Super Rugby 2022
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@tim without DMac that is a big call. I think with the Chiefs it will be a case of keeping their big guns fresh and healthy because I don't think they have the same depth as the likes of the Crusaders.
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@canes4life said in Super Rugby 2022:
@tim without DMac that is a big call. I think with the Chiefs it will be a case of keeping their big guns fresh and healthy because I don't think they have the same depth as the likes of the Crusaders.
Yeah, totally agree. They based so much of their attack off DMac last year, and he was a wizard. Depth has always been their biggest issue, and although they've improved it, we've seen what a run of injuries has done in the past.
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@tim said in Super Rugby 2022:
James Parsons is picking the Chiefs as favourites for the title.
James parsons took too many shots to the head
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@tim said in Super Rugby 2022:
James Parsons is picking the Chiefs as favourites for the title.
Have to with Le Blues this year, but Chiefs squad is very strong, excellent depth (in positions 1-13) and their forward pack is littered with plenty of current and potentially great future All Blacks. Props, hookers, locks, loose-forwards, halfbacks, first-fives, & midfield backs, as good as any franchise, if not better.
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the Chiefs just don't have the innovative systems to elevate their under-talented players
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@tim said in Super Rugby 2022:
Listen to the pod!
get fucked!!
- not the Fern way
- ain't nobody got time for that
- Precis motherfucker!
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@bovidae said in Super Rugby 2022:
I assume that is the same thing shown on Sky, which I've never watched either.
lol
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@bovidae said in Super Rugby 2022:
I assume that is the same thing shown on Sky, which I've never watched either.
I don't watch it often but it's not bad.
Parsons generally has interesting points. Hall is good too but is slightly restricted by being a current player
The host keeps out of their way.
Much better info than the other shitty sky rugby shows
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It's the only rugby pod/show I consistently listen to, but traveling by train to work helps on that front.
Parson's picking is generally terrible.
However, when Hall and Parsons discuss tactics and operations it really shows how little we understand about the game, as it is played at that level.
Last year they got a bit further away from that, sadly.
I like Hall. He discusses other HBs really professionally and supportively, without even one moan about not being close to AB selection, especially as some of them were clearly playing worse than him.
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@gt12 said in Super Rugby 2022:
Parson's picking is generally terrible.
Parsons' picking isn't helped by his enthusiasm for making "big calls", which is fun though.
Interesting that both he and Hall were picking the Waratahs to improve a lot this season.
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@gt12 I've never been a fan of Parsons the player (more on his ability/size than his enthusiasm/drive where he always gave 100%) but enjoyed listening to his analysis, as you say he has some great insights that we arent always onto
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2022:
Sadly MP not playing, there'd be a good double figures of tries there!
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@tim said in Super Rugby 2022:
James Parsons is picking the Chiefs as favourites for the title.
I reckon that's a decent shout if they fan get Josh Ioane playing to his potential at 10.
Blues locks are going to be a real problem - gut says the losses of Tuipulotu & GCT are going to be felt big time
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@kiwimurph and Goodhue excellent one week, anonymous the next, plus has had plenty of injury concerns....
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