The "other" round 11 Super Rugby games
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Quite an entertaining game I thought. Willie Britz and Uwe Helu have impressed all season for the Sunwolves.
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Things may even out a little at the end but currently the table is a complete joke when deciding the finals places.
The Blues (who cop a fair load of shit for supposedly being useless) deserve to be knocking on the door of a finals place not in the also rans at the expense of shit Oz and SA teams.
They could accumulate the fifth best total points even when playing in the toughest conference (NZ) yet still miss out.
And the fish heads wondered why they had to ditch the format after 2 seasons?
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@Crucial I guess whatever NZ team finishes 5th would be licking their lips in playing the hapless OZ team that wins that conference.....
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@ACT-Crusader said in The "other" round 11 Super Rugby games:
@Crucial I guess whatever NZ team finishes 5th would be licking their lips in playing the hapless OZ team that wins that conference.....
Whichever Oz Team makes the finals should be embarrassed to be there.
It is such a weird set up.
As the table stands the Saders get the only home game on offer and the Canes and Landers have to travel to SA. Chiefs only have to go as far as Canberra.
Coming second in the NZ conference is almost a bigger bonus than coming first this year.
The other big effect is on the ABs. Some players end up travelling to SA 3 times in the year and Argentina twice before being asked to travel on the EOYT.
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It would be a real "fuck you" to SANZAAR if all 5 NZ teams do qualify. The Blues are probably fighting with the Sharks for that last wildcard spot. They travel to SA to play the Stormers which is a must win. The Sharks will host the Stormers and Lions at home in key matches to come.
I still think that the LIons will finish top if they beat the Brumbies on Friday. The rest of their game are in SA.
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@Bovidae Unfortunately it is impossible for all 5 nz teams to make the playoffs. A maximum of 5 teams out of Australia/NZ Conferences can make it and one of them has to be the Aus Conference winner. The Aus/NZ teams arent competing with the Sharks for a playoff spot.
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@KiwiMurph said in The "other" round 11 Super Rugby games:
@Bovidae Unfortunately it is impossible for all 5 nz teams to make the playoffs. A maximum of 5 teams out of Australia/NZ Conferences can make it and one of them has to be the Aus Conference winner. The Aus/NZ teams arent competing with the Sharks for a playoff spot.
I get the concept of conferences but it doesn't work in a comp like this where it is possible for the 5th best team overall to miss out on post regular season play despite having a harder line up of games.
I guess they just thought it would never get close to that but the weakness of Australian rugby overall and the lack of depth in SA has really shown the structure up to be flawed.
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@African-Monkey said in The "other" round 11 Super Rugby games:
Quite an entertaining game I thought. Willie Britz and Uwe Helu have impressed all season for the Sunwolves.
Most enjoyable contest of the weekend
