Super Rugby News
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First NZ preseason game announced:
Chiefs v Blues, Fri 2 February 2018, k/o 4.00pm @ Te Kuiti’s Rugby Park
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@stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
First NZ preseason game announced:
Chiefs v Blues, Fri 2 February 2018, k/o 4.00pm @ Te Kuiti’s Rugby Park
That might be a goer - a pilgrimage to Pinetree country. I've never watched a game there.
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@kiwimurph said in Super Rugby News:
Looks like new Super Rugby jerseys for NZ teams are being released in December.
Pre-ordering has been launched at Champions ending the night of 30 November.
Champions of the World | adidas All Blacks & Super Rugby
Champions of the World. Official Licensed Re-Seller of All Blacks, Super Rugby, Maori All Blacks, Black Ferns, Emirates Team NZ, Black Caps & Mitre10 Merchandise. The latest adidas supporters gear. Jerseys, Jackets, Caps, Women, Kids, Baby. champions.co.nz
is that a test to see if you're a true supporter - ordering the jersey without seeing it?
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@bovidae said in Super Rugby News:
Former Chiefs prop Michael Collins is their new CEO.
http://www.chiefs.co.nz/news/news/latest-news/516-chiefs-rugby-club-appoints-michael-collins-as-ceo
Is this the start of a revolution at the Chiefs? Are their troubles just beginning?
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Also injury & recovery related:
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brad_weber9: Everyone always told me I had a screw loose, so thought it was time to get that sucker taken out. Did not realise the screw in my hip was this big! Looking forward to pain free running now that this bad boy is outta there -
@nepia said in Super Rugby News:
Yeah he still had the moonboot when I was @jegga style having coffee with him and his family in Barangaroo last month.
Good work: in the words of Col. Jegga, '...you want me on that wall -- you need me on that wall.'?!
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Confirmed: Ronan O'Gara will be released from his contract with Racing92 at the end of the year to take up the position of Assistant Coack (backs) with the Crusaders from the 1st of January.
Media release (in French) from Racing92:
http://www.racing92.fr/fr/Equipe_Pro/Communique_de_presse___Racing_92-Actualite-49-5235.html -
O'Gara's appointment as Crusaders' backs coach now also confirmed by the Crusaders themselves:
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@stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
O'Gara's appointment as Crusaders' backs coach now also confirmed by the Crusaders themselves:
https://crusaders.co.nz/news/1161-ronan-o-gara-to-join-bnz-crusaders-coaching-teamThat’s an interesting development. A number of Irish coaches plying their trade in various unions/comps. O’Shea at Italy national team, Bradley at Zebre, Cullen at Leinster, Jackman at Dragons, McCall at Saracens, Humphreys at Gloucester, Davidson at Bordeaux-Begles, and now O’Gara shifting to Crusaders. I reckon O’Connell is going to try his hand at some point.
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That is a very interesting coaching appointment. After employing a very NH-esque style of back play during much of the Blackadder era, they seem to have gone back to more enterprising, shall we say NZ-esque, play. They now get themselves an NH backs coach....
No doubting his credentials, he is an all time great of the game, but I have massive doubts as to whether he will be the right fit.
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@raznomore said in Super Rugby News:
That is a very interesting coaching appointment. After employing a very NH-esque style of back play during much of the Blackadder era, they seem to have gone back to more enterprising, shall we say NZ-esque, play. They now get themselves an NH backs coach....
No doubting his credentials, he is an all time great of the game, but I have massive doubts as to whether he will be the right fit.
Interesting given he wasn't a noted runner/ passer of the ball in comparison to his contemporaries. Then again, look at the Brumbies under Larkham...
Will there be any New Zealanders involved in the Crusaders soon?
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby News:
@raznomore said in Super Rugby News:
That is a very interesting coaching appointment. After employing a very NH-esque style of back play during much of the Blackadder era, they seem to have gone back to more enterprising, shall we say NZ-esque, play. They now get themselves an NH backs coach....
No doubting his credentials, he is an all time great of the game, but I have massive doubts as to whether he will be the right fit.
Interesting given he wasn't a noted runner/ passer of the ball in comparison to his contemporaries. Then again, look at the Brumbies under Larkham...
Will there be any New Zealanders involved in the Crusaders soon?
Brilliant tee-kicker and field-kicker, but he shifted from kicking coach to defence coach at Racing and presumably is moving to a variant of that role at Crusaders?
