European Club Rugby
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Sarries would have beaten most international sides this afternoon
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@MiketheSnow said in NH club rugby:
Sarries would have beaten most international sides this afternoon
Yeah pretty gritty. So be cool to see them against the crusaders, one game on a dry pitch, another wet. I think that would decide it!
I also agree with the comment on the breakdowns, awful free for all.
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@MiketheSnow said in NH club rugby:
Sarries would have beaten most international sides this afternoon
Yawn. So sick of reading, writing, hearing this shit.
Heads up - only about 6-7 international sides are actually any good. All international sides don’t get 35+ weeks a year together.
The best team in the wealthiest region where rugby is played is if international standard. Colour me surprised.
(Nothing personal, it just seems this was the marketimg for this match ... and it bored the shit out of me).
Good match, very physical. But with no skin in the game, could easily have left the room. And did.
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@Crucial said in NH club rugby:
Cup final very bash and crash and flat footed rugby.
I hope these French refs don’t run the RWC the same way as this. Tacklers are allowed ages to release. Players off their feet over the breakdown is standard playThe French are doing their best to ruin rugby. It's a two prong attack; on and off the field.
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@MiketheSnow said in NH club rugby:
Sarries would have beaten most international sides this afternoon
Whereas the top NZ sides are total push-overs to international touring teams?
The Crusaders are more than a match for most international sides when fully fit.
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Wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning chaps?
Yes the good club/provincial sides can & do give international touring sides a hard time / a loss.
This wasn't an English club side are better than a NZ Super team pissing contest.
It was a comment on the structure of their play and tactics. Reminded me a lot of Ireland and Wales despite having lots of English internationals in the team.
And I turned over too.
To the Rugby League Challenge Cup match between Bradford and Leeds.
Far more entertaining.
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Stephen Jones is just a bit early with his gloating.
This year Crusaders vs Saracens would be a good game. Next year, the Crusaders - and I suspect most Super teams - will be significantly weaker.
Razor will need to retain people like Todd and Romano as well as unearth some real nuggets in the forwards if the Crusaders are to be realistically comparable to the best Euro teams.
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I enjoyed the final. The Saracens forward pack would be a decent match for the ABs, Australia could do worse than pick Will Skelton who is unrecognisable from his Waratah days. Leinster did a good impression of Ireland vs England in the 6N, just physically outmuscled and couldn't work a way around the defence. Not helped by a couple of howlers on attack. I would pick Saracens to win comfortably enough vs the Crusaders on English soil, probably the reverse in Chch. But if you felt the Sharks forwards went well enough in Chch, Saracens is a step up.
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@MajorRage said in NH club rugby:
I though the final was a cracking advert for weight grade rugby.
The forwards were just colossal. I don’t think it’s sustainable.
Indeed.
There was a time when rugby league forwards and rugby union forwards were starting to look similar.
Not anymore.
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@Billy-Tell said in NH club rugby:
I would pick Saracens to win comfortably enough vs the Crusaders on English soil, probably the reverse in Chch. But if you felt the Sharks forwards went well enough in Chch, Saracens is a step up.
Yeah - though to be fair adding Owen Franks and Sam Whitelock to the Crusaders'starting pack vs the Sharks is also a step up.
Not to mention adding Mo'unga, Crotty and Havili to the backs - and some adjustments to the bench.
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@MajorRage said in NH club rugby:
I though the final was a cracking advert for weight grade rugby.
The forwards were just colossal. I don’t think it’s sustainable.
It has become a different game from even a few years ago.
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Alex Goodes celebration
TIMELINED: The full story of Alex Goode's incredible drinking session - Ruck
Alex Goode celebrated his Champions Cup Final victory in some style as the Saracens full-back was pictured wearing his full kit a full 24 hours after lifting the trophy. The…
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funny...but he does look to have at least had a shower at some point given playing images in kit he wasnt wearing skins...
