Super Rugby News
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Sonny Bill Williams has been cleared of concussion and is travelling with the Blues to South Africa.
Blues coach Tana Umaga had said he expected the inside centre to be fit to play the Stormers in Cape Town next Friday.
He is joined by Matt Duffie, spelled from last night's game, and a mandatory third hooker, Joe Royal.
Two players from last night's win are out of the touring party because of injuries received in the match against the Cheetahs.
Prop Pauliasi Manu left the field early with a calf injury while Ihaia West injured his ankle when he came on as a substitute for Piers Francis who had received an injury in the first half.
Manu has been replaced by Sione Mafileo, with Bryn Gatland re-joining the Blues as a replacement for West.
Gatland played three games for the Blues as a replacement, but exited the squad on Thursday before the late call to travel to South Africa. Francis was considered fit enough to travel with the touring party.
Blues squad: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Charlie Faumuina, Sione Mafileo, Alex Hodgman; James Parsons, Hame Faiva, Joe Royal; Patrick Tuipulotu, Scott Scrafton, Gerard Cowley-Tuioti; Steven Luatua, Blake Gibson, Akira Ioane; Kara Pryor; Augustine Pulu, Sam Nock; Piers Francis, Bryn Gatland; TJ Faiane, Sonny-Bill Williams, George Moala, Matt Duffie, Rieko Ioane, Melani Nanai, Michael Collins.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11855372
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While Todd will, no doubt, undergo concussion protocols this week to determine his availability for coming games, Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has confirmed Barrett may also be out for "a couple of weeks", after tweaking his knee and ankle in the 20-12 victory.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11855856
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Anton Lienert-Brown has re-signed with NZR and the Chiefs until 2020 and Nathan Harris on to 2019.
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interestingly, from the table I posted above, the Brumbies have the 3rd worst attack (less than half the points the Crusaders or Hurricanes have scored) ahead of only Rebels and Force, yet are 3rd = on defence with Crusaders
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@taniwharugby And the Tahs have the 5th worst defence in terms of points conceded.
Meanwhile Larkham is the Wallaby attack coach and Tahs defence coach Nathan Grey is the Wallaby defence coach.......
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@taniwharugby Brumbies have 6 BPs for losing by less than 7 pts.
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@taniwharugby Crusaders have played a game more than the Brumbies though (and the Chiefs and Canes for that matter).
On a PPG basis Crusaders are fractionally ahead of the Chiefs.
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@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby News:
interestingly, from the table I posted above, the Brumbies have the 3rd worst attack (less than half the points the Crusaders or Hurricanes have scored) ahead of only Rebels and Force, yet are 3rd = on defence with Crusaders
I'm hoping the Reds find a way to get into the top spot in the OZ conference. Not that they've had better results, but I can't stand watching the Brumbies play. The Reds at least have some quality that if they do throw caution to the wind, it's better viewing.
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The other positive if the Reds make it is that the game will be in Brisvegas. It's more than likely the game will be against a NZ team, so the atmosphere would be pretty good rather than the dour-ness of Canberra stadium and crowd.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Super Rugby News:
The other positive if the Reds make it is that the game will be in Brisvegas. It's more than likely the game will be against a NZ team, so the atmosphere would be pretty good rather than the dour-ness of Canberra stadium and crowd.
Travel factor is easier as well. Trouble with Canberra is that you either have to do a pain in the ass connecting flight that usually involves sitting around at the airport or the long bus ride down the Hume.
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@Crucial You can fly direct to/ from Wellington.
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby News:
@Crucial You can fly direct to/ from Wellington.
Well that helps the Canes but that's about it.
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INJURY UPDATE: Chris Boyd gives the latest on Dane Coles and Nehe Milner-Skudder
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@JayCee said in Super Rugby News:
Sounds promising, although strange that there no mention of Coles' concussion issues
I guess when he talks "protocols" he talking about concussion but yeah he doesn't say that explicitly.
But it sounds like he's training with intensity and not suffering concussion symptoms so it's really good news.Would be great to have them both back for a couple of games, probably for the Force and Chiefs games.
