Super Rugby 2022
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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?"
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@bovidae is that enough to even bother calling it a heritage round?...just seems a bit lazy
If you hadn't posted that graphic I doubt many of us in NZ would have known it was meant to be a heritage round. I certainly didn't expect Adidas to release new jerseys.
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@mariner4life said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@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?"
its like we buy the old press about NZ being Rugby mad...rugby in NZ is nothing compared to AFL in aus or football in...most other countries...let alone any of the American sport
@bovidae said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@bovidae is that enough to even bother calling it a heritage round?...just seems a bit lazy
If you hadn't posted that graphic I doubt many of us in NZ would have known it was meant to be a heritage round. I certainly didn't expect Adidas to release new jerseys.
do you follow the socials? (super rugby or the teams?), ive seen posts all week...but not much other than saying that its this week
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@kiwiwomble I still have got my 1995 World Cup (even though it did not officially take place!)number 11 jersey with the obligatory CCC logo, big white collar and think it might even have the Steinlager emblem on it as well. It only comes out for special occasions mind you, mainly because it is now of the modern day fit rather than the rather largish fit it was when I first acquired it.
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@kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2022:
do you follow the socials? (super rugby or the teams?), ive seen posts all week...but not much other than saying that its this week
Not actively, but I did see the Chiefs have two heritage-related SM posts. They advertised the Super Round in Melbourne but nothing about the heritage round.
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force doing one
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The idea the Force have a heritage jersey is ridiculous.
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2022:
The idea the Force have a heritage jersey is ridiculous.
less ridiculous than a team that has a grand history of 2 games?
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17 years isn't exactly "new"
