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[Unite]

@tim

Last year was pretty bad as well I reckon.

[Chester Draws]

@nepia said in Super Rugby News:

@bones said in Super Rugby News:

Cough Rob Thompson cough.

Rob Thompson, the new Charlie Ngatai!

Jordie Barrett is the new Charlie.

According to the boosters he can play all the backline equally well. Well before he's played them however.

Both very gifted players of course. Perhaps starters. If either could last a season without breaking.

[Stargazer]

We knew Pulu got injured on Friday; not sure whether the estimated time he'll be out for, has already been posted.

Blues captain Augustine Pulu out for six weeks with foot injury

The Auckland Super Rugby franchise says today in a statement Pulu "will be side lined for a projected six weeks".

En-route to South Africa to face the Lions in Johannesburg on Sunday, the team has been delayed by 24 hours during to an engineering issue with the plane.

[Tim]

Now, he'll have company on the pine for the year with the side announcing young prop Atu Moli would miss the remainder of the campaign after undergoing surgery to repair complications on a haematoma in his quad.

The club suffered another big blow to their season during the Blues clash with fellow prop Nepo Laulala sustaining a fracture to his forearm that will require surgery to repair. As a result, he was expected to miss 8-12 weeks of action.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12006861

[Billy Tell]

I’m trying to work out how a haematoma which is basically a large clot keeps you out for a whole season.

[nzzp]

@billy-tell said in Super Rugby News:

I’m trying to work out how a haematoma which is basically a large clot keeps you out for a whole season.

Surgery and complications in the article -- but weird. Maybe a bit more than a bruise eh. Any doctors around who could shed some light on this?

[akan004]

Losing Moli is a blow to not just the Chiefs, but also the ABs. We have so little depth at looesehad and if Hames is suffering from concussion symptoms, who knows when he will be back. Was hoping Moli would have a good Super season in 2018 and prove himself as a loosehead. Now there is only Moody and not much below him.

[Billy Tell]

Is there an up-to-date injury list somewhere? SANZAAR used to keep one until 2016 I think, but seem to have abandoned it.

[pukunui]

Does that leave Ofa as the only fit AB prop ?

[Billy Tell]

@rocky-rockbottom said in Super Rugby News:

@billy-tell said in Super Rugby News:

I’m trying to work out how a haematoma which is basically a large clot keeps you out for a whole season.

one kid on our team got one. huge bruise on his leg Sat afternoon, by Sunday night he was in hospital almost dying. not sure of technical jargon but in laymens terms blood starts flooding inside shit. soemthing involving gangrenous shit too. wouldnt be surprised if Moli has had some shit carved out of his leg

Ok well that sounds like crap...

[Bovidae]

So the Chiefs are now missing their top 4 props. If Kautai isn”t fit for the Bulls game then Ta”avao will be the starting TH prop. So fuck!

[Crucial]

Who has those injury lists? FFS between the Blues, Chiefs and Crusaders alone you could make a winning franchise called The Invalids

[booboo]

@tim said in Super Rugby News:

Now, he'll have company on the pine for the year with the side announcing young prop Atu Moli would miss the remainder of the campaign after undergoing surgery to repair complications on a haematoma in his quad.

The club suffered another big blow to their season during the Blues clash with fellow prop Nepo Laulala sustaining a fracture to his forearm that will require surgery to repair. As a result, he was expected to miss 8-12 weeks of action.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12006861

Fark.

[Stargazer]

Injury update Chiefs (from their instagram):

Thanks to our Whanau for all your concern regarding our player injuries. Here’s an update on where they're at. The players really appreciate your kind thoughts and words of encouragement, please leave your messages of support for them below Chiefs fans! 
Shaun Stevenson – injured his knee in the warm-up and will be assessed this week
Nepo Laulala – fractured forearm requiring surgery and is expected to be out for 8-12 weeks
Brodie Retallick – withdrew from Friday’s match after getting a poke in the eye at training. He has completely recovered and will be available for selection next week
Atunaisa Moli – had complications from a quad hematoma which required surgery. Atu has been ruled out for the season. 
Tim Nanai-Williams – had surgery on Friday to stabilise his shoulder. Tim has been ruled out for the season. 
We wish you all a quick and speedy recovery. Kia Kaha boys.

And yes, that was all they wrote. Nothing about the other injured players.

[Stargazer]

This is quite a funny photo (from Jordie Barrett's instagram). Also 2x 2 brothers:

[mariner4life]

penalty, off his feet at the ruck.

[taniwharugby]

@mariner4life doesn't the ball have to be there for it to be a ruck?

[mariner4life]

so you think he only fell down and bound on after the ball left? just for a bit of a rest? how cute.

Penalty!

(this is my pet hate in the game, the allowance of both sides at the ruck to get that low leads to most of the shit at the breakdown we all hate)

[KiwiMurph]

The 23-man Western Force squad, to be released today in Perth by WA mining billionaire Andrew Forrest and former Wallabies captain Michael Lynagh, is expected to play matches against Crusaders and Brumbies during the June Test window as well as matches against the three Pacific island nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga before the NRC begins in September.

[antipodean]

@kiwimurph Why? Where's their own competition that was all the talk? I guess the difference is paying professional footballers can't be a charitable donation...