Sir Clive Woodward - next France coach?

I get the impression that guys like him and Olivier Merle would get on rather well - both stubborn to the point of insanity - could Cockerill be a closet bleu?

Guess you must be pretty happy with the Saints right now?

Sure am SARS - champions.

Last year I said Sarries were champions and the year before, through very gritted teeth, I said Leicester were champions even though Sarries won the post season moneybags nonsense.

So this season Saints are champions, end of.

Went to Welford Road on Saturday thinking that if we got away with a 20 point defeat I'd be happy. So coming within a missed conversion of a bonus point was very gratifying. I'm not sure if that was Leicester's A game we saw. If it was, then they have a problem and I'll be happy to watch (on telly of course) our big guns smash them in the final if they get there. If it wasn't their A game, then we have to believe that they didn't want to stick it up the Saints, depleted or not. If that's the case then they really have a problem.



PS. You might recall that I also said Glasgow would win the Pro 12.

comment by theresgonnaebeashow - Ron Deila IS Ragnar Lodbrok, hairy breeks and all. (U5686)
posted 21 hours, 8 minutes ago
RKW

Sorry, haven't got any further wtith sevens info I'm afraid. I think the guys I asked are up to their necks with organising the Wooden Spoon International Tag event.You could come down to Telford on 6th June and see it all in action? I could introduce you to some of the great and the good. I'm told that, among other former B&I Lions, the next president of the RFU will be in attendance, so some flesh pressing might be in order.

More importantly, I could buy you a pint.






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Appreciate it show, but I don't think the tournament will happen now. Too many slackers not organising it therefore we've missed a great chance to increase the number of young kids playing the sport. Shame.

Yeah, I know what you mean Show, the whole thing about having a league is long term consistency. Having said that, the Saints - Saracens game last year was absolutely brilliant.

Who do you think will win the various playoff tournaments - I guess Northampton, Glasgow and Toulon will go in as favourites - followed by Bath, Munster and Clermont, but its Gloucester - Connacht where my focus is right now - winner to play either Bordeaux Begles or Racing Metro

SARS

To be perfectly honest mate, I couldn't give a ratsarse who wins what. Saints and Glasgow are champions and that's that. As for France, don't follow it largely because it is a Mammonfest where the biggest budget (probably Toulon) prevails

I seem to recall last year it was 6 from each league plus 1 x Italian team (Treviso) and the Anglo French playoff winner (wasps). Honestly thought Connacht were out of it, and how are Glaws still in if Quins and Sale finished above you.

RKW

That's a big pity. Sadly, it usually takes several people following through on promises and commitments to make things happen. Pull out one and the whole thing falls apart.

Ignore them and keep doing good work, you'll get there in the end, even if not this time.

Hi there,

On the European Rugby Champions Cup bit, its the 7th side from the Pro-12 (Connacht) - assuming one of the Italian sides finish below this, the 7th side from the Top 14 - either Racing Metro or Bordeaux and would be the 7th side in the Aviva (Sale I think). However, as Gloucester won the Challenge Cup, they take Sale's place and now face Connacht, with the winner then facing the French side.

Fingers crossed!

comment by theresgonnaebeashow - Ron Deila IS Ragnar Lodbrok, hairy breeks and all. (U5686)
posted 1 day, 10 hours ago
RKW

That's a big pity. Sadly, it usually takes several people following through on promises and commitments to make things happen. Pull out one and the whole thing falls apart.

Ignore them and keep doing good work, you'll get there in the end, even if not this time.


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Yeah I was looking forward to organising something like what we were proposing - as ever someone had the bright idea but didn't know how to make it happen and asked everyone else!

SARS

That sounds like good news for your boys, but it all smacks of a bit of making it all up as you go along. I'd be right pis5ed off if I was a Sale fan - as a Connacht man would have been if Embra had beaten Glaws.

If this great game of ours is not careful it might end up a right mess as it marches towards Mammon. It could end up like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Nwc13Ru-s

Guy Noves takes over as France coach, so Woodward misses out.