Post by Druzik on Feb 6, 2009 9:34:19 GMT 10
found this on another forum
All talk about Rugby League in Russia
and to start off..
www.ntvplus.ru/sport-article?id=13186
channel has picked up ESL in Russia
Rough translation.
6 February, NTV-PLUS starts to live broadcasts of matches regbilig (rugby-13), which will take place in the European Super League. Regbilig lovers waiting tense struggle, culminating in the fall play-off matches and the final fight at Old Trafford. "
This season promises to be special, this will contribute to a number of changes will take effect this year.
Since 2009, the League expanded to 14 teams.
In addition, replacing the sports team had a replacement procedure for the selection and licensing.
Each team has filed an application for a license, was evaluated on several criteria: the stadium, attendance, force composition, the financial well-being, and geography.
As a result, 12 clubs, which are included in the Super League, were awarded three-year license from A to C. The same criteria were evaluated and clubs claim to join in the competition.
The evaluation licenses have been issued "Seltiks Kruzeyders and Selford City Reds."
One of the objectives of the introduction of licensing is to develop the infrastructure of the clubs.
Rhe Rugby league hopes that now the efforts and finances, which were previously spent to avoid the departure, will be spent on the development of their own schools.
the teams are:
Bradford Bulls,
Castleford Tigers
Catalans Dragons (Perpignan, France),
Celtic Crusaders (Bridgend, Wales)
Quins Rugby League (London)
Huddersfield Giants
Hull FC
Hull Kingston Rovers
Leeds Rinohs
Salford City Reds
St Helens
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Warrington Wolves
Wigan Warriors
Regular season will consist of 27 rounds. All teams will play each other home and away, and the 2 nd May, «Magic Weekend» at the stadium «Myurreyfild» in Edinburgh - where for 2 days, all teams will play their league matches in one stadium.
Previous 2 years «Magic Weekend» was held in Cardiff at the Stadium "Millennium" and now RFL, it was decided to change the venue.
The Rugby League motivation was the fact that Cardiff is very expensive hotels, and more generally - organizing the activities they do not really like.
However, the public believes that the matches at the Millennium "played a role - including through increased attention to the" Celtic Crusaders ".
Why would the following line to expand the League did not become Edinburgh?
Naturally, in this new environment has changed and the structure of play-off. If you are 12 teams in a complex mesh play-off went 6 of clubs, it's now in play in the flight will take part 8 of clubs.
But residents of the North of England did not just copy the format of NRL (National Rugby League, which played clubs in Australia and New Zealand), playing for the McIntyre system for 8 clubs.
Play-Off Super League in 2009 will be held as follows.
First week
The teams took the first 8 places on the basis of the regular tournament are divided into pairs:
Qualifying play-off (QPO) 1 - 1 vs 4
Qualifying play-off (QPO) 2 - 2 vs 3
Elimination play-off (EPO) 1 - 5 vs 8 (loser out)
Elimination play-off (EPO) 2 - 6 vs 7 (loser eliminated)
Second week
Preliminary semi-final (PSF) 1 - Losing in QPO1 vs Winner EPO1
Preliminary semi-final (PSF) 2 - Losing in QPO2 vs Winner EPO2
Third week
Qualifying semi-final (QSF) 1 - Winner of QPO, taken in the regular championship a higher place, choose your opponent from the winners of PSF.
Qualifying semi-final (QSF) 2 - The second winner of QPO, with a rank below, plays with the rest of the winners of PSF.
Fourth week
Grand Final - The easiest part to understand: Two winners of the semi-reveal the strongest in the stadium Old Trafford in Manchester.
Of course, the innovations were immediately criticized.
In this scheme the chance to win the lottery's first championship team, won the 8 th place - in the bottom half of the table. And the very fact of choosing a rival - is also quite controversial phenomenon.
Particular attention at the start of the season will be riveted to the Super League newcomers.
"Celtic Crusaders" - Club of Wales, chosen not so much on sports, but on a geographical basis.
The team was founded in 2006, in 2007 won a second league and became the first, now stepped on the stage above.
Interesting that for the short story "Celtic Crusaders have already twice played Moscow Locomotive "in the European Championships Challenge Cup and confidently won.
For the sake of justice it should be noted that in the "Crusaders" had 6 or 7 players from Australia, for the most part - with NRL experience.
Russian clubs can not afford such luxary.
"Selford City Reds" is based near Manchester, has a brand-new stadium and similar to the "Manchester United" "devilish" attributes.
That is to say, and then primarily a commercial approach and calculation.
They even played a year ago in the Super League, but left.
Now the league until 2011 plans to be in the format of 14 clubs, with the flight - such as overseas league-type NHL and NBA.
In addition, the leaders of Rugby Football League offered the French federation to declare an English club in the first league.
Presumably this could be a "Toulouse", which claim a place in the Superleague.
We study the options for bringing to compete in the first league teams from Ireland and Scotland.
6 February, NTV-Plus Sport will broadcast the opening match, in which the current Champions' Leeds Rinhos "meet with" Celtic crusaders. Formally, it will match the 3rd round of last years Challenge Cup, the remaining games which will be held on 27-28 February.
On Sunday 8 th February will be showing two more match: "Quins Rugby League - Bradford Bulls (2nd round) and Wigan Warriors" - "Wakefild Trinity Wildcats (17th round).
European Super League.
February 6, Friday
3rd round
Leeds Rinhos - Celtic Crusaders
The live broadcast on the TV channel NTV-Plus Sport 22:25.
Commentators - Dmitry Fedorov and Viktor Kraev.
