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Title: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: deadlyfrom5yardsout on Thursday 04-Oct-2018, 09:18*
https://www.premiershiprugby.com/2018-2019/milestone-for-premiership-rugby-with-the-first-club-rugby-match-live-on-nbc/
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: Monte on Thursday 04-Oct-2018, 09:22*
Joe Marler ‘gracing’ the Premiership? Not really the image that comes to mind!
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: Fearless Fred on Thursday 04-Oct-2018, 09:35*
I just hope for NBC's sake that it's a decent game. Weather forecast at the moment isn't looking brilliant...
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: Gone on Thursday 04-Oct-2018, 18:11*
I just hope for NBC's sake that it's a decent game. Weather forecast at the moment isn't looking brilliant...

That would be 90% chance of heavy rain and 8c.

Mmm. Lovely.
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: Saintquin on Thursday 04-Oct-2018, 18:29*
Quins have had quite a few firsts in the last few years.
First live terrestial league match here. First 50,000 attendence for a regular league match, then first to get over 80,000.
First club to win the second tier European Cup 3 times and this year the first to have "the flash" on a sports team shirt (I think)!
There's more I'm sure but, that's just a few of the top of my head.
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: Brown Bottle on Friday 05-Oct-2018, 13:33*
Quote from: Saintquin
First club to win the second tier European Cup 3 times ...

Not sure about that one. I think I'd rather have Leicester's record of never being poor enough to play in it.
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: DOK on Friday 05-Oct-2018, 17:19*
I, on the other hand, would rather have been there for three cup finals than see us as cannon fodder forever struggling to get out of our pool.

All those cup finals were as close as close could be. The Narbonne game went into extra time at 26-26. In extra time it was 36-33, then Paul Burke kicked us out of trouble with a penalty and drop goal.

The Montferrand game we won by the skin of our teeth, try in the final moments by Keogh and still needing Andy Dunne (replacing Paul Burke) to slot the conversion and a final score 27-26.

Then the game in Cardiff against Stade, again victory by a single point. Gonzalo Comacho scoring way out by the touchline to get us to 17-18 but up stepped Nick Evans to give us 19-18! Then a trip home involving a shut bridge, a tour of Wales and SW England and the door on our coach having to be kept on with gaffer tape!

Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: Saintquin on Friday 05-Oct-2018, 19:30*
Quote from: Saintquin
First club to win the second tier European Cup 3 times ...

Not sure about that one. I think I'd rather have Leicester's record of never being poor enough to play in it.

Didn't say it was good or bad but, we were the first!
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: Brown Bottle on Saturday 06-Oct-2018, 00:37*
Quote from: DOK
I, on the other hand, would rather have been there for three cup finals than see us as cannon fodder forever struggling to get out of our pool.

So, presumably, your "favourite ever season" was our one in the Championship? :)

Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: Rocker on Saturday 06-Oct-2018, 11:35*
Quote from: DOK
I, on the other hand, would rather have been there for three cup finals than see us as cannon fodder forever struggling to get out of our pool.

So, presumably, your "favourite ever season" was our one in the Championship? :)



Actually it was enormous fun!
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: Brown Bottle on Saturday 06-Oct-2018, 12:12*
I agree. I just mashed the wrong icon! 🙂
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: DOK on Saturday 06-Oct-2018, 14:34*
Quote from: DOK
I, on the other hand, would rather have been there for three cup finals than see us as cannon fodder forever struggling to get out of our pool.

So, presumably, your "favourite ever season" was our one in the Championship? :)


No.
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: TeddingtonQuin on Saturday 06-Oct-2018, 16:24*
Quins have had quite a few firsts in the last few years.
First live terrestial league match here. First 50,000 attendence for a regular league match, then first to get over 80,000.
First club to win the second tier European Cup 3 times and this year the first to have "the flash" on a sports team shirt (I think)!
There's more I'm sure but, that's just a few of the top of my head.

And the record for actual bums on seats for a league game. Salarycens may have the official record for tickets sold / given away / re-allocated but with swathes of Wembley empty, actual attendance at HQ was higher
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: quinalan on Sunday 07-Oct-2018, 00:42*
Wonder how this went down in the US? Did they have their own commentary or take the BT Sport feed? Would have thought it showed very well.
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: raedarius on Sunday 07-Oct-2018, 01:49*
I imagine that some viewers would have given up after the Bothma penalty, not fancying a game of arcane and pedantic rules.
Title: Re: Big Milestone being live on NBC free to air
Post by: Quinky on Sunday 07-Oct-2018, 08:23*
I think that would have been a well received advert for the game, among neutrals and newcomers.