Shelflife wrote: I dunno Pinky the Dartboard theory would require some effort on their part.

And an ability to hit the target which they've conspicuously failed to display thus far.

My theory on the Wasps game is Sky are only getting it because BT don't want it (they have first call on home games for English teams) and are going all out to get a bigger viewing figure for the small game than BT get for the "big" ones.

I dunno Pinky the Dartboard theory would require some effort on their part.

Considering the amount of time they spent negotiating the fixtures, they came up with some odd ones.
I was expecting a Sunday fixture for the Wasps game, but who benefits from Zebre v Connacht being on a Sunday? Zebre's home Pro12 games are all on Saturdays, so they didn't ask for it. Toulouse v Wasps is on at the same time (FFS we wanted to watch that) so it was hardly a TV decision. And I really doubt that Connacht were pushing for it, so what's the story?
Wasps play all their games on Sunday, yet they play Zebre on the first Saturday at 1pm. No other game on at that time so that will be Sky Sports' big tournament launch game!
In round 3 Munster v Leicester is the same time as Racing v Glasgow. Who asked for that?
I'd say the dartboard in Nuechatel is in bits.

Moving all travel discussions into their respective threads, let's keep the discussion here about the matches

The way the fixtures fall, it puts a lot of pressure on the first game.
If Connacht beat Toulouse, then a couple of wins over Zebre would potentially leave us in the shakeup going into the last game, even if we lose both Wasps games. Toulouse might even be out of contention by that stage if they fail to beat Wasps.
On the other hand if we lose to Toulouse, things could start looking bleak.

CountFurlo wrote: R1: Oct 15(h) v Toulouse-5.30pm;

R2: Oct 23(a) v Zebre-3.15pm:

R3: Dec 11(a) v Wasps-1pm;

R4: Dec 17(h) v Wasps-5.30pm

Not sure which would have been the tougher option for the Back to Back games, Wasps or Toulouse.
Two very different prospects. really in that scenario.

Will be a very odd feeling going into this as the Top team in the Pro12. very odd indeed.....:silly:

BT show the first two games. SKY have the Wasps matches

R1: Oct 15(h) v Toulouse-5.30pm;

R2: Oct 23(a) v Zebre-3.15pm:

R3: Dec 11(a) v Wasps-1pm;

R4: Dec 17(h) v Wasps-5.30pm