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@Yeetyaah definitely season ending in terms of Super Rugby me thinks..?
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@Steven-Harris no worries really. Highlanders aren't doing anything at the back end of the comp anyway, so BFA has other things to worry about
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@mariner4life plenty of accounts to catch up on.
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So if Smith doesn't recover in time for the RC the AB's are down to J Barrett at 15. Havili'i next in line? B Barrett with Mo'unga at 10?
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@Chris said in Super Rugby News:
Is there any blanket ban on putting any articles up on the fern Of that utter fucking idiot Stephen Jones ?????
Just derision.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Super Rugby News:
So if Smith doesn't recover in time for the RC the AB's are down to J Barrett at 15. Havili'i next in line? B Barrett with Mo'unga at 10?
Yes, and Bridge plays fullback as well.
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@Crazy-Horse I wouldn't mind 10. Mo'unga 14. J Barrett 15. B Barrett
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
8 weeks, mid July shouldn't be too much of a problem. A nice rest before one last hurrah in black might be just the tonic!
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@Siam hopefully, but the high hamstring strain can be a bugger to get right.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Super Rugby News:
@Siam hopefully, but the high hamstring strain can be a bugger to get right.
especially as he turns 33 next month.
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
@Crazy-Horse said in Super Rugby News:
@Siam hopefully, but the high hamstring strain can be a bugger to get right.
especially as he turns 33 next month.
that's why it's 8 weeks, and not a dozen beer and a day on the couch
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
Probably brings an end to the Super Rugby career of one of the best players in the tournament's history.
Hopefully, he'll be right for the Bledisloe Cup and the major RWC games but high hamstrings strains have a nasty habit of flairing up again.
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As I have been posting the Standards of the refereeing in SR this year has been shithouse awful good to see something in the press addressing it.
[link text](link urhttps://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/opinion/112521563/super-rugby-fans-should-welcome-scrutiny-of-refs-by-all-blacks-stars-kieran-read-and-beauden-barrettl) -
Is there any chance of a Crusaders vs Hurricanes final? Such a joke of a competition when the best two teams don't even square off in the big dance. Bring on 2021.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/112653746/super-rugby-conference-system-continues-to-frustrate-hurricanes-fans -
@Canes4life Yep that's why under this format the Derby games are very important win your conference or its tough even though the Crusaders have won a few titles without finishing First in the Rounds.
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@Canes4life Don't think so, if they finish with first and second most points. Pretty sure the schedule is:
1 plays 8 (a)
4 plays 5 (b)a plays b
In other news - I reckon the play-off cut is going to be 38 or 39 points.
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The question I'm pondering (if the round robin ended today) and if the following quarter finals occured based on the fixtures below- is who would play the Crusaders in the Semi final (if the Brumbies and Sharks both lose their Quarters) and who would host the other Semi? I'm pretty sure if it's still the same logic from last year then the Crusaders would host the Hurricanes in Semi final 1 and the Bulls would host the Rebels in Semi final 2. Can someone clear this up?
For example
Quarters- Crusaders vs 8. Jaguares
- Brumbies vs 7. Bulls
- Sharks vs 6. Rebels
- Hurricanes vs 5. Highlanders
Semis:
- Crusaders vs Hurricanes
- Bulls vs Rebels
In other words the winner of Quarter 1 will always play the winner of Quarter 4, which if true is bullshit in my eyes. From this example it wouldn't be fair for the Bulls to host a Semi when they finished below the Canes during the round robin- but I'm pretty sure that's how it will roll.
