English Premiership 2021/2022

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Some cracker matches in the Premiership this year. And altho Bt sport has the coveragw, t
The deal of including BT sport within the BT tv package is good value.
Wasps today contrived to do an Ulster by being 3 points ahead against Leicester in the 78 mins and not once but twice, kicked the ball to the undefeated league leaders . This time it worked out;;
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Been told Newcastle are in trouble. Had to use RFU money for the England players to pay the squad and dont expect them to win the rest of the season....
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ITV4 picking up the free to air Premiership highlights from Sunday January 30th and for seasons 2022/23 and 2023/24.
Also showing 4 games live free to air between January and end of season and the Premiership final will be available free to air also. 7 games live free to air and the final also from season 2022/23.

https://www.ultimaterugby.com/news/prem ... ort/642658
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Neill_M wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:22 pm ITV4 picking up the free to air Premiership highlights from Sunday January 30th and for seasons 2022/23 and 2023/24.
Also showing 4 games live free to air between January and end of season and the Premiership final will be available free to air also. 7 games live free to air and the final also from season 2022/23.

https://www.ultimaterugby.com/news/prem ... ort/642658
Excellent. The more free stuff, the better.
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Mark McCall taking a break for medical reasons.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/60173562

Wish him well.
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PRTV Live will give supporters the chance to watch all Gallagher Premiership Rugby matches not being broadcast on BT Sport or ITV, from Round 18 on Friday 25 February.

A Match Pass is £4.99 to watch the game of your choice.
A Round Pass is £6.99 to watch all fixtures included for a round of Gallagher Premiership Rugby.

You can register and purchase matches from 11am on Monday 21 February. Starting this month as a pilot service, PRTV Live is streamed directly to fans via the Premiership Rugby mobile app and provides supporters with a comprehensive service.

Round 18 on PRTV Live
From Noon on Monday 21 February you can buy:

Friday 25 February

Bristol Bears v Wasps – 7.45pm
Sale Sharks v London Irish – 7.45pm

Saturday 26 February

Leicester Tigers v Gloucester Rugby – 3pm
Newcastle Falcons v Bath Rugby – 3pm

From 25 March PRTV Live will also be available via desktop.
PRTV Live is available overseas but not in Canada, USA or Australia

https://www.premiershiprugby.com/prtvlive
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Niall Annett joining Bath for season 22/23.
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No promotion to the Premiership next season. Ealing and Doncaster failed to meet minimum standards. Largely based on not meeting 10,001+ capacity.
"Ealing Trailfinders does not currently have a licensed capacity, but the ground holds approximately 5,000 with 2,115 seats. "Doncaster Knights currently has a capacity of around 5,183 with 1,926 seats." says RFU, confirming it. They can appeal.

@willgkelleher on twitter.

Average home attendance so far this season - 5 sides less than the 10,001 magic mark.

Newcastle 5,471
Sale 6,146
Worcester 6,593
Saracens 7,473
London Irish 7,987

Other 8 clubs for comparison:

Wasps 10,090
Exeter 11,931
Gloucester 13,044
Saints 13,327
Harlequins 13,823
Bath 13,828
Bristol 17,980
Tigers 20,129

https://twitter.com/MikeWhatmore/status ... Xa_XjGrZig
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I don't understand what the RFU are trying to do here, making the league less competitive is going to kill it, surprised PRL haven't told them to butt out and sort the league out themselves, trouble is the investors would veto anything that doesn't protect their vested interests, we are in brad pitt street going forwards.
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Premiership Rugby can confirm that it has concluded its investigation into Leicester Tigers’ Salary Cap compliance for the seasons 2016/17 to 2020/21.

In summary, the investigation initiated by Salary Cap Director Andrew Rogers, found that Leicester Tigers, and one or more club commercial partners, entered into arrangements whereby a third-party company made payments to the image rights companies of players. These payments should have been declared to the Salary Cap Director as salary, but they were not disclosed.

In each of the four seasons, the amount by which Leicester Tigers exceeded the Salary Cap was below the ‘Overrun’ limit above which a formal charge may be brought for an alleged breach of the regulations.

The club has accepted the findings, which means there will be no further disciplinary process or appeal. The level of fine imposed in these circumstances, known as an Overrun Tax, is calculated by a formula set out in the regulations.

As a result of the previously undisclosed payments now being counted as salary, the Salary Cap Director has determined that Tigers exceeded the Salary Cap by the following amounts:

2016/17: £147,750 (Senior Salary Cap £6,000,000; Overrun limit £325,000)
2017/18: £89,718.05 (Senior Salary Cap £6,400,000; Overrun limit £350,000)
2018/19: £55,886.69 (Senior Salary Cap £6,400,000; Overrun limit £350,000)
2019/20: £98,586.32 (Senior Salary Cap £6,400,000; Overrun limit £350,000)

During the relevant period, the Salary Cap Regulations stated that for the first £50,000 of Overrun, a club would pay a tax of £0.50 for every £1 of overspend. Beyond the first £50,000 and up to £200,000 of Overrun, the tax is £1 for every £1 of additional overspend.

Consequently, the breakdown of the Overrun Tax on Leicester Tigers is:

2016/17: £122,750
2017/18: £64,718.05
2018/19: £30,886.69
2019/20: £73,586.32

In addition, Leicester Tigers have been fined £17,900 for failing to disclose information about the above arrangements in the five seasons from 2016/17 to 2020/21.

In 2020/21 Tigers were fined for non-disclosure but there was no over-run of the Salary Cap.

This makes a total of £309,841.06 in fines and taxes.

Leicester Tigers Chief Executive Officer Andrea Pinchen said: “The club has co-operated with Premiership Rugby throughout the period of the investigation into historic salary cap spending. We accept the decision and the acknowledgement that there was no over-run in the most recent season of the review.

“We are thankful this matter has been brought to a conclusion and pleased that we can now focus all of our energy and efforts on the future of the club.”

Andrew Rogers, Premiership Rugby Salary Cap Director, said: “The review of Salary Cap Regulations provided stronger powers to monitor spending and investigate possible breaches of the cap in past seasons. Leicester Tigers have cooperated with my investigation and accepted the findings, which allows us to apply the sanctions detailed in the regulations. While we are satisfied that the arrangements which resulted in the overspend have been brought to an end, we will continue to assess all spending as part of our ongoing monitoring process at every club.”

https://www.leicestertigers.com/news/le ... -statement
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tigerburnie wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 5:39 pm club statement here
https://www.leicestertigers.com/news/le ... -statement
The most the breach was in any of the 4 years was 2.5% of the then £6MN annual cap and within the overrun limit.
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As I said elsewhere, we are guilty as charged, broke rules I guess most if not all of the fans had no idea about, but we seem to be trying to correct that, pay the fine and play rugby.
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tigerburnie wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:31 pm As I said elsewhere, we are guilty as charged, broke rules I guess most if not all of the fans had no idea about, but we seem to be trying to correct that, pay the fine and play rugby.
Hey tb, a good win on Saturday against LI. That Nandolo is a seriously big unit! :shock:
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Thanks, the gossip is Nandolo might be going home for family reasons, we will miss the threat in attack he brings for sure, if we could get him a bit fitter he could really tear up the ground.
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