Super Rugby 2024
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@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Tim the Rebels are now ahead of the Chiefs now on the table. Holy heck.
Crazy, this is their last season too. Can't be much argument this session that Ozzie deserve 5 teams with saders and Landers cellar dwellers with force
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@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Tim the Rebels are now ahead of the Chiefs now on the table. Holy heck.
Sometimes adversity galvanises - perhaps the Highlanders should be placed into administration and we can hope for vast improvement?
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Go Moana haha. Coming 11th is a success for us.
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The run home:
Hurricanes
Drua (A), Brumbies (A), Waratahs (H), Blues (A), MP (H), Chiefs (A), Highlanders (H)
Blues
Brumbies (H), Reds (A), Rebels (A), Hurricanes (H), Highlanders (H), Crusaders (A), Chiefs (H)
Brumbies
Blues (A), Hurricanes (H), Drua (H), Waratahs (A), Crusaders (H), Rebels (H), Force (A)
Rebels
Bye, Crusaders (A), Blues (H), Reds (A), Chiefs (H), Brumbies (A), Drua (A)
Chiefs
Bye, Waratahs (A), Force (H), MP (A), Rebels (A), Hurricanes (H), Blues (A)
Reds
Highlanders (H), Blues (H), Crusaders (A), Rebels (H), Drua (A), Force (H), Waratahs (A)
Drua
Hurricanes (H), MP (H), Brumbies (A), Force (A), Reds (H), Highlanders (A), Rebels (H)
Moana Pasifika
Bye, Drua (A), Highlanders (H), Chiefs (H), Hurricanes (A), Waratahs (H), Crusaders (A)
Waratahs
Bye, Chiefs (H), Hurricanes (A), Brumbies (H), Force (A), MP (A), Reds (H)
Highlanders
Reds (A), Force (H), MP (A), Crusaders (H), Blues (A), Drua (H), Hurricanes (A)
Crusaders
Force (A), Rebels (H), Reds (H), Highlanders (A), Brumbies (A), Blues (H), MP (H)
Force
Crusaders (H), Highlaners (A), Chiefs (A), Drua (H), Waratahs (H), Reds (A), Brumbies (H)
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Teams will need five or six wins to make the playoffs, so it's going to be a tight fit at the bottom.
Brumbies will get a hiding next week (low tackle percentage), but might have the easiest run home.
The Rebels (five wins, four bonus points) are in some danger of dropping out with their tough run home. Their most winnable games might all be away fixtures: Crusaders, Reds, Brumbies, Drua. They may only need one more bonus point to clinch a playoff spot though.
The Chiefs have four very winnable games left, and will probably get a home quarter final.
The Reds (three wins, five bonus points) will target the Highlanders (H), Crusaders (A), Rebels (H), Force (H), and Waratahs (A), and should just squeak home.
That leaves two more places in the playoffs.
The Drua (three wins) only have one bonus point, so will need three wins. MP, Reds, and Rebels are all at home.
MP have the same wins and BPs, but one less game remaining. They have a tough run home and may well dip out.
The Tahs have two wins and four bonus points. They will target these four games: Brumbies (H), Force (A), MP (A), Reds (H). Three from four plus a bonus point or two is a tough ask. Probably miss out.
The Highlanders have two wins and three bonus points. Five of their games are winnable: Reds (A), Force (H), MP (A), Crusaders (H), Drua (H). Probably win three. Real danger of missing out. Crusaders game is huge for their season.
Crusaders: one (1) win, three bonus points. Remaining games: Force (A), Rebels (H), Reds (H), Highlanders (A), Brumbies (A), Blues (H), MP (H). If they can beat the Force (A), Rebels (H), Reds (H), and MP (H) then they have a chance. Hasn't happened this year though.
Force: isn't happening.
Predictions?
Hurricanes
Blues
Brumbies
Chiefs
Reds
Rebels
Drua
HighlandersSix wins could well be the dividing line.
Hurricanes vs. Blues final. Defence wins big matches.
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Imagine destroying the second best team in NZ, and the biggest and most passionate rivalry in NZ rugby, just so you could maintain the shittiest team in one of NZ's absolute shit towns that only had 100 thousand people on a good day. Fuck NZR, and get rid of the Highlanders as soon as possible. Disgusting.
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@Tim said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Tim said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Duluth Given the Chiefs' poor away form so far, that must be a concern for them.
Chiefs have lost all their away games so far.
And last year the Chiefs were undefeated away from home.
I think it's more about winning the games that count, as the Blues and Chiefs fans know.
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Highlanders and Blues tasks of beating the Reds away just got a bit easier -
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Given the table, should NZR be questioning the wisdom of having a SR franchise in the South Island?
