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Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #15 on: October 30, 2015, 08:20:24 PM »
A response from Glaws:

Gloucester Rugby are fully supportive of the Salary Cap and believe its existence and effectiveness is crucial to ensure a level playing field across the Aviva Premiership. It also reinforces the Aviva Premiership's position as the most competitive league in the world whilst protecting the long-term financial wellbeing of clubs. The agreed levels of the salary cap going forward ensures that English clubs also have the ability to compete with Europe's elite.

As a club, we always try to operate with the highest integrity and we are fully committed to making the Salary Cap work and as such, in light of current questioning, would like to communicate that Gloucester Rugby is not one of the clubs to which Premiership Rugby referred within its statement as being involved in conversations relating to access to information and to commercial contracts where there were differences of opinion as to the inclusion or not in a salary cap.

Gloucester Rugby will be making no further comment on the matter.
Read more at http://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/37068.php#HCAWCg3igvRRejT9.99

Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #16 on: October 30, 2015, 08:29:34 PM »
And Bath have released similar.  Saints?

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2015, 10:24:13 PM »
The salary cap debate is raging but seems to have gone under the radar with the World Cup going on. Basically two clubs have been cheating the salary cap and used their lawyer s to find loop holes in the rules and the premier league rugby have made everyone sign confidentiality agreements. I've no idea who the two teams are but after my BATH I am watching Robin Hood who started off fighting the SARACENS.
Fucking cheats.

Were's this been reported?  The bit about the salary cap, not your bath etc.

It's pretty common knowledge as far as I'm aware and I think it's a bold move to mention your bathing habits, however utterly correct they may be.  Whichever clubs were involved though it would test the patience of a saint to know that the clubs weren't being thrown to the tigers.  Especially if it were to turn out that the clubs involved happen to be ones that England have taken lots of players from.

It would less of a pisstake if this wasn't the 3rd time in 6 years that one of those clubs has been reported and investigated for breaching the cap and yet they still remain uncharged.  Even more frustrating is that if you're going to fucking cheats at least have the decency to play decent rugby rather than percentage-based bullshit.

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #18 on: October 31, 2015, 03:00:03 PM »
Northampton and Saracens my guess. Saracens definitely. The boring cheating bastards.

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #19 on: October 31, 2015, 08:17:24 PM »
Northampton and Saracens my guess. Saracens definitely. The boring cheating bastards.

It's not northampton, they're right on the limit though, they had a few people leave the last few years because they couldn't afford to keep them.

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2015, 10:13:48 AM »
Northampton and Saracens my guess. Saracens definitely. The boring cheating bastards.

It's not northampton, they're right on the limit though, they had a few people leave the last few years because they couldn't afford to keep them.

So it it's not saints, bath or Gloucester, then who is the second team?  Wasps?

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #21 on: November 01, 2015, 12:25:54 PM »
I was pretty certain it was Bath, there's strong rumours suggesting that, if not I'd guess at Leicester but it would be a 'best guess'.

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2015, 01:35:53 PM »
Bath have released a statement claiming to be under the cap, after adjustments for the 2014/5 season.
All very well but the season in question was the 2013/4 season and what are the "adjustments"?

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #23 on: November 03, 2015, 04:42:37 PM »
Bath have released a statement claiming to be under the cap, after adjustments for the 2014/5 season.
All very well but the season in question was the 2013/4 season and what are the "adjustments"?

That's an admission if ever I've seen one.

They let a fair few go that summer so i rrckon that is their 'adjustment'.

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #24 on: November 03, 2015, 07:08:06 PM »
I would have said if not Northampton then the London based clubs. Leicester make a fortune so I don't believe it is them.

Anyhow, from what I saw at the weekend, Worcester won't be pushovers or fighting relegation this year. Take your pick from Irish or Newcastle to finally be replaced by Bristol.

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #25 on: November 03, 2015, 08:08:16 PM »
Is anyone else bored of constantly hearing about Sam Burgess? England's entire World Cup campaign was overshadowed by him. Now it's this constant will he, won't he return to League. It's not anything against him personally, although I think he owes it to Bath to stay. It's just really dull now.

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #26 on: November 04, 2015, 06:00:31 PM »
The bessie mates with Russell Crowe bit is tedious as well.

A story I have probably told here before, but I like to think I was on part responsible for Crowe twatting someone with his phone back in 2005 or whenever it was.

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #27 on: November 05, 2015, 03:53:25 PM »
So Burgess has gone back then. Got to say that has been one of the poorest affairs I can remember in English Rugby Union. The administrators take blame for bringing him across with such a fanfare. The England coaching team take blame for having him anywhere near the squad. Burgess takes blame for letting Bath down and not giving it a proper go.

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #28 on: November 05, 2015, 06:15:13 PM »
Agreed.

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Re: Domestic & European Rugby 2015-16
« Reply #29 on: November 05, 2015, 10:18:50 PM »
This despite Bruce Craig claiming he'd see out his contract and that he'd had no contact with rugby league over the last few days. Do we still believe his salary cap denials as well?

 


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