The UAFC

i wouldn't like to be the person at UR in charge of deciding whether or not to have a minute's silence tonight...

Hello - just checking if people heading to the cardiff match are heading for the north or south terrace?

some promising news http://www.sportcal.com/News/news_free_article.aspx?articleID=100651&source=e&cid=69257 Other free-to-air agreements have yet to be concluded, although a deal with BBC Northern Ireland, which has previously shown matches involving local team Ulster, is expected to be anno...

There was a paragraph in the London evening standard today confirming that Ian h is leaving LI to return to ulster

got two tickets in the memorial terrace. phew!

so has any info been posted yet about the process for buying a season ticket to get a QF ticket?

Shane Logan was on the Today programme at 0725 this morning talking of a new mood of compromise and a renewed future for the Heineken Cup. Catch it on iplayer. No real substance to it though.

Who's in charge of the witty banner reflecting the current situation that we'll obviously need for the game against Leicester? Something for Sky to do a close up on...

http://www.ffr.fr/index.php/ffr/histori ... _de_la_ffr

"The statement by the clubs today is irrelevant and inappropriate"

Thomas made the same claim in nov 2012 and prl said the contract only links them to a European competition, not the Heineken. It'll be up to the lawyers to decide who is right, I imagine.

by the by, i have a spare ticket for sale for friday night if anyone wants a seat in the memorial end (section 2). send me a direct message if so.

pm me if interested.

It's a cracking deal. This is the start of the pro12 really establishing itself as one of three high quality leagues in Europe. Sky's validation of the concept will eventually stop the Welsh moaning. If they can just hold the structure together in Wales we might finally get some certainty in Europea...

"As a young coach at both the Waratahs and Leinster, I was very fortunate to have great chief executives and chairmen. I can tell you that this is very rare in professional sport. They supported and empowered me by giving me the time to develop a quality team. " http://www.irishtimes.com/...

Is there any reason to think they wouldn't give other games the Red Button treatment, as they do for the Heineken? It works for them there. Cost? They still need to book satellite trucks, TV crew and all the other facilities for red button and there are 22 rounds of games for the regular season. ye...