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corporalcarrot
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‘Jersey Reds have not applied.‘The cost of travel would be prohibitive unless there was significant funding attached to participation.‘There are also minimum ground standards to be met which we would not meet at this time.’Morgan added that any participation in European rugby could also have an impact on the 2023/24 Championship league season.‘There are three issues here,’ he said. ‘One is the money, two is the minimum ground standards and the third is how does it fit within our own fixture list?‘It is all very well us saying “we’ll play” but we are already committed to the Championship for next season and the Championship is not built around the European schedule.‘It would be romantic [for the Reds to play in Europe] but it is not practical.’ |
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Camquin
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I think the same would apply to the D2 sides, as they have a 16 team league. So they will either need a smaller competition, or more sides from the second tier countries - who would need help with travel.
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corporalcarrot
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The minimum ground size is an obvious issue in Jersey's case and its worth setting out a few relevant figures:
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islander
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So, clarification from Jersey about not having applied to take part in this comp. Have the other clubs mentioned in the original report clarified their positions?
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SK 88
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Nil. You don't share gates in the European Cup, you earn your money in the home leg. That's why clubs don't like it, they'd get the same for an Italian team and the travelling for the return leg be a fraction of the cost. The SA teams also sell their tickets for £2 (about R80) and get about 15,000 attendances. So everything in that post is just way off.
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Bedford Bear
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A very optimistic expectation of gate money for travelling teams to Johannersburg. This season Ellis Park ticket prices ranged from £10.50 to £100 (full hospitality package). The average season attendance was 6,321 for the URC and Challenge Cup. The games I've watched, the stadium has been 80% empty against top opposition. I doubt 50% of the gate money would be anywhere close to the £1 million quoted FHLM
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FHLH
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OK I'll start again....... wow, who'd want to be in the Challenge Cup? I'll take this as a learning experience
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kempstonblue
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Which sounds more realistic an ambition in some respects. 😂
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The older I get, the more the RFU leave me confused.
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Bedford Bear
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No problem, just a reflection of the season in SA - FHLM
Edited by Bedford Bear - 27 May 2023 at 13:52 |
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BlueButHappyReturns
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To be fair though, many Championship sides have a reasonably sized culture shock when we have to go to Coventry or Ealing (Jersey is more like a weekend break to somewhere with foreign street names).
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Only dead fish go with the flow..
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