Major League Rugby

[Mellsblue]

Schedule is out:

https://www.majorleague.rugby/schedules/

[Puja]

RUNY giving up early on the idea of fans coming to their games. Sensible approach, rather than trying to sell tickets and hoping, but it's going to be an expensive season if they can't get fans until late.



Puja

[Mellsblue]

RUNY giving up early on the idea of fans coming to their games. Sensible approach, rather than trying to sell tickets and hoping, but it's going to be an expensive season if they can't get fans until late.



Puja

The six season ticket holders will be gutted. Hopefully the authorities will be allowing spectators in to games by the start of the season.

[Mellsblue]

Don’t know why I quoted you. It’s not as if anyone else comes in here.

[Puja]

Don’t know why I quoted you. It’s not as if anyone else comes in here.

Because it's better than quoting yourself. You'll go blind if you do that too often. We do get an occasional visit from morepork to brighten our spirits and, even if we didn't, I still wouldn't regret Rowan having been given the boot.

It's going to be a weird situation when the league does restart. On the one hand, England allows crowds of 2k, but then again, England doesn't have a leader that is currently denying the coronavirus is even a problem. It could get much worse by the time Senor SaneButSenile takes office, despite the imminent vaccine.

Dallas are playing in a stadium that could hold 44,000 for their first season and LA at 77,000 Memorial Coliseum, so I suspect social distancing might not be a problem for them. The Freejacks are currently taking season ticket orders, despite being under the same restrictions as New York. So, no-one's got a clue.

Puja

[Puja]

Good synopsis of the schedule here: http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2020/1 ... to-expect/

Puja

[Puja]

Don’t know why I quoted you. It’s not as if anyone else comes in here.

RUNY are under new ownership: https://rugbywrapup.com/2021/01/rugby-u ... k-kerouac/

Puja

[Mellsblue]

And they’re not messing around:

[Puja]

Very useful signing indeed. Even at 36, he's going to add a lot, especially in teaching the youngsters. Didn't RUNY pickup a promising scrum-half through the draft this year?

They've also added Nick Civetta from Newcastle, which is a very good signing (if slightly lower key).

Puja


ETA. Apparently, they have 2 new promising young scrum-halves: https://rugbywrapup.com/2021/01/instant ... united-ny/

[Puja]

Dallas have pulled out of 2021 with the plan of having their debut in a non-pandemic 2022: https://www.dallasjackals.com/news/dall ... n-to-2022/

On the one hand, I understand the idea of, "You only get one opportunity to make a first impression," and understand them wanting to go straight in with a bang (plus they might have their city-centre stadium sorted out by then, rather than playing in a 44k baseball stadium because it's cheap), but on the other, this is not a good look 2 months from the start of the season and after signing a good number of players. Decision should have been made back in November at the latest.

Puja