Super Rugby 2022
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@nzzp said in Super Rugby 2022:
@kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2022:
@tim said in Super Rugby 2022:
Kind of amazing that Hart ignored Tony Marsh and Eroni Clarke, but went for guys like Mark Ranby, Mark Mayerhofler (so bad!), and moved Cullen into centre.
Prior to coaching the ABs in 1996, he published an autobiography that stated that he thought an AB coach should only be there for two year periods. He was right about himself!
its a AB coaches resignation letter, moving a form 15 to the midfield, also see Mils, Macdonald and Smith
.....its will work with jordie though.....
no, no, that's going to 13.
12 is a totally different story
As much as I have laughed at the Jordie to 12 cohort (mainly because he never plays there) I would actually like to see it.
I think Jordan needs to play looser than we require at 15 so he can stay on the wing and Perofeta can play fullback (or go whole hog and get Zarn Sullivan in there)(more one for the ABs thread but following up on the comment above)
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Moana Pasifika said it remained committed to limiting the number of supporters in the interests of public safety. "We always intended to stick with our small bubbles of 100 (to a maximum of 900), regardless of any government announcement,'' a Moana Pasifika spokesperson said. "This is because we are conscious of our Pasifika fan base in South Auckland and note that Covid is still rampant in our communities, who are most vulnerable. "Despite the change, we will also be keeping our Tuesday match at limited capacity.'' The Highlanders will host the Blues in Dunedin on Saturday afternoon. Stuff was seeking clarity from the Highlanders as to whether capacity crowds would be allowed into Forsyth Barr Stadium, the only enclosed venue in New Zealand. -
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@kiwimurph said in Super Rugby 2022:
That's a yes for crowds in Dunedin
The zoo will be feral. Loads of 'free' O week tickets to use up.
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@crucial said in Super Rugby 2022:
@kiwimurph said in Super Rugby 2022:
That's a yes for crowds in Dunedin
The zoo will be feral. Loads of 'free' O week tickets to use up.
will be awesome. Crowds really really lift a sporting event and the players
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2022:
@stargazer both of those teams would absolutely murder their current counterparts.
The Highlanders even had Tony Brown and Byron Kelleher on the bench.
Notable names on the Blues bench were TSF favorite, Caleb Ralph, Andrew Blowers and Craig Innes(first season back from league).
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@dice said in Super Rugby 2022:
@stargazer said in Super Rugby 2022:
Good game. They didn't mention that this was the semifinal.
Highlanders would have won if the lock (can’t remember if Timmons or Blaikie) hadn’t dropped the ball. So much more quality across the park across all teams in 1998.
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@billy-tell said in Super Rugby 2022:
@dice said in Super Rugby 2022:
@stargazer said in Super Rugby 2022:
Good game. They didn't mention that this was the semifinal.
Highlanders would have one if the lock (can’t remember if Timmons or Blaikie) hadn’t dropped the ball. So much more quality across the park across all teams in 1998.
I'm really not sure that is true, I think the fact that professionalism is so far advanced, it has really shown the massive difference between players. So many sports are now dominsted by absolutely phenominal athletes, whereas competition and upsets were much more common. I think that is a factor of professionalism really meaning the best are so much better than the good. Whereas the difference did not used to be so apparent
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@billy-tell said in Super Rugby 2022:
@dice said in Super Rugby 2022:
@stargazer said in Super Rugby 2022:
Good game. They didn't mention that this was the semifinal.
Highlanders would have one if the lock (can’t remember if Timmons or Blaikie) hadn’t dropped the ball. So much more quality across the park across all teams in 1998.
It was Timmins. All he had to do was catch the ball and dive over the line.
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@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
This heritage round thing seems to be driven by Australia, and it means something different to each country.
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@bovidae is that enough to even bother calling it a heritage round?...just seems a bit lazy
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
I would love to see some proper old fashioned heritage jerseys made all of cotton with long sleeves, lace up necks, and all about three sizes too big for the player wearing it.
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@higgins exactly how much better would cullen goldie and lomu have been in their prime if they didn't wear huge oversized heavy jerseys
conversely how much better was it being a fan when you didn't have to buy a jersey 2 sizes up because you're not built like a professional rugby player
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
NZ Rugby really are all sorts of fucking useless.
"hey, our game and our competitions diminish in popularity every year. Lets do fuck all to promote it. I mean, it's rugby in NZ, we don't really have to do anything do we?"
