BIC 2010-2011

For anyone interested, the makeup of the Welsh competitors will now be as follows:

A visit to the ancestral home in Ponty would be fun.

It does that alot in Ponty, but the locals are friendly and the beer flows freely.

Does this mean that this ridiculous competition continues for another season? No wonder clubs are in financial difficulty.

I think 'ridiculous' is going a bit far, as i said before with a bit of tweeking i think it could be a very good and sustainable contest with real public interest. Its a throw back for us Mose fans to get to play Celtic teams. Friendships develop and hopefully it will provide a good base for rugby outside the elite Magners and GP. 

Exe had very good gates despite playing the third XV in most games however if you look at the costs of an away game in Scotland or Ireland plus overnight stays etc and take that out of the home gate for the equivalent fixture and take off the cost of staging the home games I'd be surprised if it didn't make a loss for most of the sides involved.  Surely the first criterion for any game involving this sort of "side show" is that participation should at least break even and hopefully be an income generator, (otherwise let's go back to the old Easter tours),

You can't have it both ways; a flurry of complaints about travel costs then a plea for different groupings......

Originally posted by Pirate Pig Its been said before but worth repeating that the Heineken wasn't the best supported competition when it was launched but it has gone from strength to strength. Its too early in my book to completely 'rubbish' the B& I cup and hopefully with a bit of sponsorship and some fine tuning it can improve.

Good point PP.

The B & I Cup could become the Trophy that everyone is desperate to win and the Pirates could be the first ever winners !

On the other hand..............

That's a cracking idea. Still needs tweaked, but for the 6 Welsh sides, 4 Irish and 3 Scottish it is definitely a good thing, although it might not be for Championship sides until there is a bit of sponsorship in it. Tweak of the format definitely needed to make it more competitive.

Were Llandovery in it last time?  They're a bit out of the heartlands, and it looks like one hell of a drive!

I think some champoinship clubs looked at the B & I cup as a way of getting their players injured, when league survival on low finances count.

I wish you the best of luck, Pirates are in a better position than many clubs, a decent attendance helps pay the bills.

Funny how it's a tin cup when you're no longer in it. Was the EDF Trophy a tin cup as well?

Originally posted by cheshire exile Funny how it's a tin cup when you're no longer in it. Was the EDF Trophy a tin cup as well?

What has a cup ( B& I ) got in common with a ( EDF ) trophy ?????

maybe it is an English thing ????

The Munster A team for the final has 6 Academy players aged 21/22 in the starting line up.  Most of the team plays in the AIL league regularly although some (such a Manning and Holland have played a fair bit of Magners League).  Where the Irish provincial teams have an advantage is that they draw on a number of AIL league clubs for the Academy and sub-Academy players.  Nagle Archer and O'Mahony play for Cork Constitution who have just won the AIL league and a number of the team have played for Ireland at U19 and U20 level.

It will be a strong team playing the Pirates. they have won 11 from 11 so far this season.

I'll be there - C'mon de boys!!!!