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Only 5,511 turned up to watch the Dragons vs Ospreys on the weekend. In the last 22 years, only 2 meetings between these teams have attracted smaller crowds.
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October 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Only 5,511 turned up to watch the Dragons vs Ospreys on the weekend. In the last 22 years, only 2 meetings between these teams have attracted smaller crowds.
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Here's a list of the 10 Welsh qualified players who are in the starting squads for this weekend's Premiership games ...
October 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Here's a list of the 10 Welsh qualified players who are in the starting squads for this weekend's Premiership games ...
Today, Leinster will field one of their least experienced squads of the last 15 years. Conveniently, they're facing the weakest team in the league. 😉
October 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Today, Leinster will field one of their least experienced squads of the last 15 years. Conveniently, they're facing the weakest team in the league. 😉
In this season's URC to date, 89% of games have resulted in home wins .... the highest ratio in the competition's history, and higher than any other major club rugby competition.
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October 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In this season's URC to date, 89% of games have resulted in home wins .... the highest ratio in the competition's history, and higher than any other major club rugby competition.
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Leo Cullen will be hoping for a win this weekend. If it happens, that'll make him Leinster's most successful coach of the modern era.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Leo Cullen will be hoping for a win this weekend. If it happens, that'll make him Leinster's most successful coach of the modern era.
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78%-er Hollie Davidson and Mike Adamson ....
May 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
78%-er Hollie Davidson and Mike Adamson ....
European Rugby's Champion Cup Quarter Finals attendance down ~30K as the competition becomes a procession for the richest clubs. This year was almost half of the 2010-11 season figure.
2024/5: 82,778 🔻 36%
2023/4: 111,406
2010/1: 158,112
2004/5: 162,500
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2024/5: 82,778 🔻 36%
2023/4: 111,406
2010/1: 158,112
2004/5: 162,500
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April 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
European Rugby's Champion Cup Quarter Finals attendance down ~30K as the competition becomes a procession for the richest clubs. This year was almost half of the 2010-11 season figure.
2024/5: 82,778 🔻 36%
2023/4: 111,406
2010/1: 158,112
2004/5: 162,500
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2024/5: 82,778 🔻 36%
2023/4: 111,406
2010/1: 158,112
2004/5: 162,500
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Good luck to @ospreysofficial.bsky.social this weekend! Go well bois! And to the people of Swansea, get out and support your team!!!
April 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Good luck to @ospreysofficial.bsky.social this weekend! Go well bois! And to the people of Swansea, get out and support your team!!!
Only just over 9K for ⬛ defeating 🟥 in Wales' premier game this season. That figure is almost 50% down on the long term average for that fixture. The sport is in crisis. There is no future vision, no leadership & no strategy in place to do anything about it. 💀
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April 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Only just over 9K for ⬛ defeating 🟥 in Wales' premier game this season. That figure is almost 50% down on the long term average for that fixture. The sport is in crisis. There is no future vision, no leadership & no strategy in place to do anything about it. 💀
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Have you seen our analysis, Cian? Those below are for last season's Super Rugby, as we use the year the season starts as a comparison.
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April 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Have you seen our analysis, Cian? Those below are for last season's Super Rugby, as we use the year the season starts as a comparison.
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May I ask you why you chose 3-7-25pts as your measures? We do a similar analysis & chose 0-6, 7-12, 13-18 & 19+pts. Using these measures last season's Super Rugby had the 2nd highest %age of blow outs, & this season is pretty much in line with other comps.
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April 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
May I ask you why you chose 3-7-25pts as your measures? We do a similar analysis & chose 0-6, 7-12, 13-18 & 19+pts. Using these measures last season's Super Rugby had the 2nd highest %age of blow outs, & this season is pretty much in line with other comps.
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Conceding three yellow cards more than the opposition and still coming away with a win is mighty difficult. In fact, in the last 1,356 games in Celtic Rugby, it's only happened on 10 occasions – and Cardiff have done it twice!
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March 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Conceding three yellow cards more than the opposition and still coming away with a win is mighty difficult. In fact, in the last 1,356 games in Celtic Rugby, it's only happened on 10 occasions – and Cardiff have done it twice!
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Analysing refs is as important as analysing the opposition. Amongst the 23 active referees in the URC at the moment, nobody allows fewer turnovers per game than Hollie Davidson. So teams must adjust. Competing at the ruck is only going to cost you penalties.
