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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
Player welfare no consideration in Japan? This is just ridiculous. If I remember it correctly, many players also had no break before the SR season.
I've never understood this.
If the players felt their bodies needed a rest, they wouldn't sign these lucrative off season contracts.
They are adults who are capable of making grown up decisions. They know their clock is ticking and all of them who choose to play more are doing so out of their own free will.
my 2c
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@PN Playing in Japan, is only an off-season thing for players of NZ, SA or Aussie franchises. For Japanese players, this is their domestic competition! No doubt there are Ferners who can explain this better. A lot of the Sunwolves' players are selected and signed from Top League clubs.
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It's one reason why the SWs can't really run out a great team - there is a lot more talent there either not allowed or not willing to take on Super rugby - these guys get their salaries from the companies, and like pretty much all Japanese, are at their mercy.
Personally, I think the SWs would have been much stronger if they had just promoted one team (Panasonic, Suntory, or Toshiba). That sounds mad but I think those teams would roll over the SWs.
In good news those, it seems like the SWs are going to get a better shake in the next year or so (or so I was told by a friend who is much more into JP footy than I).
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There were three yellow cards I saw on the weekend from head/arm/shoulder contacts
I'm of the opinion that all 3 could have been a penalty and a reminder/warning to be careful. Probably not in this day and ageHowever theses were very close to the "accidental, yet willing, contact" side of things.
Call them yellow? So be it
But it risks heading down a rabbit hole where any body vs head contact can conceivably result in 14 v 15 for 10 minutes.
There could (should?) be a lot of them - not so good
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This is worthy of it's own thread. I'd add that a lot of issues are cropping up in double tackles.
In single tackles a trailing arm/leading shoulder is an indicator of reckless/foul play, quite reasonably in my view.
However, in double tackles it is quite usual for at least one tackler's arm to be impeded by the other tackler, resulting in leading shoulder.
Jack O'Piper quite naturally did not feel that Cane tackle in Stormers match was reckless or malicious. But TMO (no doubt correctly) cited the arbitrary protocols, which mandate yellow in such cases.
Kaino suffered in a similar way, although S O'B after four hours of discussion was ruled accidental.
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Good boys! Loyalty right here
Particularly stoked about funnel, he's an excellent back up to Taylor
https://crusaders.co.nz/news/1134-front-row-re-signs-with-bnz-crusaders
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@Bones said in Super Rugby News:
@SammyC I do enjoy the irony of an overseas player being loyal to a new club
Don't you support the highlanders? How many of them are from Otago?
Was talking about the other 2 anyway.. both have been here a few years now and you would understand if they looked for a starting opportunity elsewhere.
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@Tim said in Super Rugby News:
@SammyC said in Super Rugby News:
Don't you support the highlanders?
Pipe down over there in the North Harbour All Blacks supporters club.
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