Romanian Rugby

[Toko_11]

What about you stop being so aggressive and call BS everything that you don't agree instead of put up arguments? Wrestling is minor sport, your basketball might be good but so far didn't qualified to Olympics/World Cups as opposed with let's say Romanian handball or water polo.

As for putting Georgia in post Soviet area I don't see where I am wrong. There are other countries who were in ex-Soviet space (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia) who made reforms as well, I don't see what's the fuss about it. Nobody said you didn't make reforms or stuff.

As for the argument of Georgians vs Georgians I still think this is a joke and you'll at some point stop it. Look at football:
http://www.europeanultras.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=939

I hope you're kidding, I didn't write anything offensive

"Guys stop writing about a country if you are not familiar... I don't come out and write BS about Romania do I ?" these are my exact words. Idk if your English is shaky but there is nothing offensive there.

Firstly Wrestling has a huge tradition in Georgia and is anything but small, Tournaments in Georgia get huge attention and attendance. It may be "small" in countries without wrestling tradition.

As for Basketball, Eurobasket provides enough entertainment to keep people quite interested in it.

Georgia is also doing quite well in water polo considering we've only had one pool and team was first created 2 years ago or something.

Yes there are but those ex soviet countries don't have similar problems to Russia, they're not even relatively close. Georgia is poor which people often confuse with "backward" but if you look at the facts you'll realize that Georgia has even surpassed many EU/NATO countries in various fields.

Also I'm quite familiar with Georgian football, We can even bring the example of USSR Championship when Georgian teams used to compete regularly in Euro cups and you'll see that Georgian v Georgian teams didn't even get quarter of the attendance of Georgian v any foreign team.

So please stop pushing your misjudged stereotypes on us and no one will give you angry answers. It's you guys who feel constant need to attack or demean Georgia in order to make Romania look better. Obviously Georgian posters won't love you for that.

as for Merged league, We're not talking Finances here we're talking Idea. And IF financial problems were to be solved it would help rugby in T2. the distance isn't that big. If Italian teams can play Celtic teams then what's the big deal about polish teams playing Georgian teams. again Financial problems aside.

 

[amz]

maybe you did not get it but this discussion is finished here; please move and make your own thread if you want to continue; I don't find any meaning in continuing this discussion. thank you for understanding.

 

[Toko_11]

maybe you did not get it but this discussion is finished here; please move and make your own thread if you want to continue; I don't find any meaning in continuing this discussion. thank you for understanding.

This is a bloody forum, people write here.. don't like it ? move on.

 

[amz]

This is a bloody forum, people write here.. don't like it ? move on.

Yes, but it's offt opic, this is Romanian rugby thread and as you see Romanian posters consider this competition a fantasy given the actual status. So move on Georgian thread and post there if you want to continue this discussion.

 

[dragos03]

It's you guys who feel constant need to attack or demean Georgia in order to make Romania look better. Obviously Georgian posters won't love you for that.

as for Merged league, We're not talking Finances here we're talking Idea. And IF financial problems were to be solved it would help rugby in T2. the distance isn't that big. If Italian teams can play Celtic teams then what's the big deal about polish teams playing Georgian teams. again Financial problems aside.

Really, when did I ever attack Georgia? Relax, you are not under attack, we're not the Russian army. Quite the opposite, I wrote many times that Romania needs a strong Georgia (and you need a strong Romania).

As for a common league, of course it would be great to have, if the finance aspect could be solved somehow. I think the 8-team league format suggested by Croket would be the best.

 

[dragos03]

Finally some matches for Romania A. They will play twice in June in Bucharest against Crawshay’s WRU President’s XV, the so-called Welsh Barbarians. I guess they will be selected from the Principality Premiership.

They have toured Georgia last year and won both matches against Georgia A. Their first tour in Romania was in 2007 when they played against club side Poli Iasi and a select side named FRR President's XV.

 

[amz]

A Romania A (next representative team) is needed, this is a good news indeed. I'm curious who will be announced as head coach.

 

[FrankHeaven]

Good for them. As a matter of interest, how often - if ever - do teams tour Romania from the UK (and France and Italy)? Do club sides ever tour?

 

[dragos03]

Almost never.

After Timisoara joined the Saracens global network, the Sarries sent their A team to play a match in Romania against them (it included some notable players like Maro Itoje and Mouritz Botha). England Counties toured Romania last year. Scotland U19 visited two years ago and lost a test to Romania U19. There are also some amateur/youth/old boys clubs that sometimes come for a match.

Italians never tour here but their clubs usually lose badly against Romanian ones in the Challenge Cup or the Qualifying Competition.

 

[tommyc121]

it was intresting today played against good number nine today was from romania himself. maidstone he plays for. he was saying to me that romanian league is just getting spoilt a bit due the in flux of foreigners clubs looking for foreigners instead of romanian talent. thought was intresting he was good player as well.

 

[dragos03]

I see there is a scrum half in that team who used to play for Poli Iasi in the second division.

