NH club rugby
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in NH club rugby:
South African teams to join European Champions Cup
Stormers, Bulls and Sharks have been confirmed for next season’s ECC.
Lions and Cheetahs have been confirmed for the challenge cup. The cheetahs will take the ‘20th’ place usually reserved for teams from the Italian league or Romania.
What a bloody disgrace.
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Bloody well looking forward to these games
Go the Mighty Quins!
Premiership hits jackpot with two mouthwatering semi-finals | Gerard Meagher
Saracens v Harlequins promises to be a feisty affair, while Northampton go to Leicester happy to be underdogs
A couple of good cross hemi games too
URC semi-final line-up confirmed - Leinster to host Bulls this Friday
Ulster’s date with the Stormers has been confirmed for 2pm next Saturday.
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
Only about 6 years late on that one
You were just 6 years early
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@Bones said in NH club rugby:
@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
Only about 6 years late on that one
You were just 6 years early
Not me, some bloke called infidel
@infidel said in European Club Rugby:
Martin Castrogiovanni, the Italy prop, has been suspended by Racing 92 after he was photographed partying with Paris Saint-Germain players in Las Vegas...
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
Only about 6 years late on that one
You were just 6 years early
Not me, some bloke called infidel
@infidel said in European Club Rugby:
Martin Castrogiovanni, the Italy prop, has been suspended by Racing 92 after he was photographed partying with Paris Saint-Germain players in Las Vegas...
It should be pretty obvious I don't trust infidels
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For want of a better place to put this -
André the Giant
Height 7 ft 4 in (224 cm)
Weight 520 lb (236 kg)Rugby career
In a 1976 interview with American Wrestling Association announcer Gene Okerlund, Andre stated he played rugby for three years, dominating the opposition from the No.8 position for Grenoble Rugby Club in the late 1960s. At that time, he wasn't fully grown.
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Leinster don't even make the final, well done bulls. Once again Johnny sexcockwomble sucks the losers lemons. Hopefully 3 more times this season!
https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/match?gameId=594483&league=270557
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
Leinster don't even make the final, well done bulls. Once again Johnny sexcockwomble sucks the losers lemons. Hopefully 3 more times this season!
https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/match?gameId=594483&league=270557
How do you conspire to lose with these stats?
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@Catogrande you probably don't know that Georgia Kenea and Zimbabwe play in our CC.
The other Premier CC provinces Cheetahs Pumas and Griquas will beat the Welsch Italian and Glasgow.
Cheetahs played pro14 and should have been there from the start.
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I know you’re passionate about SA rugby and good on you for that and I’m not doubting the quality of the Saffer sides in the URC (obviously since they’re in the final!). I just feel that if the Euro league needed more teams we should have looked to European teams. I also feel that maybe SA have let down their SANZAR colleagues by jumping ship.
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@antipodean said in NH club rugby:
@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
Leinster don't even make the final, well done bulls. Once again Johnny sexcockwomble sucks the losers lemons. Hopefully 3 more times this season!
https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/match?gameId=594483&league=270557
How do you conspire to lose with these stats?
Ask the chiefs, they know!
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@Catogrande said in NH club rugby:
I know you’re passionate about SA rugby and good on you for that and I’m not doubting the quality of the Saffer sides in the URC (obviously since they’re in the final!). I just feel that if the Euro league needed more teams we should have looked to European teams. I also feel that maybe SA have let down their SANZAR colleagues by jumping ship.
They didn't jump ship, NZR unilaterally dumped them, it was fait accompli
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@Catogrande we never jump ship. Mark Robinson cut us out. Blame him.
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I wasn’t aware of that, it does put a different perspective on things I guess.
Edit: Are you guys referring to the Covid related suspension or something else?
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@Catogrande ```
South Africa pulls teams from Super Rugby to play in Europe
The South African Rugby Union has decided to withdraw its top club teams from Super Rugby in favor of playing in Europe’s PRO14 league, and blamed New Zealand for the sudden breakup of the southern hemisphere competition.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African Rugby Union decided Tuesday to pull its top club teams out of Super Rugby in favor of playing in Europe’s PRO14 league, and blamed New Zealand for the sudden breakup of the southern hemisphere competition.
The decision was made after a vote of SARU’s provincial unions and the defection could come into effect as soon as next year if an agreement is reached with PRO Rugby Championship, which runs the PRO14. It would mean the top four teams in South Africa — the Bulls, Stormers, Sharks and Lions — will play their domestic rugby against clubs from Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Italy instead of their traditional rivals in New Zealand and Australia.
South Africa’s top teams have only ever played club rugby against fellow southern hemisphere opposition and have been part of Super Rugby since the tournament’s inception in the early 1990s, when rugby was still an amateur sport.
The world champion Springboks would still play tests against New Zealand, Australia and Argentina in the four-nation Rugby Championship, SARU said. Realistically, however, South Africa’s participation in that championship might also be reconsidered once its top domestic teams’ seasons align with the northern hemisphere.
SARU called Tuesday’s move a vote for a “northern hemisphere future.”
SARU also said it was forced by New Zealand’s “unilateral” decision to organize its own domestic competition, or possibly a trans- Ta$man competition involving Australian and other teams for next year. That appeared to be because of uncertainty over if a traditional Super Rugby tournament could go ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Still, SARU said it considered it a slight to not be consulted.
“Our members are excited about the prospect of closer alignment with PRO Rugby Championship and seeking a northern hemisphere future, but we would not have been taking this decision but for actions elsewhere,” SARU chief executive Jurie Roux said.
“We will advise our SANZAAR partners of the general meeting’s decision.”
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@Catogrande said in NH club rugby:
I wasn’t aware of that, it does put a different perspective on things I guess.
Edit: Are you guys referring to the Covid related suspension or something else?
Yes it was because of the international travel suspension in place in NZ at the time.
