Month: September 2020

Update: We are funded! Thank you all!

Hello one, hello all. I’m afraid it’s time to talk money. As you know, the site costs money to run, and those fees come exclusively out of my bank account!

So far we have spent, this on Disqus:

At the time I estimated £880 in GBP, it was actually £881.83

This is our recurring monthly hosting cost:

In total we’ve run up $560.99 USD in hosting costs, or, according to my bank statements, £429.07

So, to date, the site outlay has been £1310.90. I’m ignoring the domain name fees etc.

In keeping with transparency, these were the donations I received last year, for a total of £1165, or £1119.8 after Paypal took their fee. I covered the gap to take the sidebar to £1215, which was to take the site from late August 2019 to late August 2020.

So in short, the donations from last year have run out (and then some).

At the moment we’re at -£95.90 against the funded amount.

Site Costs for the next year will be 12 x 36 = $432 USD or £338.74 – it’s gotten a bit cheaper as I’ve been able to optimize the hosting package that we’re using.

Disqus costs for next year… well, a bit of a curious one. Technically our subscription ran out on the 17th September and we’re now on the free plan. I could ask for another approx £880. However, everything still seems to be working… for now, lets work on the basis that the free plan will continue to work. Start sending me panicked emails if it breaks, and i’ll start asking for more money to fund the yearly subscription.

Therefore, I am reopening donations to fund till October-ish next year, for the £338.74 + £95.90, for a total of £434.64. I’ll round it up to £435… the cheek of it!

Please see the donation link top right … since it’s approx £28 a month at the moment, there’s no great rush to hit the yearly goal instantly. But any help with paying the site costs much appreciated.

Cheers

CMJS

Well after a rather mad round in which positions from 2 to 5 got shaken up a lot the table looks quite different. Wasps almost back to their old selves with the idea of no matter how many you score we’ll score more although the lad Malins looks to be some player. Not quite as free scoring with Bath and Sale but Bath very good value for their win think they managed to stop Sale playing. The old adage about forwards win matches and backs decide by how much couldn’t have been truer in that match.

The Sarries U11 vs the Chiefs U9s was at least interesting to see some of the talent coming through. I have just a small suspicion that neither Leinster or saints will be facing quite the same line up. Will own up to not watching the Wuss / Exiles game but neither are going to be challenging for anything serious anytime soon. I did watch probably the most passionless East Midlands derby I’ve seen ever. I know crowds aren’t allowed but neither team were that great and it was hardly a great advert for rugby. I doubt the tigers fans care that much though as it;’s a small ray of hope after rather a dismal season. I realise there is still a fixture to go so may have to do an edit later.

At least the positions 2 to 5 offer some excitement with Chiefs guaranteed top spot and relegation decided. In our table Monty retains his clear lead

1	Monty	2.00
2	Travel Exec	2.67
3	Exlock	2.75
4	Mani	2.83
5	Anonymouse	3.00
5	D Hanley	3.00
5	George	3.00
5	Gladders	3.00
5	Grump	3.00
5	Novo	3.00
11	Bigger Picture	3.08
12	B2P	3.17
12	Bart	3.17
12	JD Kiwi	3.17
12	Slamma	3.17
12	Tanker	3.17
17	Adrian	3.33
17	CMJS	3.33
17	Firepies	3.33
17	Global Fan	3.33
17	Ruck	3.33
22	Dalton Lad	3.50
22	GEPC	3.50
22	Hugh	3.50
25	6mph	3.67
25	Tomski	3.67
27	Bris	3.83
27	Coshie	3.83
27	Mr Wu	3.83

 

CHIEFS SIDE TO FACE SARACENS

15 Phil Dollman
14 Josh Hodge
13 Corey Baldwin
12 Tom Wyatt
11 Facundo Cordero
10 Harvey Skinner
9 Joe Snow
1 Billy Keast
2 Jack Innard
3 Alfie Petch
4 Will Witty
5 Tom Price
6 Sean Lonsdale
7 Richard Capstick
8 Don Armand (capt)

16 Jordon Poole
17 James Kenny
18 Matt Johnson
19 Dave Dennis
20 Aaron Hinkley
21 Will Yarnell
22 Jack Walsh
23 Luke Mehson

Sarries to face Chiefs:

15 Will Hooley (2)
14 Rotimi Segun (32)
13 Dom Morris (23)
12 Harry Sloan (2)
11 Elliott Obatoyinbo (14)
10 Manu Vunipola (25)
9 Tom Whiteley (47)
1 Sam Crean (11)
2 Kapeli Pifeleti (11)
3 Alec Clarey (4)
4 Joel Kpoku (34)
5 Callum Hunter-Hill (20)
6 Calum Clark (53)
7 Sean Reffell (24)
8 Janco Venter (2)

Replacements

16 Tom Woolstencroft (39)
17 Robin Hislop (1)
18 Josh Ibuanokpe (15)
19 Cameron Boon (2)
20 Andy Christie (12)
21 Alex Day (5)
22 Juan Pablo Socino (5)
23 Josh Hallett (0)

Leicester Tigers (v Northampton Saints, Welford Road, Sunday 2.00pm)

15 Freddie Steward

14 Kini Murimurivalu

13 Guy Porter

12 Matt Scott

11 Nemani Nadolo

10 Zack Henry

9 Ben Youngs (vc)

1 Facundo Gigena

2 Tom Youngs (c)

3 Dan Cole (vc)

4 Tomás Lavanini

5 Calum Green

6 Harry Wells

7 Luke Wallace

8 Hanro Liebenberg

Replacements:

16 Charlie Clare

17 Ellis Genge

18 Nephi Leatigaga

19 Thom Smith

20 Jordan Taufua

21 Ben White

22 Johnny McPhillips

23 Harry Potter

NORTHAMPTON SAINTS
Gallagher Premiership Rugby, Round 20
Sunday 13 September 2020
Welford Road
Kick-off: 2pm