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March 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Analysing refs is as important as analysing the opposition. Amongst the 23 active referees in the URC at the moment, nobody allows fewer turnovers per game than Hollie Davidson. So teams must adjust. Competing at the ruck is only going to cost you penalties.
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All is not well in Canterbury. The Crusaders were defeated by Moana Pasifika today, with the 45 points they shipped the most they've conceded at home for at least 20 years (and last 166 games).
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March 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
All is not well in Canterbury. The Crusaders were defeated by Moana Pasifika today, with the 45 points they shipped the most they've conceded at home for at least 20 years (and last 166 games).
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Edinburgh have the lowest territory to conversion rate in the URC.
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March 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Edinburgh have the lowest territory to conversion rate in the URC.
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@ospreysofficial.bsky.social have only won once in Llanelli in the last eight years .... but with the form they are in at the moment, who would doubt they have a serious chance of reversing that trend?
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March 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
@ospreysofficial.bsky.social have only won once in Llanelli in the last eight years .... but with the form they are in at the moment, who would doubt they have a serious chance of reversing that trend?
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Griffin Colby, in a reward for his outstanding performance in the Wales U20 game 🤯, has been rewarded with the Scarlets vs @ospreysofficial.bsky.social this weekend. This only be Griffin's 7th professional game. What could possibly go wrong?
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March 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Griffin Colby, in a reward for his outstanding performance in the Wales U20 game 🤯, has been rewarded with the Scarlets vs @ospreysofficial.bsky.social this weekend. This only be Griffin's 7th professional game. What could possibly go wrong?
#URCBestLeague
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#URCBestLeague
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Click on the link and it tells you in the graphic ... over the last 2,901 Celtic League games, it is 64%. If you prefer just this season, it is 63%.
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March 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Click on the link and it tells you in the graphic ... over the last 2,901 Celtic League games, it is 64%. If you prefer just this season, it is 63%.
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... and of course McMenemy didn't spot this. That was one in the eye for quality officials.
March 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
... and of course McMenemy didn't spot this. That was one in the eye for quality officials.
Cardiff face 2 more major hurdles in their bid for victory in Treviso on Saturday. Hollie Davidson with a staggering 84% home win ratio has the whistle & she'll be joined by TMO Andrew McMenemy - he of the famous Carré knock on in Belfast. Thoughts and prayers.
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March 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Cardiff face 2 more major hurdles in their bid for victory in Treviso on Saturday. Hollie Davidson with a staggering 84% home win ratio has the whistle & she'll be joined by TMO Andrew McMenemy - he of the famous Carré knock on in Belfast. Thoughts and prayers.
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If we look at the all time list, no surprises that the big box office signings dominate. Clubs know the value of offloaders, so where's the coaching for this skill set?
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March 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
If we look at the all time list, no surprises that the big box office signings dominate. Clubs know the value of offloaders, so where's the coaching for this skill set?
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But what's also noticeable is that despite the offload being an excellent way to avoid yet another ruck and to work the ball into space, Welsh players are largely absent from the top 10 offloaders in Celtic Rugby.
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March 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
But what's also noticeable is that despite the offload being an excellent way to avoid yet another ruck and to work the ball into space, Welsh players are largely absent from the top 10 offloaders in Celtic Rugby.
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There's a very strong correlation between the number of offloads a team makes vs the number of tries scored by that team. For the statisticians out there, r squared can be has high as 0.38 ...
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March 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
There's a very strong correlation between the number of offloads a team makes vs the number of tries scored by that team. For the statisticians out there, r squared can be has high as 0.38 ...
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The stats explain the huge difference between the two packs in @cardiffrugby.bsky.social defeat in Dublin. Leinster's starting pack made 79 carries to the visitor's 42. Even allowing for McNally's substitution, Seb carried the ball only once. Not good enough.
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March 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The stats explain the huge difference between the two packs in @cardiffrugby.bsky.social defeat in Dublin. Leinster's starting pack made 79 carries to the visitor's 42. Even allowing for McNally's substitution, Seb carried the ball only once. Not good enough.
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In the week when Stade Toulousain announced the (re)signed of 42 year old Ma'a Nonu, we take a look at the oldest players – since the 2005-6 season - to make their debut for clubs in Celtic Rugby.
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March 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
In the week when Stade Toulousain announced the (re)signed of 42 year old Ma'a Nonu, we take a look at the oldest players – since the 2005-6 season - to make their debut for clubs in Celtic Rugby.
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