Super Rugby News
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@Bovidae said in Super Rugby News:
Chiefs halfback Finlay Christie has been suspended for three weeks for stamping on an opponent in their 16-7 win over the Western Force in Perth on Saturday.
6 weeks halved for good behaviour and relative innocuous action?
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@Billy-Tell said in Super Rugby News:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
Blues or Chiefs. Surely this is a no-brainer. He will be a guaranteed starter for the Blues.
I'd be happy to have him, seems a decent ten.
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@Bovidae said in Super Rugby News:
Chiefs halfback Finlay Christie has been suspended for three weeks for stamping on an opponent in their 16-7 win over the Western Force in Perth on Saturday.
Dumb ginga.
Thankfully, two of those games are against the Sunwolves and Reds. Then again, we probably shouldn't take them that lightly given the Chiefs ability to play down at their opponents level over the last month or so.
Fingers crossed TKB makes a quick recovery.
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@Unco guess the issue is, who is next cab off the rank, cos he was your WTG or Dev 9 wasn't he?
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As the article says Logan Crowley (Taranaki) and Luke Campbell (BOP) are the current Chiefs Dev halfbacks.
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@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby News:
@Unco guess the issue is, who is next cab off the rank, cos he was your WTG or Dev 9 wasn't he?
Yip. They already called up Counties' Taumateine when Weber went down, so he's the next cab. No clue who'll be on the bench if TKB isn't fit though, probably one of the dev team halfbacks. Or hell, maybe Rennie will give a nod to Hansen and select DMac as halfback cover.
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Perofeta returning to club rugby this weekend.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11844092
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9 rounds in and all of the NZ teams have played 8 games
1 Crusaders 36
2 Hurricanes 33
3 Chiefs 33
4 Highlanders 23
5 Blues 17Left to play before Lions Tour
Crusaders - Cheetahs (A), Bulls (A), Hurricanes, Chiefs (A), Rebels (A), Highlanders
Hurricanes - BYE, Stormers, Crusaders (A), Cheetahs, Bulls (A), Force (A), Chiefs
Chiefs - Sunwolves, Reds, BYE, Crusaders, Blues (A), Tahs, Hurricanes (A)
Highlanders - Stomers, Cheetahs (A), Bulls (A), Force (A), Tahs, Crusaders (A)
Blues - Brumbies (A), Tahs (A), Cheetahs, Stormers (A), Chiefs, RedsSome key things to watch.
- Crusaders return from trip to SA to face Canes (although at home)
- Chiefs have easy run for 3 weeks before facing Crusaders in a home game while Saders will have done a SA tour followed by Canes in the lead up
- Blues could get a roll on in the next three rounds but have an awful draw. Two Oz games in succession (mini tour or flying back and forth?), a home game followed by a one game trip to SA followed by the Chiefs on return.
- If the Canes beat the Crusaders they will likely get a very good run of points from this batch of games
- Highlanders could potentially get a roll on even with their trip to SA although they return home to face the Saders in ChCh.
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
@Crucial I think you have to factor in that the Chiefs v Crusaders game is hardly a home game for the Chiefs either, as this game is played in Fiji. Also, the Blues game v Reds is played in Apia.
Yes, good point. The Crusaders will go SA, SA, Home v Hurricanes, Fiji, Melbourne.
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@Stargazer looks more like a WWE move than a tip tackle!
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks) suspended for 6 weeks for a dangerous (tip) tackle. Longest suspension of the season thus far.
Well earned tbh - you can't go suplexing people on the field. That could easily result in a broken neck.
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby News:
@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks) suspended for 6 weeks for a dangerous (tip) tackle. Longest suspension of the season thus far.
Well earned tbh - you can't go suplexing people on the field. That could easily result in a broken neck.
Was it Tialata a few years back that did a similar one? No head hitting ground but a big wrestling slam?
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks) suspended for 6 weeks for a dangerous (tip) tackle. Longest suspension of the season thus far.
Way, way back in my day. You would have tried to drive him back in goal for a 5m scrum, or towards the corner for an attacking line out.
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MAORI ALL BLACKS LOCK JOINS AS REPLACEMENT
26 APR 2017
Taranaki and Maori All Blacks lock Leighton Price has joined the Blues for the rest of the Investec Super Rugby competition.
The 1.98m, 112kg lock is a replacement for North Harbour’s Brandon Nansen, who is out for the rest of the competition with injury.
Price has played 41 first class games for Hawkes Bay, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki, as well as a New Zealand Under-20 representative and in last year’s Maori All Blacks for their northern tour.
He may be pressed into action immediately dependant on the severity of injuries to current Blues second rowers, Jimmy Tupou, Patrick Tuipulotu and Josh Goodhue.
Two other young players have assembled with the club as short term injury replacements.
North Harbour’s Hapakuki Moala Liava’a, a former New Zealand Schools and New Zealand Under-20 representative, returns to cover at loose forward, after completing the pre-season training with the Blues.
Auckland outside back Pisi Leilua, a Samoa Under-20 and Auckland Sevens player from the Suburbs club, is also a short-term injury replacement after impressing with the Blues A team.
