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That means working on recruitment even while this campaign is in full cry. The Hurricanes host the Ioane brothers' Blues team at Westpac Stadium on Saturday, having apparently sounded them out about a shift. "We're not chasing Akira now because we believe he's staying with the Blues," said Plumtree. "**He was made available to every franchise in the country a little while ago** and I'm sure there were a lot of clubs interested in Akira, like we were, but we believe he's staying at the Blues." **Like his brother?** "**I would say he'll be staying at the Blues too**." -
@tim Sooooooooo expect to see them both playing for different franchises then
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@shadowtrooper said in Super Rugby News:
@tim Sooooooooo expect to see them both playing for different franchises then
What?
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@stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
Geez, that's old news. Under which rock have the Stuff editors been hiding?
Maybe they got information that it was a season ending injury, but assumed the season in question was just the French Barbarians season.
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@shadowtrooper said in Super Rugby News:
@tim Sooooooooo expect to see them both playing for different franchises then
Yeah i wouldn't underestimate the Blues ability to fuck it up from here and result in them going elsewhere.
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@pukunui said in Super Rugby News:
@shadowtrooper said in Super Rugby News:
@tim Sooooooooo expect to see them both playing for different franchises then
Yeah i wouldn't underestimate the Blues ability to fuck it up from here and result in them going elsewhere.
Chiefs, Chiefs, Chiefs!!!
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I see Kerevi is out for the rest of the year. Not such a big deal for the Reds as they should be focussed on next year anyway, but the Wobs don't have a lot of depth. Cheika will have to plaster over the hole just as he seemed to finally have worked out a settled backline.
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@crucial said in Super Rugby News:
I see Kerevi is out for the rest of the year. Not such a big deal for the Reds as they should be focussed on next year anyway, but the Wobs don't have a lot of depth. Cheika will have to plaster over the hole just as he seemed to finally have worked out a settled backline.
I rate kuridrani as a better all round player anyway
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From the comments here: https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/07/03/run-home-part-2-equations/
Some interesting stats:
To give you an idea of what the table would look like facing kiwi teams twice, a look at the points gained within the conference and out of the conference gives some sort of indication. Below is the break down of win/draw/lose and total points so far this year. You can see how many points the Tahs and Rebels got within their own conference, and how they may struggle vs the other conferences. Tahs have shown some good form of late though.Within Conference
Waratahs 6-0-0 26
Rebels 5-0-2 25
Lions 5-0-2 24
Jaguares 4-0-2 18
Highlanders 4-0-3 18
Crusaders 4-0-2 17
Hurricanes 4-0-2 17
Chiefs 4-0-3 16
Brumbies 3-0-4 16
Bulls 3-0-3 13
Sharks 2-0-4 10
Stormers 2-0-5 10
Sunwolves 1-0-5 5
Reds 1-0-5 4
Blues 0-0-6 3Outer conference
Crusaders 8-0-0 37
Hurricanes 6-0-2 28
Chiefs 5-0-2 25
Highlanders 5-0-2 22
Sharks 4-1-3 22
Jaguares 5-0-3 20
Blues 4-0-4 19
Lions 3-0-5 17
Stormers 3-0-5 15
Reds 3-0-5 15
Brumbies 3-0-4 13
Waratahs 2-1-5 13
Bulls 2-0-6 12
Rebels 2-0-5 10
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@allblacksfan72 said in Super Rugby News:
@crucial said in Super Rugby News:
I see Kerevi is out for the rest of the year. Not such a big deal for the Reds as they should be focussed on next year anyway, but the Wobs don't have a lot of depth. Cheika will have to plaster over the hole just as he seemed to finally have worked out a settled backline.
I rate kuridrani as a better all round player anyway
Kuridrani often rivals Shields in the mammary hands rating.
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The Reds are planning to give Brad Thorn a 10 year contract.
Is there a rugby administrator in this country that isn't a complete retard?
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If we were to use the current qualified teams but change the finals format so that season points earned created ranking (ie without the conference topping teams getting a boost) the playoffs would look like this
Crusaders v Rebels
Hurricanes v Jags
Chiefs v Tahs
Lions v Highlandersand if wins went to ranking the semis would be
Crusaders v Lions/Highlanders
Canes v ChiefsKind of obvious that the whole comp is designed to stop one country dominating
It seems the only reason that this system isn't used is the promise of a home quarterfinal in each of SA, Oz and NZ for TV reasons
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@machpants said in Super Rugby News:
I'm not sure how much the format is helping NZ at the same time. You get better playing good teams, and NZ derbies are intense. So the competition and quality keeps going up in NZ, but staying mediocre in the other conferences. It's a theory anyway
A fair bit of truth in that. If you don't get a good setup going in NZ and keep looking to improve you will struggle overall irrespective of how well you do in cross conference games (just ask the Blues). The incentive is strong.
Compare that with some of the other teams that have managed to sleepwalk much of the comp yet still look to amp up only for the finals.
