The UAFC

Thanks Gents.

I haven't been on this forum long enough to get the 'Tommy from Comber' thing. Could someone please enlighten me or refer me to a previous thread?

Belfast Telegraph says he 'failed a fitness test'.

It's only recently he's been passing them....

Perhaps I have missed something obvious but instead of the extra matches to get the 20th team why not have the previous year's winner plus 6 English plus 6 French + 7 Pro 12 ? Did a previous year's winner ever fail to qualify in the past? Now don't shoot the messenger here but I was interested by t...

Wrong tigerburnie. BT made it clear that their deal only kicked in if there was a pan european comp run by the clubs. There isn't going to be one because the IRB will not sanction it. Then it looks like rugby will be the loser and the briefs will be the winners in the court battle to follow, the Fr...

So many opinions chaps, yell you what I'll do. This is what I've just posted on Tigers, can anyone point out anything I've got wrong & I will be eternally grateful: P45 for Mr McCafferty!!!!! The man has been "done up like a kippa". The Celts & Italians have had to make concession...

What they fundamentally don't grasp on that Tiggers forum is that the IRB IS rugby union and that the unions are the IRB. They make the rules and they enforce the rules. You can't just say I don't like the rules so I am going to make my own. What are they going to try next? Make the ball round so Mi...

Jackie Brown wrote:If it makes the pro12 more relevant that can only be a good thing. As long as the unions stay in charge I'll be happy.

+1. Union control vital.

Payne has had a very effective season at outside centre in super rugby before, there's a reason everyone's assuming he's the heir to BOD, so no we don't need to play him there to find out if he can do it. Not for Ulster, though. With our back line, with our calls and with our defensive system. If w...

I genuinely don't believe he has been 'dropped'. There are some massive games coming up in December and January. 10, 13 and 15 are the three positions in which we do not have sufficient experienced cover if we are heavily hit by injuries. The solution to 10 is to move Pienaar out and have Marshall a...

Darren Cave is our first choice outside centre, he is always picked in that position for the big games. The big question is who would play at 13 if Cave was injured? By moving Payne to 13 in a couple of games we achieve 2 things- Give Payne time at 13 in case Cave is injured for a big game later in ...

Am I missing something here? I’m of the view that nothing is settled yet. However: The much discussed deal comes from the Unions including the eRFU and FFR. The PRL and LNR clubs were not at the meeting. The ERC have basically adopted the Franglais model, but under their control. The WRU have broug...

If the WRU were on board with this, they would have issued a joint statement as it would have been far more powerful. The WRU will be in Dublin tomorrow and the regions are just trying to put a gun to their head prior to the negotiations. It might work, it might not but the timing of this is very r...

If the WRU were on board with this, they would have issued a joint statement as it would have been far more powerful. The WRU will be in Dublin tomorrow and the regions are just trying to put a gun to their head prior to the negotiations. It might work, it might not but the timing of this is very re...

scrum5 wrote:LLS I hope you are correct

No way of knowing, Scrum, but anything that weakens the WRU or the national set up will be very unpopular with the majority in Wales, irrespective of how it might be played in the media.