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Gynnsthetonic

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  • Apr 11, 2025
  • #176
oldfiver said:
https://www.insidermedia.com/news/midlands/coventry-rugby-club-seek-investment-to-support-promotion-ambitions-and-stadium-development?utm_medium=email&utm_source=westmidlands_newsletter&utm_campaign=top_story_article
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Would Mike Ashley being interested or Frasers I wonder?
 

Kneeza

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  • Apr 11, 2025
  • #177
Gynnsthetonic said:
Would Mike Ashley being interested or Frasers I wonder?
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Ooh. There's a (slightly concerning) thought.
 

Kneeza

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  • Apr 11, 2025
  • #178
Cov are really drafting in the loaners at the moment, due partly to injuries, but also to the Worcester situation - with at least one senior player suspended by the club due to the shenanigans. Naming no names, but his attempts to take several Cov players with him are just totally beyond contempt.
Fuck Worcester, and also any disruptive Cov players due to Worcester's ridiculous parachuting into this league.
Terrible situation.
 
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wingy

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  • Apr 11, 2025
  • #179
Kneeza said:
Cov are really drafting in the loaners at the moment, due partly to injuries, but also to the Worcester situation - with at least one senior player suspended by the club due to the shenanigans. Naming no names, but his attempts to take several Cov players with him are just totally beyond contempt.
Fuck Worcester, and also any disruptive Cov players due to Worcester's ridiculous parachuting into this league.
Terrible situation.
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Worcester read's Wasps or not?
 

Kneeza

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  • Apr 11, 2025
  • #180
wingy said:
Worcester read's Wasps or not?
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Wasps are dead. It's Wuss who are fucking everyone over now.
 
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Gynnsthetonic

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  • Apr 20, 2025
  • #181
What's happened at Cov, lost 2 on the bounce. Is it lack of squad depth?
 

Kneeza

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  • Apr 20, 2025
  • #182
Gynnsthetonic said:
What's happened at Cov, lost 2 on the bounce. Is it lack of squad depth?
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Worcester poaching hasn't helped. Two are going there, minimum, and one of those has been suspended as he was tapping up another seven or so to join him.
Extremely unsettling.
Apart from those two (first-choice members of the forward pack) there are at least four more first-choice forwards out injured, Johnson, Nairau (front row), Nkwocha (second row), and Hinkley (back row).
Plugging gaps as big as those from a small senior squad is impossible.
I really can't see more than a couple of narrow wins before the end of the season tbh unless there are a few Lazarus-like returns.
Hopefully next term they can just get on with it without the Worcester/'Tier 2' shenanigans and distractions.

Yesterday was odd. Hartpury were gifted a couple of tries on the way to a 28-0 lead, but then Cov dug in and scored four, and but for a last minute forward pass which nullified a try, would have got the draw.
Great fightback to be fair.
 
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ovduk78

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #183

Bruce Craig: Bath owner back IPL-style Premiership relaunch

A new model of licensed franchises could revive the Premiership's fortunes and attract new investment says Bath owner Bruce Craig
www.bbc.co.uk

Apparently Bath's owner hasn't suggested this to protect his investment
 
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oldfiver

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  • Apr 29, 2025
  • #184

Remembering Brian Holt: 1947 to 2025 - Coventry Rugby

Coventry Rugby has lost another of its golden greats with the passing of former Vice-Captain and President Brian Holt at the age of 78 following a lengthy illness. The all-action flanker was an important member of the great Coventry side that swept all before them in the 1960s and 70s while...
www.coventryrugby.co.uk
 
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oldfiver

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  • Apr 30, 2025
  • #185

Matchday Tickets - Coventry Rugby

Tickets for Coventry Rugby’s upcoming Championship Campaign fixtures can be purchased below. Please note: 2025/26 competitive fixtures are all subject to changes in date and time. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible.
www.coventryrugby.co.uk
 
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oldfiver

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  • Apr 30, 2025
  • #186
Free entry to the Combine match on Friday
Get an online ticket
 
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oldfiver

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  • May 2, 2025
  • #187
This will be available to see on the NextGen You Tube channel tonight
 
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oldfiver

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #188
 
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SkyBluePower

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  • May 6, 2025
  • #189
If Rugby was a functioning sport we would be congratulating them for being in the playoffs too . Instead no reward for being one of the top 2 teams all season.
 

Kneeza

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  • May 9, 2025
  • #190
SkyBluePower said:
If Rugby was a functioning sport we would be congratulating them for being in the playoffs too . Instead no reward for being one of the top 2 teams all season.
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Sadly not the case.
Tailed off like the Mackems.
 
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wingy

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  • Jul 24, 2025
  • #191
The Champ next year, did I hear that right,Cov v Worcester to come?
 
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Kneeza

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  • Jul 24, 2025
  • #192
wingy said:
The Champ next year, did I hear that right,Cov v Worcester to come?
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Yep. First game at their place.
 