Romanian Cup results:
CSM Bucharest - Timisoara Saracens 8-29
U Cluj - Dinamo 15-24
Steaua - Poli Iasi 54-20
RC Barlad - CS Navodari 35-40
RCM Galati - CSM Suceava 36-10
CSU Arad - Stiinta Petrosani 31-27
Stejarul Buzau - CS Manastur 53-23

Steaua - Politehnica Iasi highlights:


These cup matches allowed the clubs to use a number of very young players. 18-year old Timisoara fullback Marius Simionescu scored an awesome solo try against CSM, while another 18-year old player, Steaua fly half Tudor Boldor, got to play an entire half.

 

[tommyc121]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/35961499 world of rugby likes relgation battle.

 

[ratsapprentice]

That's outgoing chairman Lapasset, not incoming chairman Beaumont.

 

[tommyc121]

it wouldnt make any difference i think bill will go for it for sure.

 

[FrankHeaven]

it was intresting today played against good number nine today was from romania himself. maidstone he plays for. he was saying to me that romanian league is just getting spoilt a bit due the in flux of foreigners clubs looking for foreigners instead of romanian talent. thought was intresting he was good player as well.

There are a lot of Romanians now living in the UK. Can't do rugby in Romania any harm, as I imagine the game has a bigger profile here than in Romania.

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it wouldnt make any difference i think bill will go for it for sure.

Lapasset says: "For eight years he [Beaumont] has always voted for my reforms, there will be continuity. We have given the international game momentum and there is no going back. His main problem will be the Six Nations, it will be difficult to get it opened but it must happen."

I'm not so sure. Bill is old school, will he want to rock the boat?

Lapasset claims credit for rugby becoming an Olympic sport and for Argentina joining the Rugby Championship, but World Rugby's undemocratic governance structure remains, and the game's major international competitions are still closed shops.

 

[dragos03]

FRR President Dumitras said that the introduction of promotion/relegation in the Six Nations has been discussed by both World Rugby and Rugby Europe but he warned that the talks were in a very early stage and it's premature to say more. He added that the Oaks would need a larger stadium and it's important to win the autumn tests against Fiji and Japan. Dumitras think the conservative RFU might be the main opponent of an expansion of the 6N.

In a separate interview, Baia Mare coach Eugen Apjok commented on the possible inclusion of Romania and Georgia in the U20 Six Nations, he thinks that Romania U20 would initially lose heavily but become competitive after a few seasons and it would greatly help our junior rugby. His statements give me hope, since they prove that FRR officials are aware of these plans and it's not just a rumour.

While I don't think that expansion of any kind will happen soon, it's great that this topic is considered a lot lately, in both local and international media.

As for Lapasset, he did a lot of things for Tier 2 rugby. He was unable to open up the top competitions but he laid the foundation for it to happen in the future. While the structure of World Rugby remains undemocratic, Tier 2 nations will soon have a much larger say in the council.

 

[FrankHeaven]

Baia Mare coach Eugen Apjok commented on the possible inclusion of Romania and Georgia in the U20 Six Nations, he thinks that Romania U20 would initially lose heavily but become competitive after a few seasons and it would greatly help our junior rugby. His statements give me hope, since they prove that FRR officials are aware of these plans and it's not just a rumour.

That would be a great stepping stone. The conservative elements in the 6N could not object on commercial grounds.

Tier 2 nations will soon have a much larger say in the council.

What do you mean by that exactly? Are they changing the voting structure?

 

[dragos03]

What do you mean by that exactly? Are they changing the voting structure?

Yes, several Tier 2 countries, Romania included, will have individual votes. The voting share of regional associations will also increase. Tier 1 unions will still control over 60% of the votes but in theory the combined votes of the Tier 2 unions, regional associations and pro-reform Tier 1 nations like France or Argentina might be enough to force some changes in the future.

 

[amz]

NATIONS CUP 2016

Round 1 1, 9 june
16:00 Argentina XV vs Spain
18:00 Uruguay vs Emerging Italy
20:00 Namibia vs Romania

Round 2, 13 june
16:00 Argentina XV vs Emerging Italy
18:00 Namibia vs Spain
20:00 Uruguay vs Romania

Round 3, 18 june
16:00 Uruguay vs Spain
18:00 Namibia vs Emerging Italy
20:00 Argentina XV vs Romania

Venue: Dinamo (capacity 15.000)

 

[dragos03]

Venue: Dinamo (capacity 15.000)

Interesting. Even if I don't like the Dinamo Stadium (it's in bad shape and due to the running tracks the fans are far from the action), this is a good development. It's the first time after many years that rugby will be played on the stadium of the of the traditional football clubs in Bucharest.

Since the Dinamo Stadium will soon be rebuilt and extended, it would be great of the Oaks could continue to use it when needed, for bigger matches.

In other news, Digi Sport have changed their minds and will not broadcast Timisoara vs Calvisano. Jerks.