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Go read the thread on Green and Gold rugby. Aussie fans there will be rejoicing, as they don't see why they need to lose a team; somehow this is all NZs fault; but also why do they need Super Rugby anyway? Everything is fine, except for Pulver, it's his fault Aus rugby is fucked. And NZs fault too.
Fucking delusional.
This whole thing is a clusterfuck of monumental proportions.
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby News:
Go read the thread on Green and Gold rugby. Aussie fans there will be rejoicing, as they don't see why they need to lose a team; somehow this is all NZs fault; but also why do they need Super Rugby anyway? Everything is fine, except for Pulver, it's his fault Aus rugby is fucked. And NZs fault too.
Fucking delusional.
Bolded the relevant bits.
This whole thing is a clusterfuck of monumental proportions.
Only an utter imbecile would have announced they were cutting teams before they had completed a review which identified which teams were going.
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Ahahahaha! Clown shoes.
Just fix the fucking shit structure of the comp. Two conferences, Aus/NZ and SA/Arg/Jpn. Round robin within your own conference plus 3 cross over games each. Conference finals with the grand final in a neutral city. It's easy to understand, doesn't guarantee finals to shit teams and means there's no bullshit travel schedule for finals.
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I laughed at this line from Paul Kent:
“I think there’s a lot of flaws the way they play rugby and a lot of old school thinking that they need to move on from in the modern game and he (Cronk) would bring that.What an idiot.
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Cronk was a schoolboy Union star so I guess he has a little bit of knowledge of the game. Still, at 34 he will find it a massive challenge to adapt to a game he hasn't played for 15 years. Without the 10 metre gap that they have in League, playing 10 or 12 in Union is not going to be an easy task, just ask Benji.
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@SammyC said in Super Rugby News:
I laughed at this line from Paul Kent:
“I think there’s a lot of flaws the way they play rugby and a lot of old school thinking that they need to move on from in the modern game and he (Cronk) would bring that.What an idiot.
Does Kent hate rugby more than the Walrus hates the All Blacks (and Rattue hates Henry and co)?
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Paul Kent is a barely functioning retard who is very, very full of himself.
Cronk would have been a really good 10, his main strengths are his organisation, his vision, and his kicking game. If he had moved maybe 8 years ago he would have been great. Well, maybe, dependent on the coaching he received.
Now? He's 33 years old. That makes him 35 at the World Cup. It's just a wild stab in the dark, but I can't see him having much of an impact.
Where is he going to play by the way? He's quitting the Storm to move to Sydney. The only rugby team in Sydney has the test 10 there already.
Even for Paul Kent, this is ridiculously retarded.
However, i hope these rumours are true, because the Australian Rugby Community will deadset revolt if the ARU spends up on a 33 year old league player. It'll be pitchforks and torches.
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This story about Cronk is getting crazier:
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika gives green light for Waratahs to go after Cooper Cronk
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
This story about Cronk is getting crazier:
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika gives green light for Waratahs to go after Cooper Cronk
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The NSW Waratahs and Australian Rugby Union have ruled out making a play for Sydney-bound rugby league superstar Cooper Cronk.
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/rugby/a/35395395/waratahs-and-aru-respond-to-cronk-rumours/
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Sonny Bill Williams has been cleared of concussion and is travelling with the Blues to South Africa.
Blues coach Tana Umaga had said he expected the inside centre to be fit to play the Stormers in Cape Town next Friday.
He is joined by Matt Duffie, spelled from last night's game, and a mandatory third hooker, Joe Royal.
Two players from last night's win are out of the touring party because of injuries received in the match against the Cheetahs.
Prop Pauliasi Manu left the field early with a calf injury while Ihaia West injured his ankle when he came on as a substitute for Piers Francis who had received an injury in the first half.
Manu has been replaced by Sione Mafileo, with Bryn Gatland re-joining the Blues as a replacement for West.
Gatland played three games for the Blues as a replacement, but exited the squad on Thursday before the late call to travel to South Africa. Francis was considered fit enough to travel with the touring party.
Blues squad: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Charlie Faumuina, Sione Mafileo, Alex Hodgman; James Parsons, Hame Faiva, Joe Royal; Patrick Tuipulotu, Scott Scrafton, Gerard Cowley-Tuioti; Steven Luatua, Blake Gibson, Akira Ioane; Kara Pryor; Augustine Pulu, Sam Nock; Piers Francis, Bryn Gatland; TJ Faiane, Sonny-Bill Williams, George Moala, Matt Duffie, Rieko Ioane, Melani Nanai, Michael Collins.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11855372
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While Todd will, no doubt, undergo concussion protocols this week to determine his availability for coming games, Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has confirmed Barrett may also be out for "a couple of weeks", after tweaking his knee and ankle in the 20-12 victory.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11855856
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Anton Lienert-Brown has re-signed with NZR and the Chiefs until 2020 and Nathan Harris on to 2019.