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Moff

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  • Thursday at 11:12 AM
  • #193
I see that odious piece of scum, Stephen Vaughan who was Chief Exec at Wasps as they imploded, is now Chief Exec at Worcester.
I hope he does the same job again, considering the disgusting way Worcester have been parachuted into the league, with debts galore in their wake.
I hope we stuff them in our games.
 
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duffer

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  • Thursday at 11:20 AM
  • #194
Moff said:
I see that odious piece of scum, Stephen Vaughan who was Chief Exec at Wasps as they imploded, is now Chief Exec at Worcester.
I hope he does the same job again, considering the disgusting way Worcester have been parachuted into the league, with debts galore in their wake.
I hope we stuff them in our games.
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It's bent as a nine-bob note mate, the game under the RFU. I feel sorry for Worcester, unlike the arrogant fucks at Wasps, but rules are rules.

If the RFU wasn't totally beholden to the franchise Premiership idea, Worcester would be working their way back through the divisions now, and Wasps would still be in or near their actual fans in London, even if struggling.
 
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Moff

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  • Thursday at 11:27 AM
  • #195
duffer said:
It's bent as a nine-bob note mate, the game under the RFU. I feel sorry for Worcester, unlike the arrogant fucks at Wasps, but rules are rules.

If the RFU wasn't totally beholden to the franchise Premiership idea, Worcester would be working their way back through the divisions now, and Wasps would still be in or near their actual fans in London, even if struggling.
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I would feel sorry for Worcester but reading about the unpaid debts they left behind to local people and companies, it stinks that they can just rebrand and waltz back in.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Thursday at 11:47 AM
  • #196
Moff said:
I see that odious piece of scum, Stephen Vaughan who was Chief Exec at Wasps as they imploded, is now Chief Exec at Worcester.
I hope he does the same job again, considering the disgusting way Worcester have been parachuted into the league, with debts galore in their wake.
I hope we stuff them in our games.
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Every sport seems fucked these days. The people that cause the damage seem to end up in a similar role, or even higher role, elsewhere.

Cain fucked up Wasps and is now working his magic destroying Warwickshire cricket. Club has been increasingly a shambles since he took over.
 
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ovduk78

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  • Thursday at 12:35 PM
  • #197
chiefdave said:
Every sport seems fucked these days. The people that cause the damage seem to end up in a similar role, or even higher role, elsewhere.

Cain fucked up Wasps and is now working his magic destroying Warwickshire cricket. Club has been increasingly a shambles since he took over.
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Jason Whittingham co-owned Worcester & is now owner of Morecambe & fucking them up as well. Of 25 companies he has been a director of 18 have gone into receivership, dissolved or administration.
 
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Moff

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  • Thursday at 12:58 PM
  • #198
chiefdave said:
Every sport seems fucked these days. The people that cause the damage seem to end up in a similar role, or even higher role, elsewhere.

Cain fucked up Wasps and is now working his magic destroying Warwickshire cricket. Club has been increasingly a shambles since he took over.
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Totally agree Dave, the (sporting) world has gone absolutely mad
 
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wingy

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  • Thursday at 1:02 PM
  • #199
ovduk78 said:
Jason Whittingham co-owned Worcester & is now owner of Morecambe & fucking them up as well. Of 25 companies he has been a director of 18 have gone into receivership, dissolved or administration.
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Must be competing with the president of the USA,a new technique of doing business!
 
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chiefdave

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  • Thursday at 1:34 PM
  • #200
Moff said:
Totally agree Dave, the (sporting) world has gone absolutely mad
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Football I kind of get because it has a structure you would never put in place if you were starting from scratch. But what I can't get my head around is that people can look at the mess footballs in and then happily head off down the same path with their own sport.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Thursday at 6:53 PM
  • #201
chiefdave said:
Football I kind of get because it has a structure you would never put in place if you were starting from scratch. But what I can't get my head around is that people can look at the mess footballs in and then happily head off down the same path with their own sport.
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Because football (at the top level) is absolutely awash with cash and that makes greedy fuckers deludedly believe they can achieve the same success with other sports. Others are going down the US franchise route because it's basically a licence to print money for owners of the major sports.
 
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Kneeza

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  • Thursday at 10:36 PM
  • #202
Moff said:
I would feel sorry for Worcester but reading about the unpaid debts they left behind to local people and companies, it stinks that they can just rebrand and waltz back in.
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They didn't even have to rebrand.
Just got carte blanche to start from near the top and pick and choose from various squads (inc many from Cov) at inflated wages, while still not having paid back their manifold non-rugby debts.
They've admitted to a wage bill of 1.1 million next season, which is huge in the RFU Champ, but I doubt it's that low given the number of quality players already on their books, with more to come.
Fckn disgrace.
 
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