Did the new Dunedin stadium make the Highlanders/Otago soft?
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I read this thread because I am trying to avoid studying for an exam, but I have to say that as a debate I thought that it ended here:
@SouthernMann said in Did the new Dunedin stadium make the Highlanders/Otago soft?:
No.
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@frugby said in Did the new Dunedin stadium make the Highlanders/Otago soft?:
My overriding memory of Carisbrook is us losing the last two Highlanders games there to the Lions (14th) and the Force (12th) in front of absolutely nobody.
mine will always be the 1999 super rugby final...mates camped out the night before for the terrace...rest of us rocked up in the morning and were only 10-20 behind them...amazing day, even with the result
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@SouthernMann said in Did the new Dunedin stadium make the Highlanders/Otago soft?:
Also Forsyth Barr is not warm. It may not be wet. But the stadium is not warm. If it is 4c outside during an evening game. It is 4c inside the stadium. Only time it can be is when the team plays afternoon games and it gets the glasshouse effect. Not many of those though.
Still air - and humans pump out about 100W each. 10,000 people = 1MW of heating. It must be warmer inside than out.
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I think there's a point in there from @brodean somewhere. It's not so much about the players going soft, but playing in the freezing cold can be very difficult and Highlanders teams in the past had a lot of experience doing so, which made it tougher for visiting teams not as used to the conditions. You see it with the Crusaders as well, I'm pretty sure the Blues would rather not play them in the frost tonight.
Visiting teams would be happier about playing under a roof, particularly the north island teams that like to chance their arm a bit more. That said, there's so many variables involved that it's impossible to tell if the roof has made it easier for visiting teams or not. And as a fan I'd MUCH rather a stadium with a roof in that climate.
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@No-Quarter said in Did the new Dunedin stadium make the Highlanders/Otago soft?:
I think there's a point in there from @brodean somewhere. It's not so much about the players going soft, but playing in the freezing cold can be very difficult and Highlanders teams in the past had a lot of experience doing so, which made it tougher for visiting teams not as used to the conditions. You see it with the Crusaders as well, I'm pretty sure the Blues would rather not play them in the frost tonight.
havent we already established this is unsubstantiated looking at the results...people use to come to the brook and win more often than not
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@Kiwiwomble yeah but at least the highlanders were hard when they lost.
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@nzzp said in Did the new Dunedin stadium make the Highlanders/Otago soft?:
@SouthernMann said in Did the new Dunedin stadium make the Highlanders/Otago soft?:
Also Forsyth Barr is not warm. It may not be wet. But the stadium is not warm. If it is 4c outside during an evening game. It is 4c inside the stadium. Only time it can be is when the team plays afternoon games and it gets the glasshouse effect. Not many of those though.
Still air - and humans pump out about 100W each. 10,000 people = 1MW of heating. It must be warmer inside than out.
Certainly in the stands. Not at ground level with massive gaps at the corners for the nice southerly to blow through.
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@canefan said in Did the new Dunedin stadium make the Highlanders/Otago soft?:
@mariner4life said in Did the new Dunedin stadium make the Highlanders/Otago soft?:
i for one would like to congratulate brodean for the new clubhouse lead for dumbest thread of the year.
He also started the pot belly line of discussion in the ABs thread too. Off to a hot start
Fat men last longer in bed than skinny men, scientists say | Pulse Ghana
Move over 6 packs, jiggle potbelly is here to stay. According to science, fat guys have better sexual stamina than skinny guys.
(It was really generous of fern posters to pose for the photo too).
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The Highlanders had some scary, hairy, half-bull props in that era and I can just imagine the flaring from their nostrils in the freezing air would have been a bit of a psychological weapon.
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@nostrildamus said in Did the new Dunedin stadium make the Highlanders/Otago soft?:
The Highlanders had some scary, hairy, half-bull props in that era and I can just imagine the flaring from their nostrils in the freezing air would have been a bit of a psychological weapon.
Sure, and when the Highlanders had electric backs staring at you with a scrum 60m out, that was a great psychological weapon too.
This whole argument is a bit like the one used about big football clubs not enjoying going away to Stoke on a Cold Tuesday night. The numbers don't back it up.
