Super Rugby 2026
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@booboo said in Super Rugby 2026:
@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby 2026:
@canefan its going back a couple of years, but when the Drua played here in Whangarei, the Drua fans were great, signing, dancing, was a great atmosphere, but NZ grounds seem to prefer to play shitty music and kept playing it over the top of the crowd creating that faux ambience.
This needs to be emphasised and repeated.
Not just NZ and not just rugby. Classic examples at Suncorp in recent years (won't bore with specifics).
And ‘we are Red, we are Red’
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@Unite said in Super Rugby 2026:
@booboo said in Super Rugby 2026:
@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby 2026:
@canefan its going back a couple of years, but when the Drua played here in Whangarei, the Drua fans were great, signing, dancing, was a great atmosphere, but NZ grounds seem to prefer to play shitty music and kept playing it over the top of the crowd creating that faux ambience.
This needs to be emphasised and repeated.
Not just NZ and not just rugby. Classic examples at Suncorp in recent years (won't bore with specifics).
And ‘we are Red, we are Red’
Hated that, but the kids around us really bought into it. And at least it involves the crowd.
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last time i went to a Reds game at Suncorp the crowd was so shit they were piping crowd noise over the PA when ever the Reds got in the 22. Hilarious.
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2026:
last time i went to a Reds game at Suncorp the crowd was so shit they were piping crowd noise over the PA when ever the Reds got in the 22. Hilarious.
They did that a few times when I there too mariner, even with average crowds. I wondered if they thought their supporters were so dumb they needed coaching on cheering.
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@Dan54 said in Super Rugby 2026:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2026:
last time i went to a Reds game at Suncorp the crowd was so shit they were piping crowd noise over the PA when ever the Reds got in the 22. Hilarious.
They did that a few times when I there too mariner, even with average crowds. I wondered if they thought their supporters were so dumb they needed coaching on cheering.
they were too busy blaming the ref to cheer
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2026:
@Dan54 said in Super Rugby 2026:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2026:
last time i went to a Reds game at Suncorp the crowd was so shit they were piping crowd noise over the PA when ever the Reds got in the 22. Hilarious.
They did that a few times when I there too mariner, even with average crowds. I wondered if they thought their supporters were so dumb they needed coaching on cheering.
they were too busy blaming the ref to cheer
Of course mate what was I thinking?
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@Duluth said in Super Rugby 2026:
@Tim said in Super Rugby 2026:
@Bovidae said in Super Rugby 2026:
Feb 6: Blues vs Crusaders – Takapuna Rugby Club, Onewa Domain, Auckland
Might be a fun afternoon on the Shore.
Good excuse for a TSF catch up
Sure, live rugby? Whats that again?
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@Nepia said in Super Rugby 2026:
I can't remember which one but I think it had a spectacular end but was average throughout.
For any union guys who haven't partaked for a while; league has really picked up over the last few seasons;
Even some of my leaguie acquaintances say that.
League is constantly tinker with the rules.
Their ball in-play is up to 56 minutes per game (union is still in the 30's).
Noticed last season the refs were working on getting the play the ball done in less than two seconds.
And the average is now under two seconds.
The players are definitely in energy conservation mode at the start of games, you really notice that when you are actually at a game, not so much on TV.
And getting the spectacular game ending almost looks like it's considered part of the object of any rule changes.
Almost like an NBA (and NFL) game; where the game doesn't really start until half-way thru the 4th quarter.I compare NRL with all union, not just SR/NPC.
SR/NPC is the only brand of union I watch at present.
But SR/NPC is a bit different to the rest of the union game; possibly to the detriment of the NZ national team.
LOL during one of the Aus/NZ tests this year when the ref had to remind the players that they were now playing "international" rules, not "super" rules.I think as entertainment spectacles both codes are heading in the same direction, league just going a bit quicker.
Comments i've read from WR union honchos are that there will be more rule tinkerings this year.
Probably some "super" type rules being brought into the international game.
All these types of rule tinkerings going forward will work in NZ rugbys favour.
So the more tinkering the better.Never played league; keen observer of both, a both sideser.
Constantly comparing both codes, and the way each is evolving.
Often amused when one code makes a change; which has already been done in the other; and found not to have the intended result.
Should be more keen observers of both, save themselves a waste of time.And as a keen observer of both . . . a great game of union is still better than a great game of league.
And if both codes maximise their "rules potential" union will eventually provide a consistently superior "spectacle."
