RFU confirm plans for NCA Cup competition

By March all over 50 should have had a vaccine so we could get out an over 50 team. It will not be 40 minutes each way just sudden death.

Depends on the news bulletin Kimbo, on one I would be done in Feb in another April so who knows just wait for the call 

Just tried this one again. It put my date back into late March/early April! Lol.

workerbee wrote: By March all over 50 should have had a vaccine so we could get out an over 50 team. It will not be 40 minutes each way just sudden death.

I think worker bee was joking but it still does raise important issues. Don’t forget we still do not know if the vaccine prevents infection or symptoms. If the latter then those vaccinated will still be capable of being infected and transmitting to others. Being symptom free means they are less likely to realise they are doing that. 

Yes like so many others I miss my weekly visits to watch a local rugby match.

Edited by Puli. - 09 Jan 2021 at 15:42

No shock/horror from me Puli - absolutely agree - the only possible disparity from my point of view is that Professional/elite sport should also be shut down. The idea that all this testing, playing a full game of contact sport then sitting in the stand with a mask on once substituted will halt the spread of the virus is laughable. Oh yes and we can now add to that no celebrating tries or after match handshakes - futile. There's no such thing as "safe" anymore! 

That’s rubbish, Monkey Boy! What some of us have been trying to do is to find positives. You can sit in your Ivory tower and moan but some of us have Clubs to run and players to listen to. Many of them have wanted to play when possible! It may not now be possible but it has always been worth trying. We are having to live with a Government that has signally failed to manage this pandemic and left us all at the mercy of others while offering nothing but platitudes. There were positive periods in the autumn and there will be in the spring. Let’s take advantage of them and be positive about the outlook for the Ckubs we run.

Islander ...... probably because they are realists not idealists. 

Thatbloke wrote: It's one thing being positive, another being in dreamland. Just because I am opposed to a start up doesn't mean I think any less about rugby. For those seeming to question my pedigree, as a player I was 1st XV captain at two seperate clubs and was still playing first team rugby at the age of 41. I have since served as Secretary, Director of Rugby, Committee member and am still heavily involved. In short, rugby has been my life very often to the detriment of my work and my family so please don't patronise me by telling me how hard it is to run a club. Been there, done/doing that, got the tee shirt!