15 George Furbank
14 Ahsee Tuala
13 Matt Proctor
12 Rory Hutchinson
11 Taqele Naiyaravoro
10 Dan Biggar
9 Alex Mitchell

1 Francois van Wyk
2 James Fish
3 Owen Franks
4 David Ribbans
5 Api Ratuniyarawa
6 Courtney Lawes
7 Lewis Ludlam
8 Teimana Harrison (c)

Replacements:
16 Mike Haywood
17 Emmanuel Iyogun
18 Paul Hill
19 Alex Moon
20 Nick Isiekwe
21 JJ Tonks
22 Henry Taylor
23 Fraser Dingwall

Not available due to injury:
Nick Auterac (groin), Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (achilles), Alex Coles (ankle), Tom Collins (foot), Harry Mallinder (knee), Ollie Sleightholme (hamstring), Connor Tupai (wrist), Alex Waller (achilles), and Tom Wood (illness).

London Irish:
15 Tom Homer, 14 Ben Loader, 13 Matt Williams, 12 Terrence Hepetema, 11 James Stokes, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Nick Phipps, 1 Harry Elrington, 2 Agustin Creevy, 3 Lovejoy Chawatama, 4 George Nott, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 6 Matt Rogerson (c), 7 Isaac Curtis-Harris, 8 Albert Tuisue

Replacements:
16 Ben Atkins, 17 Will Goodrick-Clarke, 18 Ollie Hoskins, 19 Chunya Munga, 20 Ben Donnell, 21 Ben Meehan, 22 Theo Brophy Clews, 23 Ollie Hassell-Collins

Warriors | 15 Melani Nanai, 14 Tom Howe, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Ashley Beck, 11 Noah Heward, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Francois Hougaard, 1 Ethan Waller, 2 Niall Annett, 3 Nick Schonert, 4 Anton Bresler, 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Ted Hill (C), 7 Matt Kvesic, 8 Cornell du Preez.

Replacements | 16 Beck Cutting, 17 Callum Black, 18 Richard Palframan, 19 Tom Dodd, 20 Sam Lewis, 21 Gareth Simpson, 22 Billy Searle, 23 Ollie Lawrence.

Unavailable | Joe Batley, Will Butler, Conor Carey, Perry Humphreys, Andrew Kitchener, Marco Mama, Morgan Monks, Caleb Montgomery, Matt  Moulds, Chris Pennell, Jamie Shillcock, GJ van Velze.

Still decidedly tight at the top from 2 to 5. The race for the last semi final sport couldn’t be any tighter with Barf and the pests both handing out pastings. Glaws were rather halted in their tracks by the rampant Exeter and for the rest results pretty much all as expected. Slight change at the top of our table Monty back on top on his own. Get your rum drinking boots on Monty.

1	Monty	2.33
2	Mani	2.50
3	Anonymouse	2.83
3	B2P	2.83
3	Bigger Picture	2.83
3	Exlock	2.83
7	D Hanley	3.00
7	Novo	3.00
7	Travel Exec	3.00
10	Adrian	3.17
10	Bart	3.17
10	Grump	3.17
10	JD Kiwi	3.17
10	Slamma	3.17
10	Tanker	3.17
16	Firepies	3.33
16	George	3.33
16	Gladders	3.33
16	Global Fan	3.33
16	Hugh	3.33
16	Ruck	3.33
22	Dalton Lad	3.50
22	GEPC	3.50
24	CMJS	3.67
24	Tomski	3.67
26	6mph	3.83
26	Bris	3.83
26	Mr Wu	3.83
29	Coshie	4.00

Looking at the table looking very much like trying to squeeze 5 teams into 4 places for the semi finals. I know it was discussed endlessly over the weekend and watching it live had me out of my seat in anger but actually hope that Farrell can play against Leinster. Mind you if sarries play like they did against wasps they’ll get their arses handed to them. Even as a wasps fan I wouldn’t say wasps are the strongest team but they got under sarries skin and sarries were well out of sorts before the card.

Elsewhere round the table results were probably much as expected Quins not looking that clever for Robshaws’s last home game. Glaws swapping places with them but it’s Glaws so their obvious consistency will have them loosing next week. Quins might need more than Gussie who doesn’t seem to be the messiah they hoped for.

Saint’s were not too bad but Chiefs just know how to win. That was certainly far from their gun squad and come the ERCC quarters with the same match up at SP I can only see one winner. Bris did the expected against Wuss and I haven’t seen anything from Wuss that makes me want to watch them.

Tiggers are looking a little better (admittedly not a high hurdle) but Sale way too strong I can actually see the East Midlands derby in week’s time being worthy of a view. Not sure if they will have spectators the few that were allowed in this weekend added a bit to the atmosphere.

Oh and we have a new leader on the table must be glaws coming up the table so we know that won’t last.

1	Exlock	2.50
2	Mani	2.67
2	Monty	2.67
4	B2P	2.83
4	Travel Exec	2.83
6	Anonymouse	3.00
6	Bigger Picture	3.00
6	George	3.00
6	Global Fan	3.00
6	Novo	3.00
11	Adrian	3.17
11	Bart	3.17
11	D Hanley	3.17
11	Grump	3.17
11	JD Kiwi	3.17
11	Slamma	3.17
17	Firepies	3.33
17	Hugh	3.33
17	Ruck	3.33
17	Tanker	3.33
21	CMJS	3.50
21	Dalton Lad	3.50
21	GEPC	3.50
21	Gladders	3.50
25	6mph	3.67
25	Tomski	3.67
27	Bris	3.83
27	Mr Wu	3.83
29	Coshie	4.00