Scottish and Irish club tournament

The Welsh and English have the Anglo-Welsh club so why don't the Scots and the Irish have a competition that involves all of the clubs rather than the pro teams. The Pros could play for their club teams which would improve grass roots rugby and make them more accessible to local people. It would also be a talent spotting device and could be seen as a Bridge between the pro and club game.

123456789 wrote:The Welsh and English have the Anglo-Welsh club so why don't the Scots and the Irish have a competition that involves all of the clubs rather than the pro teams. The Pros could play for their club teams which would improve grass roots rugby and make them more accessible to local people. It would also be a talent spotting device and could be seen as a Bridge between the pro and club game.

the seasons already bloated as it is, it doesnt need another competition. Prem teams often have to scramble to fullfill all their fixtures in the spring, because so many games get postponed over the winter. Plus the irish dont need us to develop their youngsters, they use the B&I cup for that.

Also when would you play, the games in B&I Cup already take places mostly during international weekends and there would be very few or no Irish pros playing due to other commitments add in travel cost etc and I think it wouldn't be feasible sorry.

There are already plenty of matches in the all Ireland league where the pros sometimes play that functions as a talent spotting device. Why do we need more with more travel? Is it something you think that Scottish rugby is lacking right now?

Imperialbigdave wrote:

123456789 wrote:The Welsh and English have the Anglo-Welsh club so why don't the Scots and the Irish have a competition that involves all of the clubs rather than the pro teams. The Pros could play for their club teams which would improve grass roots rugby and make them more accessible to local people. It would also be a talent spotting device and could be seen as a Bridge between the pro and club game.

the seasons already bloated as it is, it doesnt need another competition. Prem teams often have to scramble to fullfill all their fixtures in the spring, because so many games get postponed over the winter. Plus the irish dont need us to develop their youngsters, they use the B&I cup for that.

Agreed - less rugby, not more.

British and Irish cup.

It's a grand idea but sadly there is no room in the calendar and the Irish must be getting fed up of helping keep Scottish rugby afloat. There is a limit to the number of times we can keep going back to that well

How are the Irish keeping Scottish rugby afloat? Sorry but I don't see that we're doing much of anything for you. I just don't understand why it would be needed by either country really. As someone else said, the B and I cup.

i was gonna say - this sounds just like the B&I cup but without the Welsh and English?

Surely the thing that should be mooted is the LV cup type thing that the Welsh and English do, but with the Scots and Irish? Use it as an opportunity to give fringe players and youngster gametime?

Can't see there being a great demand for even that though.

Intouch - generally, by paying over more money at turnstiles for Edinburgh and Glasgow games than we locals stump up. Don't get me wrong, I love it when the Irish (north or south, province or country) are in town but it is embarassing to be outnumbered by you all the time.