Super Rugby 2025
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@Landers92 said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Mr-Fish said in Super Rugby 2025:
@sparky said in Super Rugby 2025:
If the tournament can maintain the quality of entertainment it has shown so far this year, then how long until the South African teams and their fans will want to rejoin Super Rugby?
What's helped a lot has been the lack of NZ v AU games. Will be interesting to see if the games are as close and entertaining when the trans- Ta$man matches kick off in earnest.
Tahs V Highlanders 37-36, Force V Moana 45-44, Reds V Moana 56-36. All signs point to it being a lot better than previous years. Hopefully the Aussie teams can keep their momentum going, will really spice things up.
I mean that actual trans- Ta$man games, not ones involving Moana...
For what it's worth though, Moana beat the Reds (17-14) and Force (22-14) last year. If anything, the opening rounds indicate they've gone (relatively) further backwards and the competition is actually less close.
Meanwhile, the Highlanders only beat the Waratahs by two points in 2024.
So there aren't really any signs that it's a significantly closer tournament this year just yet. Week 4 will be interesting, when the Blues play the Brumbies and the Crusaders play the Reds.
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@Steven-Harris said in Super Rugby 2025:
Watching the impartial panel (not)on the breakdown
You may as well give the Chiefs the title now according to Beaver and Joe Wheeler thinks Tavatavanawai should replace Reiko at centreAll impartialness goes out the the window and they become fan boys and girls
Ironically only Goldie displaying common sense
For Christ sakes I thought these people were more measuredI can barely stomach the Breakdown anymore. It’s so far past it’s used by date it ain’t funny.
Sky need to completely overhaul their main midweek rugby show. The fact they are even talking about AB selection at this stage is just pointless. We already know based on last year’s selections that it’s about how you perform towards the end of the competition, not the start.
As I Canes fan it’s hard to engage in a rugby show that doesn’t mention your team in two weeks apart from a two minute preview of the upcoming game against the Blues this weekend right at the end of the show.
BRING BACK R-UNION!
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@Steven-Harris I'm not going to bother with that show this year. It was bad in the past and it's got worse.
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There are three ways you can do these shows: serious and analytical, pantomime/soap opera, or a bit of both.
Sky Sports have gone heavily down the pantomime route.
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Out of interest, I watched a recording so I could FF. It's still a show with no appeal to me, which is why I very rarely watch it.
@Steven-Harris Wilson was the one talking up BB starting at 1st 5.
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@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Steven-Harris said in Super Rugby 2025:
Watching the impartial panel (not)on the breakdown
You may as well give the Chiefs the title now according to Beaver and Joe Wheeler thinks Tavatavanawai should replace Reiko at centreAll impartialness goes out the the window and they become fan boys and girls
Ironically only Goldie displaying common sense
For Christ sakes I thought these people were more measuredI can barely stomach the Breakdown anymore. It’s so far past it’s used by date it ain’t funny.
Sky need to completely overhaul their main midweek rugby show. The fact they are even talking about AB selection at this stage is just pointless. We already know based on last year’s selections that it’s about how you perform towards the end of the competition, not the start.
As I Canes fan it’s hard to engage in a rugby show that doesn’t mention your team in two weeks apart from a two minute preview of the upcoming game against the Blues this weekend right at the end of the show.
BRING BACK R-UNION!
I'll only bother watching Aotearoa Rugby Pod these days
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I got a weakness for most rugby shows. Aotearoa Rugby Pod my favourite , but I still watch Breakdown as kind of like in here, and liking everyone's opinions etc , and I probably got plenty of time being retired.. Kind of like @Bovidae , I don't FF, but basically just enjoy the bits that I find relevant. Mind you when I was in Wales etc last year(and when I lived in Aus) I watched their rugby shows too. I agree would be good if it upped the formula etc, but I mean even Aotearoa RP can be a cheer squad from those boys too,
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There's a new pod that's popped up called Super Smack Pod. Quite different to the usual boring stuff, not hugely deep on analysis but they chat some shit and have some crack up segments. A bit of personality rather than talking about being in and around everything every week.
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@Yeetyaah said in Super Rugby 2025:
There's a new pod that's popped up called Super Smack Pod. Quite different to the usual boring stuff, bot hugely deep on analysis but they chat some shit and have some crack up segments. A bit of personality rather than talking about being in and around everything every week.
