SaintK wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:28 pm
6 Nations has sold 14% of the commercial rights to CVC for the next 5 years. Bye Bye 6N on terrestial TV then?
A decision on whether the Six Nations championship will continue to be broadcast on terrestrial television will be made “within weeks” following confirmation of a £365m five-year investment deal with the private equity firm CVC. Officials are insistent, however, that CVC are “a force for good” and will play a crucial role in broadening rugby union’s global popularity.
Having already bought stakes in Premiership Rugby and the Pro 14, CVC have purchased 14.3% of the Six Nations’ commercial rights, which will yield £95m over five years for the Rugby Football Union. The other home unions have been allocated lower amounts based on their relative audience share, with the Welsh Rugby Union receiving £51m and the Irish Rugby Football Union and Scottish Rugby Union benefiting to the tunes of £48m and £44.5m respectively.
They can't do that in France at least (Protected status).
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:19 am
by Uncle fester
Winners this weekend?
England
Wales
Ireland
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:27 am
by Paddington Bear
SaintK wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:28 pm
6 Nations has sold 14% of the commercial rights to CVC for the next 5 years. Bye Bye 6N on terrestial TV then?
A decision on whether the Six Nations championship will continue to be broadcast on terrestrial television will be made “within weeks” following confirmation of a £365m five-year investment deal with the private equity firm CVC. Officials are insistent, however, that CVC are “a force for good” and will play a crucial role in broadening rugby union’s global popularity.
Having already bought stakes in Premiership Rugby and the Pro 14, CVC have purchased 14.3% of the Six Nations’ commercial rights, which will yield £95m over five years for the Rugby Football Union. The other home unions have been allocated lower amounts based on their relative audience share, with the Welsh Rugby Union receiving £51m and the Irish Rugby Football Union and Scottish Rugby Union benefiting to the tunes of £48m and £44.5m respectively.
I’m more relaxed if Prime get some of the games. They have (IIRC) 19m UK subscribers and a tenner a month is more feasible for people who would want to watch.
On the games today, I’ve been working with a client in Paris for the last few weeks. At least four times a week one of them will join the call an hour early, complain to my boss and his that I’m late, before performatively pretending not to understand what ‘London time’ is in the meeting set up.
Eddie, please, I need this one
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:25 am
by Tichtheid
Scottish fiddler Bruce MacGregor, former captain of Highland Rugby Club in Inverness, has written a tune called Doddie's Dream, it can be bought from Amazon or iTunes with the proceeds going to Doddie's foundation which funds research into MND.
Bruce apparently played alongside Doddie in the Scottish Students side
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:12 pm
by sturginho
Here we go again
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:18 pm
by sturginho
That Bigi is our captain is an embarrassment
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:22 pm
by Paddington Bear
That was just silly
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:23 pm
by Slick
Bored.
When’s the next game on
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:32 pm
by Tichtheid
Ach, Italy are usually competitive in the first quarter/half, but I fear for them today.
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:33 pm
by Plato’sCave
Solid start
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:34 pm
by Paddington Bear
Italy just look like a run kf the mill tier 2 team. USA/Canada etc would fancy their chances
Tichtheid wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:32 pm
Ach, Italy are usually competitive in the first quarter/half, but I fear for them today.
Only going to get worse isn't it.
When you've got 4-5 defenders panicking against Adams alone on that wing it's a very very grim sign
It’s lucky that Wales don’t have a threat on the other wing or at fullback right enough.
Quite!
It's a bit sad that for the size of some of Italy's lumps on field they are fairly weak carriers.
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:49 pm
by salanya
Take a chill pill Wayne, it's really not the match for it.
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:49 pm
by Slick
I think they were looking at the wrong thing with Biggar, I thought the shoulder to the head at the ruck was more suspect
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:50 pm
by tcc_dc
I thought Wales would have saved the red card usage for France
But this is horrible
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:50 pm
by Tichtheid
Slick wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:49 pm
I think they were looking at the wrong thing with Biggar, I thought the shoulder to the head at the ruck was more suspect
Agreed
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:53 pm
by GogLais
And relax.
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:54 pm
by And 1 guest
Wales can now bring on the entire bench and save people for a Grand Slam game
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:55 pm
by Plato’sCave
The Shithouse Slam now ripping through the Latin phase.
Slick wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:49 pm
I think they were looking at the wrong thing with Biggar, I thought the shoulder to the head at the ruck was more suspect
Agreed
Totally agree, thought that was a blatant shoulder to the head, not even mentioned by the TMO or commentary team.
Re: 6 nations 2021 Scrum down in the lockdown
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:59 pm
by Paddington Bear
No issue with Italy getting reamed in the last 15/20, I’m not asking for miracles and don’t mind them losing. However this is getting beyond a joke, being this far off the pace undermines the integrity of the tournament
Slick wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:49 pm
I think they were looking at the wrong thing with Biggar, I thought the shoulder to the head at the ruck was more suspect
Agreed
Totally agree, thought that was a blatant shoulder to the head, not even mentioned by the TMO or commentary team.
