Interestingly premiership rugbys protection facilities have been in use at Newcastle Falcons....And guess what...they have also called off their boxing day fixture.

hmmmm

christmas is a season of sharing goodwill amongst all. i dont seem to recall it mentions cheesecake.
therefore sit in the bathroom and eat it all yourself.

Agreed. I might try... "Show me specifically in the Bible where it says I need to share my cheesecake??"

That should do it.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid: And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a cheesecake, which is f'kin superb being baileys and white chocolate. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the cheescake wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a fridge, on a plate. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising Baileys and white chocolate, and saying, Glory to cheesecake in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men, now where has the bas'tad hidden it?

What version of the bible do you have? My is almost identical to that but wherever you've used the word "cheesecake" mine says "Saviour". Must be an old edition.

Mince pies, jam tarts and icing the christmas cake that was left to soak in brandy*




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Good thread this.

quite glad of a double header, was going to go for the Union game to blow out a few cobwebs

Great, 2 games in one day on a pitch that's been frozen.
Let's look forward to a pitch that's not fit to play fast running rugby on till about May.
I wonder how many injuries we'll get as a result?

The Be-Ro version.

Chortle.

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I can't understand why they simply don't cancel a meaningless friendly unless of course the financial gain is worth more than the the risk to the players and the pitch?

I was at my mum's yesterday and while we were eating cheesecake my nephew mentioned that he had eaten some wonderful cheesecake on Christmas day . Guess what . It was white chocolate and Baileys .

It must be a revenue decision, but how much money would they realistically lose if management did call it off?

We got slated by many people last season due to the state of the Pitch let’s hope it’s not a resemblance of Bridlington Beach come April time...

just a couple of points to raise here.

1) The Festive Challenge game is a contractually bound game so the decision to reschedule was a prerequisite and not a revenue based decision.

2) Bridlington Beach is a pebble beach and not sand.

I imagine that it would be good for the players to get some match time under their belt too

It's another Hetherington master-stroke.

Leeds have immediately halved their wages bill over the festive season for matchday staff by holding both games on the same day.

They can also get equipment on loan from Premier Rugby to ensure the game goes ahead that otherwise wouldn't have been available.

and i'm sure he can do something about the crowd size if you get my drift

Quote ="Andy Gilder"They can also get equipment on loan from Premier Rugby to =#FF0000ensure the game goes ahead that otherwise wouldn't have been available.'" Hopefully it'll have the same effect as it had at Newcastle www.worldcupweb.com/rugby/news/v ... p?id=28223 __________ I'm with David on this one, from a rugby point of view, I doubt it's a game the coach or players need or want in the middle of their pre-season preparations. In addition, it's bad enough the rugger buggers ruining the playing surface at this time of year without us adding to it.

Quote ="Andy Gilder"They can also get equipment on loan from Premier Rugby to =#FF0000ensure the game goes ahead that otherwise wouldn't have been available.'" Hopefully it'll have the same effect as it had at Newcastle www.worldcupweb.com/rugby/news/v ... p?id=28223 __________ I'm with David on this one, from a rugby point of view, I doubt it's a game the coach or players need or want in the middle of their pre-season preparations. In addition, it's bad enough the rugger buggers ruining the playing surface at this time of year without us adding to it.

I'm not quite sure how playing on the surface once a fortnight constitutes "ruining it" mind...

Just out of interest will the Rah Rahs be contributing a £1 of their hard earned cash to charity ?

I think its what they do with the pitch once they're on it that TVOC is complaining at

I bet some of you have settees with the plastic wrapping still on them from when you bought them in DFS three years ago - "you can look at the upholstery but don't sit on it or you'll spoil it"

I could grow a lovely rugby pitch full of lush green grass if no-one ever played on it, dead simples like.

Wouldn't you have to dig up all that lovely paving/shingle first though.