'Super Rugby' 2021

[Gunner]

Who have the Blues got next week and where?

The way things are going with this covid shit I’ll be bloody surprised if we get through this season without having a game or two cancelled.

[Tim]

@gunner Bye round next week. 3rd round play Highlanders at home.

[Gunner]

@tim said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:

@gunner Bye round next week. 3rd round play Highlanders at home.

Bloody lucky!
You’d assume they’ll stay out of Auckland do they can continue to train?

[Canes4life]

@gunner all games could be canned next week. Unless they play them behind closed doors.

[Stargazer]

@gunner Players may want to go back to their family though, esp those with children.

[Gunner]

@canes4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:

@gunner all games could be canned next week. Unless they play them behind closed doors.

Surely they go ahead with empty stadia?
At least folks can watch from home....

[Dan54]

@gunner said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:

@canes4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:

@gunner all games could be canned next week. Unless they play them behind closed doors.

Surely they go ahead with empty stadia?
At least folks can watch from home....

Yep can be played in empty Stadiums under level 2, Blues don't have a game anyway, but that is only place where you couldn't play.

[gt12]

Aotearoa Team of Round 1: Have the Crusaders unearthed another All Blacks midfielder?

The Crusaders were perhaps the best performing team in Super Rugby Aotearoa for round one of 2021 - but who features in RugbyPass' composite side?

[Machpants]

@gt12 yeah that was a real head Scratchers. I want even drinking watching so I definitely didn't miss anything he did well!

[Kiwiwomble]

have to say im surprised to see a couple of our forwards in the list (also saw regan listed in someone elses team of the week) given how the general consensus was out forwards were light weight

also hilarious that Nareki made the team of the week but rugby pass also did a Top Five of the week and Garden-Bachop made it and nareki didn't

[Stargazer]

@kiwiwomble Rugbypass are a strange bunch with their ridiculous player ratings system. I don't trust anything they write about players' performances, least of all any form of ranking.

[Kiwiwomble]

@stargazer ...apart from when they say the Highlanders are good...i agree

[Duluth]

@gt12 said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:

Aotearoa Team of Round 1: Have the Crusaders unearthed another All Blacks midfielder?

The Crusaders were perhaps the best performing team in Super Rugby Aotearoa for round one of 2021 - but who features in RugbyPass' composite side?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300241749/super-rugby-team-of-the-week-blues-no-10-otere-black-shows-value-of-a-calm-head

This team of the week is a bit better. It still has McLeod at 12 though

Thats the problem when there's only 4 people playing a position a week. It's easy for none of them to be particularly good. I would have leaned towards Plummer by default because the other guys negatives were higher

[Duluth]

[nzzp]

@duluth didn't realise it was now a Monday night. Didn't these use to be Tuesday?

[Stargazer]

@nzzp Yes, it has changed. I think this is the new rugby programme on Sky (in addition to games):

Sunday, 8.30pm: Rugby Nation
Monday, 8.30pm: Breakdown
Tuesday, 8.30pm: Aotearoa Rugby Pod
Tuesday, 10.00pm: Rugby Heaven Live (about Rugby AU)
Wednesday, 8.30pm: Playmakers (Justin Marshall with a special guest, this week Robbie Deans)
Wednesday, 9.00pm: Rugby Stories Throwback (an old game discussed in the programme Playmakers, this week Crusaders v Waratahs 2002)

[shark]

I don't think I'll ever take anything rugbypass has to offer seriously after reading the players to watch and team of the week stories.

[Nepia]

@shark said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:

I don't think I'll ever take anything rugbypass has to offer seriously after reading the players to watch and team of the week stories.

You've just come to this conclusion now? Did you never come across their Super rugby rankings?

[Bovidae]

@shark said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:

I don't think I'll ever take anything rugbypass has to offer seriously after reading the players to watch and team of the week stories.

Are they even local writers? I won't use "journalist".

I only read the occasional RugbyPass article posted here, but I am not familiar with the majority of the names.

[shark]

@nepia This is the first I've come across them.