Rugby - Last Feet!

[finbar]

Originally posted by Havak
Fairly similar to Saints actually. They currently come in third behind Leinster then Munster in terms of the Irish provinces but there is talent there when it all clicks. The Irish stand off resides there (David Humphries). I think they are best summed up by the game you missed. Hump kicked a drop goal near the death the ensure a win on the night when they needed tries to have any chance of qualification. It shows a lack of ambition perhaps?

Or dud decision-making. Or probably both.

A footnote is to point out that they won the European cup in 1999. The year the English clubs boycotted the tournament.

Boycott? Why? What was it all about?

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by finbar


Beats the hell out of a channel running Hogan's Heroes and Gilligan's Island re-runs any day.

Hell yeah! Give me rugby or give me ...erm... rugby!

I didn't really see much of what they have to offer, but I certainly wouldn't complain about some old games being replayed. The '87 RWC final for example.

[finbar]

Originally posted by Caligastia


Hell yeah! Give me rugby or give me ...erm... rugby!

I didn't really see much of what they have to offer, but I certainly wouldn't complain about some old games being replayed. The '87 RWC final for example.

NZ has the nationwide obsession with rugby to warrant a dedicated channel. Unfortunately, we don't. There would be more than enough old, classic matches to replay and replay in the out-of-season downtime.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by finbar


NZ has the nationwide obsession with rugby to warrant a dedicated channel. Unfortunately, we don't. There would be more than enough old, classic matches to replay and replay in the out-of-season downtime.

Definitely. What would your first pick be then? If you had to choose a match that's a minimum of 5 years old?

[Tamerlin]

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About the boycott of the H-Cup, the English teams refused to play the first edition. They were well advised to do so as it was won by the Stade Toulousain which would have beaten any English club on his path.

Ahem!

In 1999, the English teams decided to boycott the H-Cup as they couldn't reach a decent (in their own opinion of course) financial agreement with the ERC managing this competition.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Caligastia
...and the game seems to take forever.

How do you know this?

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Caligastia
Definitely. What would your first pick be then? If you had to choose a match that's a minimum of 5 years old?

The half-final of the last world cup?

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Tamerlin


How do you know this?

...or so I hear...

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Tamerlin


The half-final of the last world cup?

Sorry, only full games.

[finbar]

Originally posted by Tamerlin
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It's a conspiracy!

In 1999, the English teams decided to boycott the H-Cup as they couldn't reach a decent (in their own opinion of course) financial agreement with the ERC managing this competition.

A-ha. Good old money rears its miserable head again. Typical of the Brits, huh?

[finbar]

Originally posted by Caligastia

What would your first pick be then? If you had to choose a match that's a minimum of 5 years old?

I'd love to see full replays of the '84 Wallaby Grand Slam tour of the UK. If only because I don't think I've ever seen them in their entirety. In fact, I don't think they've ever been replayed in their entirety.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Caligastia
Sorry, only full games.

Leicester vs. Stade Toulousain

I can't remember the date, but this is a H-Cup game played a few years ago the Stade Toulousain won by 1 point with a try scored in the last second of the match and a successful confirmation by Stéphane Ougier.

[finbar]

Originally posted by Tamerlin




Leicester vs. Stade Toulousain

I can't remember the date, but this is a H-Cup game played a few years ago the Stade Toulousain won by 1 point with a try scored in the last second of the match and a successful confirmation by Stéphane Ougier.

October 4th, 1997. Toulouse 23 -d- Leicester 22, at Leicester.

Gee, I bet Havak's thrilled I dug that one up for him.

[finbar]

I sat up waiting for the Heineken Cup replay and they showed another match from January 11th! Cardiff -v- Ulster at Cardiff.

Gee, Ulster's a schizophrenic bunch. They won, but mixed some wonderful rugby with some absolutely abysmal stuff. And to think they came out the next week and beat Northampton.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by finbar
October 4th, 1997. Toulouse 23 -d- Leicester 22, at Leicester.

Gee, I bet Havak's thrilled I dug that one up for him.

I thought Havak would have been the only one able to give this date... and the final score. I am impressed.

This game was very important as the Stade Toulousain had previously lost its home game against the Tigers. The win qualified the Stade Toulousain when a loss would have eliminated them. A very dramatic finish and a beautiful game as far as I remember, not like the lost 1/2 final against Brives that followed.