 pm

I've added the league games around the cup ties as I think they are interesting. Particularly the Italians where we need to be taking 8/9 points and the Glasgow game.

The LI home game will be a test of the squad as the AIs finish 2 weeks before and the SA tour will not be easy.

Home to Zebre
Round 1: LI A
Round 2: Krazny A
Away to Treviso

Away to Kings
Round 3: LI H (Myreside)
Round 4: Krazny H (Myreside)
Home v Glasgow

Leinster at home
Round 5: Stae Francais H (Murrayfield)
Round 6: Stae Francais A
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Re: Challenge Cup Draw

Postby BigD163 on Tue Aug 22, 2017 3:40 pm

biffer wrote:Sat 14 Oct London Irish v Edinburgh
Sat 21 Oct Krasny Yar v Edinburgh
Sat 9 Dec Edinburgh v London Irish
Fri 15 Dec Edinburgh v Krasny Yar
12/13/14 Jan Edinburgh v Stade Francais
19/20/21 Jan Stade Francais v Edinburgh

Odd kind of arrangement, but I assume it's because Krasny Yar can't play at home in the worst of the Siberian winter.

Our away game v the Russians is at Fili Stadium, which so far as I can tell is the Rugby League ground in Moscow, capacity 1,000.

Stade Francais are playing at Krasny Yar Stadium in Krasnoyarsk. Bordeaux are playing at the same ground one day earlier against Enisei-STM. The Dragons are playing Enisei-STM in Moscow on the same day as us in a different stadium. The two grounds are 15km apart which makes the double header difficult ;-)


At least it is not the SA tour then a trip to Siberia :)
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