Super Rugby Trans Tasman
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Cut Australian teams and you'll take away jobs for NZ coaches..
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@pukunui said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
@stargazer said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
@machpants I agree with this:
Reds coach Brad Thorn, who won a title as a player with the Crusaders in 2008, said the result was proof a purely domestic format was not the answer.
"I've said all year we need to play the New Zealanders if you want to get better," he said.
"Tonight you get a punch in the face, but you sit in the locker room afterwards and think, 'that's it, that's where we want to be'.
"We need to play these guys, we want to play them and we want to win.
"But there's a team that's far superior tonight, and you've got to wear that ... welcome to world-class, now you've got to get in the ring with them."You only get better if you play against better teams. Someone has been posting here that they prefer Australian teams only to play against each other because it's more fun to watch if their teams win games, but that would mean that the standard of Australian rugby won't improve.
For the same reason, I regret that we don't have some of the South African teams in the comp anymore. No matter how bad the time difference and travel distance were, they offered the kind of opposition that challenged NZ teams in different ways from how NZ teams can challenge each other. I also think that - at the moment - Japanese Top League teams can't offer the same kind of challenges.
Totally agree about the South African teams. So many people were happy to see them leave but it has taken away
a huge amount of variety from Super rugby.
When they were playing well, some of those sides were really good and hard to beat. I think playing against those guys made NZ rugby stronger. Its been a long time since you could say that about an Australian team.I’d much prefer the variety with more teams also, but in terms of quality that came from the Saffa SR sides, well some of it was diabolical. Many of the Saffa teams were amongst the highest penalised. Their teams were riddled with politics and whilst the massive stadiums for test matches are great, they barely filled half and the atmosphere in them in recent years has been poor.
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@act-crusader
Not to mention the fact the exodus of saffas to Europe is even worse than Aus and NZ.I tentatively agree that Aus should stick with 5 teams. Even better if they put the MP side in Sydney too.
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@shark said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
Apologies if this has been mentioned but the Aussie teams are all out of the running for the final if they lose again this weekend.
I suspect the only Aussies in the final of this competition will be match officials.
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It sound odd but the aussie teams have the ability to compete they just don't seem to have the confidence to follow their gameplan. If one team can beat somebody this year I wouldn't be surprised if it changes all of the aussie teams.
It's just unfortunate that the force or brumbies couldn't pip the kiwis in the first round. It definitely dented some confidence...
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‘We have to beat the best’: RA won’t retreat from trans-Tasman rugby
After an 0-10 start to the trans-Tasman Super Rugby season, the question of whether Australia should revert to a national championship has been raised.
McLennan won’t shy away from trans- Ta$man rugby next year. In fact, he wants the same competition structure in 2022. “They’re disappointing results but I’m unfazed with regards to our mission. If we want to be the world’s best, we have to beat the world’s best. And New Zealand has the best provincial rugby sides in the world,” McLennan told the Herald. -
@bovidae said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
There is a very real possibility that a NZ team is undefeated but still doesn't make the final. That's why BPs are so important. Still 3 rounds to go though.
Yeah. It's pretty crazy that you can be unbeaten and have a +22 points difference after two games and be 5th on the table.
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Well, the Crusaders will go unbeaten, so of the remaining games which wouldn't be considered huge upsets if the Oz team won, which looks hardest?
Reds at Home (this week, Chiefs)
Reds at Home (next week, Blues)
Brumbies at home (next week, Canes)
Brumbies at home (June 11, Landers)None of this is to not say that the Rebels or Tahs couldn't trip up someone at home (like the fucking Chiefs) or that the Force couldn't steal one away, but, of those games, which look most likely?
I'd say next week Brumbies/Canes and this week Reds/Chiefs (Saders did the Chiefs no favors last week) look the most likely.
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@gt12 i'm pretty much expecting the Chiefs to go down this weekend
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
@gt12 i'm pretty much expecting the Chiefs to go down this weekend
You're going to the game, right?
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@gt12 said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
Well, the Crusaders will go unbeaten, so of the remaining games which wouldn't be considered huge upsets if the Oz team won, which looks hardest?
Reds at Home (this week, Chiefs)
Reds at Home (next week, Blues)
Brumbies at home (next week, Canes)
Brumbies at home (June 11, Landers)None of this is to not say that the Rebels or Tahs couldn't trip up someone at home (like the fucking Chiefs) or that the Force couldn't steal one away, but, of those games, which look most likely?
I'd say next week Brumbies/Canes and this week Reds/Chiefs (Saders did the Chiefs no favors last week) look the most likely.
Chiefs look the most in danger IMO. The travel schedule and injuries will catch them eventually even if just to deny them a BP against a team that everyone else has picked off easily.
The Reds game this week also looks like a banana skin. Back across the Ta$man again and this time up to Townsville. -
@gt12 said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
@gt12 i'm pretty much expecting the Chiefs to go down this weekend
You're going to the game, right?
yep, looking forward to seeing the stadium.
Warriors friday, Chief saturday
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
@gt12 said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
@gt12 i'm pretty much expecting the Chiefs to go down this weekend
You're going to the game, right?
yep, looking forward to seeing the stadium.
Warriors friday, Chief saturday
We're fucked then. But, I hope you have a good weekend, that sounds like a lot of fun with the kids.
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
@gt12 said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:
@gt12 i'm pretty much expecting the Chiefs to go down this weekend
You're going to the game, right?
yep, looking forward to seeing the stadium.
Warriors friday, Chief saturday
At least you get those idiot Warriors out of the way on the Friday, and as long as @gt12 is talking up the opposition on Saturday it should be an easy win to the Chiefs.
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People talk about the Saffa sides, but where are the Jaguares in all this?
They had a team last year, and with only one team, they cant play with themselves like everyone else....
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@taniwharugby Yeah, all they have now is the Jaguares XV squad (based in Buenos Aires) that plays in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby, where they have replaced the Ceibos (based in Cordoba). It's basically the Jaguares, minus the player exodus to Europe, MLR and Aussie SR sides. Pre-Covid, the Jaguares XV were the development team of the Jaguares that was scheduled to take part in the Currie Cup, but Covid ruined that, too. I suspect that only a few of the old Jaguares team are still there. Youngsters, and maybe a few older players who've returned from Europe. I understand that - maybe next year - the Ceibos will join the SLAR again and Argentina will have two teams in that competition.
There has also been talk of relocating the Jaguares to Spain and joining the PRO 14, but I haven't heard much about that recently.
I miss the Jaguares. I loved how they reached the SR Final in 2019. They added something different; another style of rugby and a lot of passion. The time difference was convenient enough, with games at decent times on Sunday morning for away games. Just the travel. I'd love to have them back.
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@stargazer yea they were good value and despite the time zone, worth persevering with, and in the current climate even better if they had another team, bring more to the comp than the 'PI' team will IMO
