ECC Quarter Finals

[Neils]

You disagree fine.

[Chunky24]

You disagree fine.

I do but I thought we were having a decent discussion about it?

[wasps]

I think it's fair comment
In the days of the LDH, 2 London based teams would be stopped from using Twickenham.

And you could then argue that they have an unfair advantage come the prem final, or euro final if it was held there that year.


However, I think home advantage is as much to do with an atmosphere that is generated as it is with a familiarity with a given stadium.
Some stadiums will have nuances that will benefit a team familiar with them, but the fact that Leinster get a huge following wherever they're gonna play, but moreso close to him, is where their advantage comes from

[Neils]

No the fact that somehow the Dublin based Irish team can always opt for their alternative home stadium in a competition where the rules say a neutral pitch at semi-final stage. Neutral within the seeded teams country. If both Edinburgh and Glasgow had won they would have had to arrange to play at a football stadium.

[Chunky24]

Edinburgh would have been allowed to play at murrayfield, their home ground, in a recent change by eprc, as long as the quality of stadium befits the semi finals of the competition!

https://www.premiershiprugby.com/2018-2019/heineken-champions-cup-semi-final-venues-announced/

[welsh wasp]

Aside from where semis are played, two of the teams in our group are in the semis.

[Rossm]

Aside from where semis are played, two of the teams in our group are in the semis.

And one of them will be in the final.