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For all those who complain about Gusher ... I give you Stuart Barnes and the Sky vomit bucket brigade, last year there was nothing better than the AP ... anywhere ... but Sky lost it so they are now the leading experts and bestest friends ever to the Pro 12 ... they don't know who anyone is, they h...

stormy wrote:Looks like we might just have a 40,000 stadium to play at in Belfast, if needed in the near future!

If they ever get permission to build the thing

Breffni managed to retain their name, and like Ravenhill, it is a geographical name rather than a political one, so some consideration was obviously given to local sensitivities there. The thing about Breffni Park is that is still gets referred to as that in the media at least as much as it's calle...

Ulster now saying they were all gone in under a minute

On at 10 - no refreshing the page - limited the search to the cheapest tickets - the end terraces basically - and got one straight away. Must be a huge amount of luck involved

Mulligan tweeting (with "early days" disclaimer) Pienaar and Black both "potentially two weeks". I'd consider that a result given the way both looked going off

Midi Olympique newspaper quoting the Castres manager saying they're in "advanced talks" with Afoa. They also reported that Pienaar had accepted a two-year deal to Toulon, so look forward to this being reported as a done deal in the Tele

I'm surprised it took Ticketmaster so long to realise they were missing out on a bit of gouging

Can someone tell me if you can avoid the Ticketmaster 'Service Charge' if you phone the Ulster Rugby Ticket office directly to buy your ticket. I've always bought my tickets online but i'm ordering 4 and £10 in Service charges is a bit steep! The answer is yes - they will charge a £1.50 card fee pl...

Tickets aren't available from Ravenhill until Tuesday, August 27th, either over the counter or the phone

big mervyn wrote:What's the queueing time likely to be for the DART after the game?

Obviously there'll be a lot more Ulster supporters at the final than there were at the League game at Easter, but then there was no queueing time at all - straight onto the platform then a five minute wait for the train.

According to Wikipedia, which is of course never wrong, clubs tied in the rankings are separated like this: Per ERC rule, ties between clubs are broken as follows: 1. Most recent participation in the Heineken Cup, counting back season-by-season until the teams are separated. 2. Points earned in the ...

Saracens want to play the match at their new ground according to this RTE report. They've got the dates wrong but I assume the quotes are real
http://bit.ly/13Ytak8

Nigel Owens seems to be having trouble getting to France according to his Twitter

Nigel Owens‏@Nigelrefowens
Nightmare travel so far. Bristol airport closed flight cancelled. On route to Heathrow airport now for a flight to Toulouse tonite we hope