Super Rugby 2020
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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. -
@DrivingMaul said in Super Rugby 2020:
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.....
Time for you to throw your hat into the TSF Tipping competition and backup your predictions methinks!
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby 2020:
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.That's good sense stuff that helps keep athletes here instead of chasing the yen or euro
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@Bones said in Super Rugby 2020:
I only see warm up games this weekend.
How can you say that when you have this cracker coming up? And it's even an awesome arvo time to watch
https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/match?gameId=295367&league=242041
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@Machpants said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Bones said in Super Rugby 2020:
I only see warm up games this weekend.
How can you say that when you have this cracker coming up? And it's even an awesome arvo time to watch
https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/match?gameId=295367&league=242041
Look, I've tried, but I can't get anyone over here to realise that early morning is actually the afternoon.
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There's going to be a big outcry about the new rules around tackling and there's been very little coverage of it. You can already see the train crash coming from a publicity point of view
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@Crucial 48hrs before each game is the requirement
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@DrivingMaul said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Crucial 48hrs before each game is the requirement
So some time today for Blues/Chiefs then.
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