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@Crazy-Horse I wouldn't mind 10. Mo'unga 14. J Barrett 15. B Barrett
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
8 weeks, mid July shouldn't be too much of a problem. A nice rest before one last hurrah in black might be just the tonic!
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@Siam hopefully, but the high hamstring strain can be a bugger to get right.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Super Rugby News:
@Siam hopefully, but the high hamstring strain can be a bugger to get right.
especially as he turns 33 next month.
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
@Crazy-Horse said in Super Rugby News:
@Siam hopefully, but the high hamstring strain can be a bugger to get right.
especially as he turns 33 next month.
that's why it's 8 weeks, and not a dozen beer and a day on the couch
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
Probably brings an end to the Super Rugby career of one of the best players in the tournament's history.
Hopefully, he'll be right for the Bledisloe Cup and the major RWC games but high hamstrings strains have a nasty habit of flairing up again.
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As I have been posting the Standards of the refereeing in SR this year has been shithouse awful good to see something in the press addressing it.
[link text](link urhttps://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/opinion/112521563/super-rugby-fans-should-welcome-scrutiny-of-refs-by-all-blacks-stars-kieran-read-and-beauden-barrettl) -
Is there any chance of a Crusaders vs Hurricanes final? Such a joke of a competition when the best two teams don't even square off in the big dance. Bring on 2021.
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@Canes4life Yep that's why under this format the Derby games are very important win your conference or its tough even though the Crusaders have won a few titles without finishing First in the Rounds.
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@Canes4life Don't think so, if they finish with first and second most points. Pretty sure the schedule is:
1 plays 8 (a)
4 plays 5 (b)a plays b
In other news - I reckon the play-off cut is going to be 38 or 39 points.
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The question I'm pondering (if the round robin ended today) and if the following quarter finals occured based on the fixtures below- is who would play the Crusaders in the Semi final (if the Brumbies and Sharks both lose their Quarters) and who would host the other Semi? I'm pretty sure if it's still the same logic from last year then the Crusaders would host the Hurricanes in Semi final 1 and the Bulls would host the Rebels in Semi final 2. Can someone clear this up?
For example
Quarters- Crusaders vs 8. Jaguares
- Brumbies vs 7. Bulls
- Sharks vs 6. Rebels
- Hurricanes vs 5. Highlanders
Semis:
- Crusaders vs Hurricanes
- Bulls vs Rebels
In other words the winner of Quarter 1 will always play the winner of Quarter 4, which if true is bullshit in my eyes. From this example it wouldn't be fair for the Bulls to host a Semi when they finished below the Canes during the round robin- but I'm pretty sure that's how it will roll.
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@Canes4life I'm pretty sure that's almost the way it is done, but each game is sorted home team higher on ladder. So it would be Rebels (6) v Bulls (7).
So yeah Canes will shafted by the conference system third year running
The reason? Cos it is either impossible and/or prohibitively expensive to pre-book tickets to cover all eventualities. It used to be at the end of the quarters they'd be ranked according to ladder and then highest ladder remaining plays lowest ladder remaining, and 2nd highest v 3rd highest. Now its winner of 1 plays winner of 4 at top seeds home turf
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@Machpants so it's almost better for us to drop back to 7th and then aim to beat the team in 2nd spot away, so we then get a home semi. What a crock of s#$t.
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@Canes4life Really we'd still have to beat the Saders in Chch, so it's just in the semi's not finals!
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@Machpants that isn't the point. Based on our domination of every team other than the Crusaders for the last few seasons, we again miss out on the financial benefits of hosting a semi-final based on some flawed rule around logistical expenses. Plus wouldn't you rather see two teams that deserve to be in the final, actually play in the final. Super Rugby finals is a joke and I'm afraid the reputation of this competition may never recover based on the decisions made by those tw%ts at SANZAAR.
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@Machpants Unless someone beats the Sanders in Christchurch in the Quarter Final.
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@sparky still won't change anything. That will mean the Jaguares go into the Semis as top dogs based on the fact they won Q1.
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@Canes4life considering the crusaders lost money hosting the finals last year, I'm not so sure! It's not ideal but the conference system is such a fuck up, is moot. Bring on the full round robin
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@Canes4life said in Super Rugby News:
@sparky still won't change anything. That will mean the Jaguares go into the Semis as top dogs based on the fact they won Q1.
No it won't, they'd play winner of canes or Highlanders winner in NZ
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@Canes4life It would mean that the Canes won't have to beat the Crusaders because the Crusaders would be out of the competition.
