Premiership fixtures

What is interesting is the third paragraph of the torygraph article that mentions a mooted playoff between the bottom placed Premiership side and the top place Championship side, that's a new one!

islander wrote: Mentioned when the league fixtures came out 2-3 weeks ago. (Subject to the significant 'criteria' asterisk * of course...) https://www.championshiprugby.co.uk/news/article/202324-fixtures-announced-champ

Edited by corporalcarrot - 18 Jul 2023 at 13:34

You may well be right Sg

Edited by islander - 18 Jul 2023 at 14:53

islander wrote: You may well be right Sg The fact that Donny passed the criteria in early '23 doesn't mean they would pass again 12 months later... The fact that Ealing didn't pass the criteria in early '23 doesn't mean they wouldn't pass again 12 months later... The fact that no other Champ clubs applied in early '23 doesn't mean they wouldn't apply 12 months later...

So if I understand this correctly the entitled group who control this stuff might change the MSC to suit their commercial purposes and if they decide that the side finishing first in the Championship offer a better commercial option the MSC might be changed so that they would qualify for the playoffs. Sounds a bit odd to me but I'm sure it will all be done fairly and above board. It might be easier to understand if instead of the side finishing first going into the playoffs the entitled group might just nominate the side they want regardless of where they end up in the league.  In the meantime Ho'way Donny.

Edited by corporalcarrot - 18 Jul 2023 at 16:17

islander wrote: The MSc might change, yes... and other clubs who didn't pass, or didn't apply, might seek to improve their facilities in a bid to pass next time. Theoretically I guess Donny's facilities might deteriorate so they'd no longer pass, but that seems far less likely.