Sunday, November 17, 2024

If Croatia Can Do It Why Can't Scotland?

If Croatia Can Do It Why Can't Scotland?

If Croatia can reach World Cup finals, then why can't Scotland?

If Uruguay can win two World Cups, why can't Scotland? 

If Denmark and Greece can win European Championships, why can't Scotland? 

On the other hand Scottish club sides have won 4 European club trophies. So it is perhaps a case of nation's getting trophies at club or global level standards.

Holly Humberstone - Ghost Me

Holly Humberstone - Ghost Me

Women's Club Rugby Union European Cup / League Or Club World Cup

Women's Club Rugby Union European Cup / League Or Rugby Union Women's Club World Cup.

With the French, English and Celtic Nations now having club leagues. Should we have a European Cup  / league for the leading club sides, between the club sides from England, France, Scotland, Ireland and Wales?  Maybe even the winners of the USA Women's Premier League could play the champions of the Women's Club Rugby European Cup. 

Portugal, Germany, and Italy also have women's rugby union leagues. So their champs could take part. 

Perhaps even Southern Hemisphere clubs could play the winner of such a set up in a women's rugby union club cup.


There are other possibilities

A Women's English - USA Trophy, between the champions of the USA and England rugby union leagues. 

A Women's French - USA Trophy between the champions of the French and USA leagues at women's rugby union.

A Women's Celtic - USA Trophy between the champions of the Celtic and USA rugby union leagues. 

A Women's French - English Challenge Trophy between the champions of France and England. 

A Women's Celtic - England Trophy between the champions of the Celtic Challenge League and English Leagues.

Laura Branigan - Self Control

Laura Branigan - Self Control

European Rugby Union Super League IDEA.

European Rugby Union Super League IDEA.

Would it be a good idea to have a European Rugby Union Super League?

With a pyramid system, perhaps using the Swiss Model System.

With promotion and relegation into and out of the league system.

With a knockout trophy for teams to qualify for promotion into the European Rugby Union Super League.

There could be 20 teams from France, 19 from England, 2 from Scotland, 1 from Cornwall, 4 from Wales, 2 from Italy, 4 from Ireland, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Portugal, 1 from Spain, 1 from Poland, 1 from Romania, 1 from Belgium, and 1 from Germany.

There could even be invited sides from outside Europe. Such as 4 sides from South Africa, 1 from the USA, and 1 from Canada. Perhaps individual franchises could be funded from Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.

The champions of a European Rugby Union Super League could play the champions of the Super Rugby trophy. 

There could be men's and women's European leagues. 

It could allow rugby union to compete with soccer, and the big American sports.

Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days

Dundee United 1 Aberdeen 2 - SWPL 1

Dundee United 1 Aberdeen 2 - SWPL 1.

Today in the Scottish Women's Premier League 1, a score was Dundee United 1 Aberdeen 2. 

Brien scored for Dundee United.

Ogilvie, and Kraft scored for Aberdeen. 

The other scores in the SWPL 1 today were;

Glasgow Celtic 2 Glasgow Rangers 3. 

Heart of Midlothian 0 Hibernian 1. 

Partick Thistle 1 Motherwell 1. 

Spartans 3 Montrose 0.

Queen's Park 1 Glasgow City 6.



Scottish football has some interesting scores.