Super Rugby 2022
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Fourth Moana Pasifika game at risk as Covid hits Highlanders
Highlanders high performance manager Greg O'Brien confirmed to 1News on Monday the southern franchise has cases in the team.
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Super Rugby continues to be marred by Covid-19 outbreaks with 1News able to reveal cases have been confirmed in the Highlanders squad.
Highlanders high performance manager Greg O'Brien confirmed on Monday the southern franchise has cases in the team but would not disclose the exact figure.The Highlanders are scheduled to host Moana Pasifika this Friday in Dunedin. O'Brien told 1News as of Monday they are "confident" they will be able to field a side for the match.
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@stargazer fair play for switching the schedules. Wouldn't be fair giving the Hurricanes only two days to prepare.
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I haven't watched the non-Blues games that closely but it seems like there is more counter rucking turnovers this year? Forwards staying on their feet and actually pushing past the ball
Defence putting more numbers in? Or attacking sides not protecting the ball as well?
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this kind of thing has to be a good sign, a close loss and showing some real gusto
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@kiwiwomble They have improved very quickly.
Now they need to move on from Baden Kerr. Watching him is actually sad at this point.
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should have just moved the whole comp to Australia
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@mariner4life Should have stayed in bubbles in Qtown.
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mmmm, play on a club park in front of zero people?
Or play in stadiums in front of kiwis absolutely feral for any taste of home having been locked out of the country for 2 years
oh yeah, and you get to actually play games.
real sophies choice moment that one
wait, that's without the benefit of playing the comp the way it was intended
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@bovidae said in Super Rugby 2022:
A 5 pm Friday night KO in Aust might be like playing in front of zero people anyway.
ah, we are hosting, you'll pay at our broadcast times thanks
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2022:
@bovidae said in Super Rugby 2022:
A 5 pm Friday night KO in Aust might be like playing in front of zero people anyway.
ah, we are hosting, you'll pay at our broadcast times thanks
So play two games at the same time and we each watch what we want?
The schedules are set so games from Aust follow games from NZ on a Friday and Saturday.
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@bovidae said in Super Rugby 2022:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2022:
@bovidae said in Super Rugby 2022:
A 5 pm Friday night KO in Aust might be like playing in front of zero people anyway.
ah, we are hosting, you'll pay at our broadcast times thanks
So play two games at the same time and we each watch what we want?
The schedules are set so games from Aust follow games from NZ on a Friday and Saturday.
i believe currently the schedule is set so you can watch nothing because absolute everyone has covid
we have enough timezones in Aus to make it work
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@kiwimurph said in Super Rugby 2022:
@kiwiwomble They have improved very quickly.
Now they need to move on from Baden Kerr. Watching him is actually sad at this point.
They were scraping the barrel signing him. I honestly thought he was going to retire or play NPC only as he was setting himself up in Real Estate in the Pukekohe region, next minute I read he is off to OZ . Not a fullback either.
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@mariner4life covid and Fozzie, the perfect storm for NZ Rugby's drop to mediocrity.
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@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby 2022:
@mariner4life covid and Fozzie, the perfect storm for NZ Rugby's drop to mediocrity.
Covid gives Foster the excuse matrix ready to deploy
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@machpants You guys have the balance of a Rugby Pass article. Nothing to do with over 400 kiwis playing pro rugby overseas, earning more than they would here.... Might have some influence on the declining quality of super rugby.
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@arhs There might be that many playing up north but the number who are actually starters or even in the match day 23s are surprisingly low in the Gallagher Premiership, United Championship and Top 14. There are probably plenty playing professionally in places like Spain, Portugal, Sri Lanka and even Russia but those guys would not go within cooee of Super Rugby. Even those playing the The States are mostly NPC standard with a bit of a mix of both in Japan. You can discount those in Romania as, sadly, they did not get paid so technically are not professionals.
Incidentally here is an article showing where you might earn a bit of coin playing rugby in the world. This excludes one particular club in Wellington that is whispered to have a fairly large inducement involved when playing for it!
Every country in the world where you can be paid to play rugby
There are plenty of countries where the game is growing, with professional competitions in all four corners of the world.
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