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@higgins said in Super Rugby News:
I see the Cheetahs rolled Leinster 38 - 19 in Sth Africa this morning. Either something rather untoward must have occurred or the Northern Hemisphere rugby standard is not as good as they would have us believe
In fairness to Leinster they were minus their lions contingent. O’Brien etc who as we know are serious players. But I realise that doesn’t suit the point you’re trying to make.
@billy-tell said in Super Rugby News:
@higgins said in Super Rugby News:
I see the Cheetahs rolled Leinster 38 - 19 in Sth Africa this morning. Either something rather untoward must have occurred or the Northern Hemisphere rugby standard is not as good as they would have us believe
In fairness to Leinster they were minus their lions contingent. O’Brien etc who as we know are serious players. But I realise that doesn’t suit the point you’re trying to make.
Not being confrontational but were Cheetahs lacking any Boks?
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Whilst I have little information on some of the England forwards Eddie has selected for their 3-day training camp ahead of the Autumn internationals; 1. I see they have overlooked Brad Shields anyway and 2. Piers Francis is included in the backs.
So whilst the England forwards may be somewhat of an unknown quantity, it is still same old, same old in the backs with the boringly old familiar faces still cropping up. And Piers Francis?? Well that says a lot for where England's creativity and vision are right now. And probably a lot for Eddie Jones as a coach. -
@billy-tell said in Super Rugby News:
@higgins said in Super Rugby News:
I see the Cheetahs rolled Leinster 38 - 19 in Sth Africa this morning. Either something rather untoward must have occurred or the Northern Hemisphere rugby standard is not as good as they would have us believe
In fairness to Leinster they were minus their lions contingent. O’Brien etc who as we know are serious players. But I realise that doesn’t suit the point you’re trying to make.
Not being confrontational but were Cheetahs lacking any Boks?
@booboo said in Super Rugby News:
@billy-tell said in Super Rugby News:
@higgins said in Super Rugby News:
I see the Cheetahs rolled Leinster 38 - 19 in Sth Africa this morning. Either something rather untoward must have occurred or the Northern Hemisphere rugby standard is not as good as they would have us believe
In fairness to Leinster they were minus their lions contingent. O’Brien etc who as we know are serious players. But I realise that doesn’t suit the point you’re trying to make.
Not being confrontational but were Cheetahs lacking any Boks?
Off the top off my head - Raymond Rhule. So that would probably have been worth a couple of tries to Leinster.
Without wanting to bore people Leinster team was missing
Lions - Tadgh Furlong, Robbie Henshaw, Jack McGrath, Sean O'Brien, Johnny Sexton
Irish internationals - Jamie Heaslip, Rob Kearney, Gary RingroseI'm sure Higgins is not a journalist, but lazy uninformed writing about NH rugby is the usual "go to" mode for the media in NZ. Speaking of which, I see Gregor Paul says SA is the "only" option for the 2023 RWC...sort of based on them being a historical rugby power. The best option is probably France (if you ignore them having already hosted in 2007), but the Irish would also be "good craic".
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Sorry if you are upset about my comments Billy Tell but I was staggered by the result hence the initial part of the second sentence was "either something untoward happened". Clearly in this instance it did with some eight international players missing so thank you for coming to my aid in advising the handicap Leinster were operating under. It is hard enough to keep fully informed of team lineups in the Mitre10 Cup where all teams are published on this site let alone searching to find team lineups for overseas competitions hence my ignorance of the handicap Leinster were operating under.
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Canterbury Head Coach Glen Delany is the new Highlanders defence coach. He has signed a 2-year contract.
http://thehighlanders.co.nz/news/850-glenn-delaney-to-join-highlanders-coaching-team
@stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
Canterbury Head Coach Glen Delany is the new Highlanders defence coach. He has signed a 2-year contract.
http://thehighlanders.co.nz/news/850-glenn-delaney-to-join-highlanders-coaching-team
I guess they made the decision before the Wellington game
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Sorry if you are upset about my comments Billy Tell but I was staggered by the result hence the initial part of the second sentence was "either something untoward happened". Clearly in this instance it did with some eight international players missing so thank you for coming to my aid in advising the handicap Leinster were operating under. It is hard enough to keep fully informed of team lineups in the Mitre10 Cup where all teams are published on this site let alone searching to find team lineups for overseas competitions hence my ignorance of the handicap Leinster were operating under.
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@crucial Hammett is on a 3-year contract as Assistant Coach, with still 2 more years to go. He's the forwards coach.
@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
@crucial Hammett is on a 3-year contract as Assistant Coach, with still 2 more years to go. He's the forwards coach.
Aren't they lucky
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Highlanders high performance coach Jon Preston is leaving ...
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@rapido raises their performance. To a high level.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Super Rugby News:
@rapido said in Super Rugby News:
What does a high performance coach at a franchise do?
Obviously goes to work at the teams High Performance Centre.
You should see the Blues one.
That hole is where we have buried the careers of a couple of dozen first fives. There's still plenty of space if anyone wants to send us some more...
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Richard Buckman has re-signed with the Highlanders for another year.
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The Reds have sacked Nick Stiles and their new Head Coach is ..... Brad Thorn!
http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/09/28/stiles-sacked-by-reds
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The Rebels have a new coach - David Wessels from the Force.
Good move - best Super coach in Aus.
http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/09/28/wessels-signs-on-with-rebels
@kiwimurph said in Super Rugby News:
The Rebels have a new coach - David Wessels from the Force.
Good move - best Super coach in Aus.
http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/09/28/wessels-signs-on-with-rebels
And, hopefully, he'll be able to bring the best Force players with him! The Rebels won't get dumped but infiltrated!