What day?
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@Bovidae said in Super Rugby 2025:
The head contact on Lalomilo was a terrible miss by the officials.
It was as bad as it gets in terms of head on head., but hey, a win for the 'back in my day' brigade.
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@Steven-Harris said in Super Rugby 2025:
Watching the impartial panel (not)on the breakdown
You may as well give the Chiefs the title now according to Beaver and Joe Wheeler thinks Tavatavanawai should replace Reiko at centreAll impartialness goes out the the window and they become fan boys and girls
Ironically only Goldie displaying common sense
For Christ sakes I thought these people were more measuredThanks for the warning that wheeler is on the breakdown, I might (unlikely) have watched it. That's the nail for me. Beaver is good on commentary, sad that he fanboys, but no way I'm going to subject myself to any wheeler. That's instant mute when he comes on the screen during/after the game
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@sparky said in Super Rugby 2025:
If the tournament can maintain the quality of entertainment it has shown so far this year, then how long until the South African teams and their fans will want to rejoin Super Rugby?
If SA keep winning at Test Level then not any time soon
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@Machpants said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Steven-Harris said in Super Rugby 2025:
Watching the impartial panel (not)on the breakdown
You may as well give the Chiefs the title now according to Beaver and Joe Wheeler thinks Tavatavanawai should replace Reiko at centreAll impartialness goes out the the window and they become fan boys and girls
Ironically only Goldie displaying common sense
For Christ sakes I thought these people were more measuredThanks for the warning that wheeler is on the breakdown, I might (unlikely) have watched it. That's the nail for me. Beaver is good on commentary, sad that he fanboys, but no way I'm going to subject myself to any wheeler. That's instant mute when he comes on the screen during/after the game
But he's really funny apparently.......
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@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2025:
As I Canes fan it’s hard to engage in a rugby show that doesn’t mention your team in two weeks apart from a two minute preview of the upcoming game against the Blues this weekend right at the end of the show.
I noticed that.
Not even a mention at all. Not that they have anything to say of any interest anyway.
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@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Steven-Harris said in Super Rugby 2025:
Watching the impartial panel (not)on the breakdown
You may as well give the Chiefs the title now according to Beaver and Joe Wheeler thinks Tavatavanawai should replace Reiko at centreAll impartialness goes out the the window and they become fan boys and girls
Ironically only Goldie displaying common sense
For Christ sakes I thought these people were more measuredI can barely stomach the Breakdown anymore. It’s so far past it’s used by date it ain’t funny.
Sky need to completely overhaul their main midweek rugby show. The fact they are even talking about AB selection at this stage is just pointless. We already know based on last year’s selections that it’s about how you perform towards the end of the competition, not the start.
As I Canes fan it’s hard to engage in a rugby show that doesn’t mention your team in two weeks apart from a two minute preview of the upcoming game against the Blues this weekend right at the end of the show.
BRING BACK R-UNION!
That has been my experience as a Landers fan watching Rugby Pod. Have watched it three or four times for about two mentions of my team. It is just the Blues and Crusaders show.
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@MiketheSnow said in Super Rugby 2025:
@sparky said in Super Rugby 2025:
If the tournament can maintain the quality of entertainment it has shown so far this year, then how long until the South African teams and their fans will want to rejoin Super Rugby?
If SA keep winning at Test Level then not any time soon
Yeah it’s an interesting one ,
You wonder how much damage it used to do to their players subconsciously where our players used to beat them more often than not at the lower level ,
Their new breed of players don’t have that .
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@SouthernMann said in Super Rugby 2025:
That has been my experience as a Landers fan watching Rugby Pod. Have watched it three or four times for about two mentions of my team. It is just the Blues and Crusaders show.
Exactly. Parsons and Hall are just as biased as the other ex-players mentioned.
Tonight's show will be interesting though.
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@Bovidae said in Super Rugby 2025:
@SouthernMann said in Super Rugby 2025:
That has been my experience as a Landers fan watching Rugby Pod. Have watched it three or four times for about two mentions of my team. It is just the Blues and Crusaders show.
Exactly. Parsons and Hall are just as biased as the other ex-players mentioned.
Tonight's show will be interesting though.
I thought last year the show was really good and they covered all teams quite well. Definitely still the best rugby show we have as they actually offer good insight when they talk.
