2019 Rugby Championship

[MN5]

@Jaguares4real said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@Jaguares4real said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

a 'friendly'.............

The game will be a "friendly"

Couldn't give a stuff abut the result

More interested in the team Los Pumas put out and how they perform

"Test Matches" mean nothing in a RWC year except for the big dance of course

I'd be rather excited if my team finally beat a team that have never been able to beat before.

Or has your lot beaten us previously?

AFAIK Los Pumas have never beaten All Blacks

Beating them in a meaningless game in 2019 TRC will mean little

COMPARED to beating Crusaders in C'church in a Super Rugby final

That would be the greatest victory in the history of Super Rugby and make International news as Jaguares would be effectively be beating an All Blacks side in their own backyard

Plus how bloody good would it be to beat FOUR kiwi sides in a Super Rugby season

Stormers in 2010 were last team to beat 4 NZ times, heck they beat all 5 NZ teams & Bulls beat 4 NZ sides as well in Super Rugby

However SA sides were much stronger in those days & Kiwis sides much weaker then

Landers were Blues were & Canes were mediocre

So you're saying a Super Rugby win is worth more than a Test match win against a team you've never ever beaten previously ? wow.

[Machpants]

It's irrelevant anyway, they'll lose both.

[taniwharugby]

hhhmm, so if the Pumas playing ABs in BA in TRC is so meaningless, why are they in TRC at all...

[E African Troll]

@MN5

Yes I am

Los Pumas beating AB missing nearly half their matchday 23 would be mean little compared to making history and shattering the invincibility of the Crusaders

To be the best you have to beat the best Saders have set the standard in Super Rugby

Jaguares need to knock them off their fucking perch

Jaguares battered the Hurricanes in their last game in NZ

Time to go one better

[Kirwan]

Well I was struggling to get too excited for the inevitable Crusaders victory, a few posts above have helped with that...

[E African Troll]

@taniwharugby said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

hhhmm, so if the Pumas playing ABs in BA in TRC is so meaningless, why are they in TRC at all...

TRC means fuck all in RWC year

They are Friendlies and Trial matches for those looking for a spot in 31 man squad to be decide in August

BIGGER PRIZE ahead

[E African Troll]

@Kirwan

[Kirwan]

@Jaguares4real This is the difference between a Tier 1 and Tier 2 nation. No friendlies with the big boys.

[Frank]

@gt12 said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
I also think it makes Fifita relatively safe for now.

Am I tripping on LSD or did you say Vaea never hit a ruck in his life Fifita is a relatively safe pick ??

[gt12]

@Frank said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@gt12 said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
I also think it makes Fifita relatively safe for now.

Am I tripping on LSD or did you say Vaea never hit a ruck in his life Fifita is a relatively safe pick ??

Could be, but what I wrote is that due to Barrett's injury I think that Fifita's place in the squad is now probably safe. I wouldn't pick him, but I think he will be picked.

[NTA]

@Kirwan said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

Well I was struggling to get too excited for the inevitable Crusaders victory, a few posts above have helped with that...

I agree - fuck the Saders.

[Bovidae]

@taniwharugby said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

so, Crotty out for upto 8 weeks

That sums up his career over the last few season. Made of glass.

[Bovidae]

@KiwiMurph said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

It will be interesting to see who comes in the AB squad announced tonight to replace Crotty and S Barrett.

My first thought is they might lean on bringing in a 13 rather than a 12 to replace Crotty as they already have plenty of cover for 12 (ALB, Laumape, SBW, Goodhue can play 12) whereas not as much at 13.

The names that come to mind for 13 would be Ennor or Proctor.

Proctor would have to be the next rated midfielder after the top 5. He's been there before (vs Japan) and Ennor showed he isn't ready as a centre yet.

Rieko could be used again as midfield cover.

[Wurzel]

Jordie covering midfield as there's plenty of talent to use in the back three.

[broughie]

@KiwiMurph I think that is tongue in cheek but he is not good enough.

[pakman]

When is the team announced on Thursday?

[Chris]

@pakman in a couple of minutes. Radio sport is how I can hear it live

[pakman]

@NTA said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@NTA @barbarian @antipodean great news Wallaby fans, your season is saved!! James O'Connor. Yes, that's right the James O'Connor has put pen to paper and is eligible for the Wallabies again this year. Your worries are a thing of the past.

Superb.

Enough of these Bible-bashing Folau types; back to good old, over-privileged white boy, cocaine-fuelled bad haircut shenaningans.

In the old days all the Coke they got through was just to add finish to the Bundies!

[KiwiMurph]

All Blacks: A Aumua, B Barrett, J Barrett, G Bridge, S Cane, D Coles, L Coltman, B Ennor, V Fifita, O Franks, S Frizell, J Goodhue, J Hemopo, J Ioane, R Ioane, L Jacobson, N Laulala, N Laumape, A Lienert-Brown, A Moli, J Moody, R Mo'unga, D Papalii, TJ Perenara, K Read (c), S Reece, B Retallick, A Savea, A Smith, B Smith, A Taavao, C Taylor, M Todd, K Tuinukuafe, P Tuipulotu, O Tuungafasi, B Weber, S Whitelock, SBW

[Canerbry]

Ennor, Ioane, Reece, Jacobson debut.

No Nonu.

Fuck SBW is lucky.