Ger C wrote: Connacht site states that fixture dates and times will be announced in july.

Yeah, I assume it will be late July, same as usual. It was July 22nd last year.

Connacht site states that fixture dates and times will be announced in july.

Euromillions tonight - £95m would be a nice starter for the takeover there, Pinky.

The Green Trews, having seen action in Toulouse and London, may well ride again. God help us all.

Droptheclaw wrote: The Thursday night matches, were we to get any, would be a killer, given that I reckon most of us are not multi-millionaire playboys and have to work to earn a crust.

I'm not a multi-millionaire playboy now, but this thing doesn't happen for another four months, by which time I fully expect to be Connacht's sugar daddy.

There was always one Thursday night game in the Challenge Cup and I presume they'll keep it up. It's good for TV to get the ball rolling on the weekend. Hopefully we'll avoid it, but might get stung for one.

Droptheclaw wrote: I have an ex-girlfriend who is a season ticket holder for the Chiefs, so may throw on the ould Grouch Marx disguise for that one

Moustache or no, she'd spot the green trousers a mile away!

The Thursday night matches, were we to get any, would be a killer, given that I reckon most of us are not multi-millionaire playboys and have to work to earn a crust.

Hoping to make all three away matches, the bars in Bayonne were excellent the day after the Biarritz match, and La Rochelle is supposed to be great. I have an ex-girlfriend who is a season ticket holder for the Chiefs, so may throw on the ould Grouch Marx disguise for that one

Fourdogs wrote: I hope that the fact that the dates shown are all for Thur - Sun does not mean that some of the Challenge cup games might be scheduled for a Thursday night fixtures.

Great for a long weekend away but a crock of shxx for anyone who has to take time off work to travel.

That was pulled from the Sky Sports website.
Hope we get lucky, and avoid Thursday night games.

I hope that the fact that the dates shown are all for Thur - Sun does not mean that some of the Challenge cup games might be scheduled for a Thursday night fixtures.

Great for a long weekend away but a crock of shxx for anyone who has to take time off work to travel.

Match dates:

Round 1: October 16/17/18/19 2014

Round 2: October 23/24/25/26 2014

Round 3: December 4/5/6/7 2014

Round 4: December 11/12/13/14 2014

Round 5: January 15/16/17/18 2015

Round 6: January 22/23/24/25 2015

swift4prez wrote:

salmson wrote:

ConnachtCows wrote: Saw it posted on Twitter, that it will be after the two playoff teams are known

That might not be until September though.

what a disaster. lets say early septemeber and the game is 3rd weekend in october, flights will be expensive with on 6 week advance booking. more is it not direct.
its the same problem we have for game week 5 or 6 in january when we only find out the date after round 4. thats usually 4 week notice

I'm only repeating what I heard one person say. Could be complete bull
The whole thing seems like a bit of a cluster at the moment.
Comes across hugely amateurish.

salmson wrote:

ConnachtCows wrote: Saw it posted on Twitter, that it will be after the two playoff teams are known

That might not be until September though.

what a disaster. lets say early septemeber and the game is 3rd weekend in october, flights will be expensive with on 6 week advance booking. more is it not direct.
its the same problem we have for game week 5 or 6 in january when we only find out the date after round 4. thats usually 4 week notice

ConnachtCows wrote: Saw it posted on Twitter, that it will be after the two playoff teams are known

That might not be until September though.

Saw it posted on Twitter, that it will be after the two playoff teams are known

Does anyone have any idea when the actual match dates will be known.

pinky wrote:

sea_point wrote: From a travels point of view - La Rochelle and Bayonne............WOW...Happy days..

Exeter not a bad result either, when you consider it could have been Cardiff or Gloucester...

We'll have to have a word with EPRC and get them to schedule the two French away games on successive weekends and we can all have a jaunt down the Atlantic coast ...

I DEMAND that they are on consecutive weekends in early October #Rugby/Beer/Shorts #Bingo!! :woohoo: :woohoo:

sea_point wrote: From a travels point of view - La Rochelle and Bayonne............WOW...Happy days..

Exeter not a bad result either, when you consider it could have been Cardiff or Gloucester...

We'll have to have a word with EPRC and get them to schedule the two French away games on successive weekends and we can all have a jaunt down the Atlantic coast ...

From a travels point of view - La Rochelle and Bayonne............WOW...Happy days..

Exeter not a bad result either, when you consider it could have been Cardiff or Gloucester...