Super Rugby 2020
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It's a fair complaint. I think it's a major reason super rugby has lost a lot of interest. Does not seem valued very much. Too much focus on international rugby.
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I think "super" rugby lost impetus because it wasn't really super due to there being too many teams which diluted the player pool and we ended up watching some pretty ordinary guys throw a ball around and most likely drop it.
Then there was the whole competition structure...which IMO is fckd. To misquote George, "one more year" but this time it is good.
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@Machpants TBH I've not noticed the anti NZR stuff (haven't checked my Twitter account in forever) but maybe this has become more prevalent since jumping from Sky?
As to the issue of resting players, well, no easy answer is there.
Play them all the time they burn out get injured, dont play them it impacts super rugby and you could argue potentially form and combos at international.
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@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Machpants TBH I've not noticed the anti NZR stuff, but maybe this has become more prevalent since jumping from Sky?
As to the issue of resting players, well, no easy answer is there.
Play them all the time they burn out get injured, dont play them it impacts super rugby and you could argue potentially form and combos at international.
It certainly seems that way from my observations
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@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Machpants TBH I've not noticed the anti NZR stuff (haven't checked my Twitter account in forever) but maybe this has become more prevalent since jumping from Sky?
As to the issue of resting players, well, no easy answer is there.
Play them all the time they burn out get injured, dont play them it impacts super rugby and you could argue potentially form and combos at international.
The expanded competition and the conference system has done more to damage the product than anything else. The original brilliant S12 was an NFL type season where every game mattered
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@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby 2020:
@canefan back then ABs played NPC...fond memories of @Nepia 's Central Vikings playing up here with Bull Allen, Cully et al, Bull loved a chat over a beer after too...format and expansion of super rugby has damaged npc too.
True that. A little bit of both I reckon. With a shrinking talent pool it makes no sense to have more teams in SA or Oz
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I'm battling with the thought that Super Rugby starts again this weekend. The kids only went back to school today!
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2020:
I'm battling with the thought that Super Rugby starts again this weekend. The kids only went back to school today!
It's forecast to be 41 degrees here on Friday and Saturday. Ludicrous weather to play a winter sport.
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2020:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2020:
I'm battling with the thought that Super Rugby starts again this weekend. The kids only went back to school today!
It's forecast to be 41 degrees here on Friday and Saturday. Ludicrous weather to play a winter sport.
I may watch the Chiefs game on Friday night but I doubt it. I don't have enough time for Cricket and rugby watching and with the test series around the corner, I'm firmly in the watch cricket camp.
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2020:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2020:
I'm battling with the thought that Super Rugby starts again this weekend. The kids only went back to school today!
It's forecast to be 41 degrees here on Friday and Saturday. Ludicrous weather to play a winter sport.
And the elite players will still be playing in November. Competition rugby for 10 months of the year.
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@Hooroo said in Super Rugby 2020:
@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2020:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2020:
I'm battling with the thought that Super Rugby starts again this weekend. The kids only went back to school today!
It's forecast to be 41 degrees here on Friday and Saturday. Ludicrous weather to play a winter sport.
I may watch the Chiefs game on Friday night but I doubt it. I don't have enough time for Cricket and rugby watching and with the test series around the corner, I'm firmly in the watch cricket camp.
Taipans are playing Friday, and are in the playoff hunt. Rugby will become relevant when the Taipans are done.
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Not long to go now! I've written up my predictions for round 1 and really excited for it all to get started
My round 1 predictions https://drivingmaul.com/2020/01/27/super-rugby-2020-round-1-predictions/
EDIT - fixed the link.....
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Just in case anyone needs a reminder of the return to play and rest protocols for All Blacks (apparently, it applies to 31 identified players):
NZR head of high performance Mike Anthony confirmed to Stuff this week that the same rest directives would apply to All Blacks during this Super Rugby regular season. - Two games off (on top of the teams' two byes) - No more than six games played in succession (byes and rest weeks reset the count) - A 180-minute cap on game time over the first three rounds Along with that 180-minute restriction, coaches are also instructed to try and build the load - for instance, 40 minutes, then 60, then 80 - which wasn't perfectly adhered to last season.As part of their collective agreement, All Blacks get 12 weeks off at the end of the season, and while Anthony notes NZR have formally been managing players' workloads since 2010, it is now also part of the collective to make it more black and white. So even had All Blacks coach Ian Foster, who has taken over from Sir Steve Hansen, wanted to change things up in that department, he was powerless. The collective allows for up to 33 players to be load managed, though the All Blacks coaches have identified just 31 - all those who attended the World Cup last year, plus some others who have some history with the national side. Those who didn't feature at the World Cup have been allowed to feature in pre-season play. Super coaches had been required to submit plans for each of their All Blacks to Anthony prior to Christmas, with particular thought given to the team's schedule, taking into account opponents and travel.
