The "other" round 8 Super Rugby games

[taniwharugby]

So the Lions went to Capetown and beat the Stormers 29-16 and the Bulls remembered they like being home and beat the Jaguares 26-13.

[taniwharugby]

[taniwharugby]

One of things is not like the others....this table for once, looks about right aside from one glaring anomoly.

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby Don't know where you got those tables from, but the Highlanders should sit below the Jaguares and drop out of the Wild Card position in favour of the Jaguares.

If conference leaders were not automatic home quarter finalists, the Brumbies would drop out of the top 8 and sit between the Highlanders and the Blues, which would give the Highlanders the last Wild Card spot.

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer http://www.superxv.com/table/

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby Ah, yes, I've seen mistakes in their tables before. Usually corrected some time later.

[Kruse]

@Stargazer Isn't there only 1 WC spot available from Africa? So those WC spots are correct - but another way in that the current system is a little confusing, and seems unfair (although I think most of it makes sense in a compromise sort of way).

[taniwharugby]

@Kruse looking at the SA table you might be right.

[Stargazer]

@Kruse Yes, you're absolutely right. I got that wrong; the current format gives the Australasian group 3 wild cards and the African group only 1, which would go to the Sharks.

[Unco]

The best Aussie team has more losses than wins...

Fuck guaranteeing them a home quarter final is an absolute joke, may as well give Japan a guaranteed quarter final too.

[Tim]

Another team with a celebrity coach.

[taniwharugby]

@Unco they should gift thier home semi to a real rugby team, ie one with more points

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby said in The "other" round 8 Super Rugby games:

@Unco they should gift thier home semi to a real rugby team, ie one with more points

The Jaguares?

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer am cool with that!

[Rapido]

The Kings.

A team only 2 years old, and a bit shit, have not earned the right to wear grey. Surely they actually need to build up an identity first before they can put out a nondescript grey alt kit.

Doesn't matter now. See ya later Spears.

[Rapido]

SAFs black 'token/transformation' players in all the SR teams now actually seem to be quite good*.

Which is good.

*opion formed based on watching highlights only.

[Milk]

I quite enjoyed the Bulls v Jags game. Plenty of running. I like watching the Jags forwards as they try and get involved.

I found myself really frustrated at the scrums in the Stormers v Lions game. Seemed to be a lot of resets.

[NTA]

Timani gets 4 weeks. Should have received 6 minimum IMHO, no plea bargain.

Additionally he attacked someone's eyes and should have probably been done for that as well.