Avfc96 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) 9 minutes ago, tomav84 said: as with any sponsorship of an existing stadium, it's just for official purposes "what you doing at the weekend? going to twickenham mate" doesn't change anything really...i mean, it's not as if the money the sponsorship brings in will make tickets any cheaper is it. hopefully the money helps the grassroots out at least It doesn't but you would never see the national stadium of any sport, completely drop the name of the stadium for a sponsorship deal. (I'm excluding the likes of the Principality and Aviva as they were new builds). Even if the national stadium is sponsored to some degree, ie: Wembley Stadium 'Connected by EE' or BT Murrayfield as it was called or Scottish Gas Murrayfield as it is now officially called, it still has the actual name of the stadium in it. And I wouldn't trust the RFU to organize a p*ss up in a brewery, let alone direct any funds towards the good of the game in England. It will more than likely go towards the executives pay and a large bonus for whoever negotiated the deal. Edited August 5 by Avfc96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 5 VT Supporter Share Posted August 5 4 minutes ago, Avfc96 said: It doesn't but you would never see the national stadium of any sport, completely drop the name of the stadium for a sponsorship deal. (I'm excluding the likes of the Principality and Aviva as they were new builds). Even if the national stadium is sponsored to some degree, ie: Wembley Stadium 'Connected by EE' or BT Murrayfield as it was called or Scottish Gas Murrayfield as it is now officially called, it still has the actual name of the stadium in it. And I wouldn't trust the RFU to organize a p*ss up in a brewery, let alone direct any funds towards the good of the game in England. It will more than likely go towards the executives pay and a large bonus for whoever negotiated the deal. principality stadium was originally named the millenium stadium...it was renamed in 2016 in a 10 year sponsorship deal i think your last point is sadly true however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 12 minutes ago, tomav84 said: principality stadium was originally named the millenium stadium...it was renamed in 2016 in a 10 year sponsorship deal i think your last point is sadly true however But the Millennium was the new build name, it wasn't like it was called New National Stadium or such like. The Principality was a rename of a new build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Saw the highlights of South Africa v New Zealand. It's quite evident now, just how other countries have caught up with the endless quality All Blacks teams. There was a time when you found it hard trying to recall the last time they lost a game. If I had to pick the top 5 teams, I would go, 5, France. 4,Argentina. 3, New Zealand. 2, Ireland. 1, South Africa. England just slightly behind. Autumn internationals could be very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 There's absolutely no way Argentina are better than France. To be honest its South Africa and then a tie between France/Ireland/New Zealand, then England then Argentina/wales/scotland/Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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