The other round 9 games
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Bulls sneak past the Cheetahs 20-14.
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@African-Monkey are you shitting me? there were 2 red cards and at one stage I thought we were playing league
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@African-Monkey Yeah it was bloody awful. Skill level was dire. But the laws the way they stand are a real blight on our game currently. I believe it is a big part of what is turning people off.
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@KiwiMurph said in The other round 9 games:
@Crash yep and nz cannot get more than 1 home quarterfinal regardless of how well the nz teams do. This is the current conference system (was the same last year).
And if all teams had the same number of points next year, it'd look something like this:
Crusaders vs Highlanders
Lions vs Sharks
Brumbies vs Stormers
Hurricanes vs ChiefsSo SA lose one of their quarter finals to the first "wildcard" and that's it. Tiny bit better but still a joke. I can't stand this half assed conference system, I wouldn't trust SANZAAR to come up with a rippa rugby comp, let alone Super Rugby.
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@Gunner said in The other round 9 games:
This just highlights how much of a farce the current system is.
The Brumbies and Blues on the same points, yet Brumbies currently in fourth, qualify for a home final, while the Blues languish in 10th...
Not to mention the Blues have had to play 5 games v nz opposition up til now as opposed to the Brumbies playing 3. I guess we'll find out on Sunday when both teams go at it.
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Crusaders have two games in South Africa, two against the Hurricanes and one against the Chiefs yet -- my money is on the Crusaders losing quite a few points out of that lot.
Chiefs play the Hurricanes again too.
After those games we are unlikely to be seeing a table dominated by NZ quite so much. Someone has to lose those derby games.
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@Chester-Draws I'll be disappointed if the Crusaders don't win both their SA games. They usually do quite well in SA and neither the Cheetahs nor Bulls look particularly fearsome this year.
After that it gets very tough though. Playing the Hurricanes on the back of a SA jaunt has loss written all over it. The next week they're off to Fiji to play the Chiefs - then I think the Rebels and Highlanders, before the June break - and then the Hurricanes immediately after that.
I'd take winning three of those five games if I was offered it right now.
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@barbarian write up of the Tahs / Kings match is worth a read over on GAGR ...
THE GAME CHANGER
When the Tahs pulled on their jerseys and said “let’s disappoint the few fans we have left, who stupidly parted with their hard-earned cash to come and watch us play”.
Waratahs serve up a big pile of rubbish to their few remaining fans - Green & Gold Rugby
The Tahs served up a steaming pile of rubbish to their loyal fans, losing 26-24 to the lowly Kings. They were outenthused, outcoached, outplayed. The Match The first half was a fairly scrappy affair, as you would probably expect from to cellar-dwelling sides. There was a lot of dropped ball,...
