The way the conferences are working out..

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Re: The way the conferences are working out..

Postby Tichtheid on Mon May 21, 2018 2:18 pm

Over on the Weedgie board they are saying that the Pro 14 conferences will stay the same next season, with the fixtures against the opposing pool teams being reversed, ie this season we went to Cardiff, next year they will come to us.

So that gives us home and away against Leinster, Scarlets, Ulster, Benetton, Dragons and Kings and the following; Cardiff H, Zebre A, Ospreys A, Cheetahs H, Munster A, Connacht H.

Plus the three games against Glasgow, though who knows where they will be played? If the SRU go with the same format then the last game will be at Murrayfield and bring in more supporters, but that would mean them permanently playing two away fixtures against us.

I'm okay with the rest of the fixture list, though
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Re: The way the conferences are working out..

Postby Edinburgh Shark on Mon May 21, 2018 4:41 pm

Tichtheid wrote:Over on the Weedgie board they are saying that the Pro 14 conferences will stay the same next season, with the fixtures against the opposing pool teams being reversed, ie this season we went to Cardiff, next year they will come to us.

So that gives us home and away against Leinster, Scarlets, Ulster, Benetton, Dragons and Kings and the following; Cardiff H, Zebre A, Ospreys A, Cheetahs H, Munster A, Connacht H.

Plus the three games against Glasgow, though who knows where they will be played? If the SRU go with the same format then the last game will be at Murrayfield and bring in more supporters, but that would mean them permanently playing two away fixtures against us.

I'm okay with the rest of the fixture list, though


Munster and Leinster have swapped seeding positions from last season so should swap looking at how conferences were set up.

I reckon Celtic Park may be used to practice for the Pro14 final
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Re: The way the conferences are working out..

Postby biffer on Mon May 21, 2018 5:15 pm

Edinburgh Shark wrote:
Tichtheid wrote:Over on the Weedgie board they are saying that the Pro 14 conferences will stay the same next season, with the fixtures against the opposing pool teams being reversed, ie this season we went to Cardiff, next year they will come to us.

So that gives us home and away against Leinster, Scarlets, Ulster, Benetton, Dragons and Kings and the following; Cardiff H, Zebre A, Ospreys A, Cheetahs H, Munster A, Connacht H.

Plus the three games against Glasgow, though who knows where they will be played? If the SRU go with the same format then the last game will be at Murrayfield and bring in more supporters, but that would mean them permanently playing two away fixtures against us.

I'm okay with the rest of the fixture list, though


Munster and Leinster have swapped seeding positions from last season so should swap looking at how conferences were set up.

I reckon Celtic Park may be used to practice for the Pro14 final


In theory Munster and Leinster should swap but I think it’s better to only look at realignment every two years so the fixtures even out.

I agree with you about Celtic Park, only question is does all of Silver Saturday go there or just the 1872?
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Re: The way the conferences are working out..

Postby disco on Mon May 21, 2018 11:17 pm

Edinburgh Shark wrote:
Tichtheid wrote:Over on the Weedgie board they are saying that the Pro 14 conferences will stay the same next season, with the fixtures against the opposing pool teams being reversed, ie this season we went to Cardiff, next year they will come to us.

So that gives us home and away against Leinster, Scarlets, Ulster, Benetton, Dragons and Kings and the following; Cardiff H, Zebre A, Ospreys A, Cheetahs H, Munster A, Connacht H.

Plus the three games against Glasgow, though who knows where they will be played? If the SRU go with the same format then the last game will be at Murrayfield and bring in more supporters, but that would mean them permanently playing two away fixtures against us.

I'm okay with the rest of the fixture list, though


Munster and Leinster have swapped seeding positions from last season so should swap looking at how conferences were set up.

I reckon Celtic Park may be used to practice for the Pro14 final

Munster had 11 home games this season whereas Leinster only had 10 - swapping them over will cause a fair few issues. Realigning the Conferences every 2 years after a full set of fixtures and everyone has had 21 home and 21 away game just seems to make the most sense.
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Re: The way the conferences are working out..

Postby GaryIPA on Tue May 22, 2018 7:11 am

Edinburgh Shark wrote:
Tichtheid wrote:Over on the Weedgie board they are saying that the Pro 14 conferences will stay the same next season, with the fixtures against the opposing pool teams being reversed, ie this season we went to Cardiff, next year they will come to us.

So that gives us home and away against Leinster, Scarlets, Ulster, Benetton, Dragons and Kings and the following; Cardiff H, Zebre A, Ospreys A, Cheetahs H, Munster A, Connacht H.

Plus the three games against Glasgow, though who knows where they will be played? If the SRU go with the same format then the last game will be at Murrayfield and bring in more supporters, but that would mean them permanently playing two away fixtures against us.

I'm okay with the rest of the fixture list, though


Munster and Leinster have swapped seeding positions from last season so should swap looking at how conferences were set up.

I reckon Celtic Park may be used to practice for the Pro14 final



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