February 8, Sunday
2nd round
Quins Rugby League - Bradford Bulls
17th round
Wigan Warriors - Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
All talk about Rugby League in Russia
and to start off..
www.ntvplus.ru/sport-article?id=13186
channel has picked up ESL in Russia
Rough translation.
6 February, NTV-PLUS starts to live broadcasts of matches regbilig (rugby-13), which will take place in the European Super League. Regbilig lovers waiting tense struggle, culminating in the fall play-off matches and the final fight at Old Trafford. "
This season promises to be special, this will contribute to a number of changes will take effect this year.
Since 2009, the League expanded to 14 teams.
In addition, replacing the sports team had a replacement procedure for the selection and licensing.
Each team has filed an application for a license, was evaluated on several criteria: the stadium, attendance, force composition, the financial well-being, and geography.
As a result, 12 clubs, which are included in the Super League, were awarded three-year license from A to C. The same criteria were evaluated and clubs claim to join in the competition.
The evaluation licenses have been issued "Seltiks Kruzeyders and Selford City Reds."
One of the objectives of the introduction of licensing is to develop the infrastructure of the clubs.
Rhe Rugby league hopes that now the efforts and finances, which were previously spent to avoid the departure, will be spent on the development of their own schools.
the teams are:
Bradford Bulls,
Castleford Tigers
Catalans Dragons (Perpignan, France),
Celtic Crusaders (Bridgend, Wales)
Quins Rugby League (London)
Huddersfield Giants
Hull FC
Hull Kingston Rovers
Leeds Rinohs
Salford City Reds
St Helens
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Warrington Wolves
Wigan Warriors
Regular season will consist of 27 rounds. All teams will play each other home and away, and the 2 nd May, «Magic Weekend» at the stadium «Myurreyfild» in Edinburgh - where for 2 days, all teams will play their league matches in one stadium.
Previous 2 years «Magic Weekend» was held in Cardiff at the Stadium "Millennium" and now RFL, it was decided to change the venue.
The Rugby League motivation was the fact that Cardiff is very expensive hotels, and more generally - organizing the activities they do not really like.
However, the public believes that the matches at the Millennium "played a role - including through increased attention to the" Celtic Crusaders ".
Why would the following line to expand the League did not become Edinburgh?
Naturally, in this new environment has changed and the structure of play-off. If you are 12 teams in a complex mesh play-off went 6 of clubs, it's now in play in the flight will take part 8 of clubs.
But residents of the North of England did not just copy the format of NRL (National Rugby League, which played clubs in Australia and New Zealand), playing for the McIntyre system for 8 clubs.
Play-Off Super League in 2009 will be held as follows.
First week
The teams took the first 8 places on the basis of the regular tournament are divided into pairs:
Qualifying play-off (QPO) 1 - 1 vs 4
Qualifying play-off (QPO) 2 - 2 vs 3
Elimination play-off (EPO) 1 - 5 vs 8 (loser out)
Elimination play-off (EPO) 2 - 6 vs 7 (loser eliminated)
Second week
Preliminary semi-final (PSF) 1 - Losing in QPO1 vs Winner EPO1
Preliminary semi-final (PSF) 2 - Losing in QPO2 vs Winner EPO2
Third week
Qualifying semi-final (QSF) 1 - Winner of QPO, taken in the regular championship a higher place, choose your opponent from the winners of PSF.
Qualifying semi-final (QSF) 2 - The second winner of QPO, with a rank below, plays with the rest of the winners of PSF.
Fourth week
Grand Final - The easiest part to understand: Two winners of the semi-reveal the strongest in the stadium Old Trafford in Manchester.
Of course, the innovations were immediately criticized.
In this scheme the chance to win the lottery's first championship team, won the 8 th place - in the bottom half of the table. And the very fact of choosing a rival - is also quite controversial phenomenon.
Particular attention at the start of the season will be riveted to the Super League newcomers.
"Celtic Crusaders" - Club of Wales, chosen not so much on sports, but on a geographical basis.
The team was founded in 2006, in 2007 won a second league and became the first, now stepped on the stage above.
Interesting that for the short story "Celtic Crusaders have already twice played Moscow Locomotive "in the European Championships Challenge Cup and confidently won.
For the sake of justice it should be noted that in the "Crusaders" had 6 or 7 players from Australia, for the most part - with NRL experience.
Russian clubs can not afford such luxary.
"Selford City Reds" is based near Manchester, has a brand-new stadium and similar to the "Manchester United" "devilish" attributes.
That is to say, and then primarily a commercial approach and calculation.
They even played a year ago in the Super League, but left.
Now the league until 2011 plans to be in the format of 14 clubs, with the flight - such as overseas league-type NHL and NBA.
In addition, the leaders of Rugby Football League offered the French federation to declare an English club in the first league.
Presumably this could be a "Toulouse", which claim a place in the Superleague.
We study the options for bringing to compete in the first league teams from Ireland and Scotland.
6 February, NTV-Plus Sport will broadcast the opening match, in which the current Champions' Leeds Rinhos "meet with" Celtic crusaders. Formally, it will match the 3rd round of last years Challenge Cup, the remaining games which will be held on 27-28 February.
On Sunday 8 th February will be showing two more match: "Quins Rugby League - Bradford Bulls (2nd round) and Wigan Warriors" - "Wakefild Trinity Wildcats (17th round).
European Super League.
February 6, Friday
3rd round
Leeds Rinhos - Celtic Crusaders
The live broadcast on the TV channel NTV-Plus Sport 22:25.
Commentators - Dmitry Fedorov and Viktor Kraev.
February 8, Sunday
2nd round
Quins Rugby League - Bradford Bulls
17th round
Wigan Warriors - Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
