Super Rugby 2022
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@dan54 said in Super Rugby 2022:
@shark couldn't they just charter planes?
It's also around half an hour to the airport from central Dunedin, then add in the check in time or whatever procedure there is when you charter a plane, and if they go hell-for-leather from the final whistle they might take off at 11 or 11.30. A half hour flight and then...nowhere to land as the airport would have been shut for hours by midnight.
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@dan54 said in Super Rugby 2022:
@shark couldn't they just charter planes?
Still gotta go through airports, defeats the purpose of being in a bubble. And fucking expensive
@machpants said in Super Rugby 2022:
@dan54 said in Super Rugby 2022:
@shark couldn't they just charter planes?
Still gotta go through airports, defeats the purpose of being in a bubble. And fucking expensive
And this.
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@dan54 said in Super Rugby 2022:
@shark couldn't they just charter planes?
It's also around half an hour to the airport from central Dunedin, then add in the check in time or whatever procedure there is when you charter a plane, and if they go hell-for-leather from the final whistle they might take off at 11 or 11.30. A half hour flight and then...nowhere to land as the airport would have been shut for hours by midnight.
@shark Ok, didn't realise when Queenstown Airport etc closed at 12 or whenever., didn't realise there was a lot of check in involved with charter plane. I have never been able to charter one so I assumed they would just drive a bus to the steps of plane and let players climb on, I obviously need to reassess how I thought they worked!
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I am assuming that the second round of preseason games will still take place in Queenstown?
That would be:
Chiefs vs Blues
MP vs Highlanders
Hurricanes vs CrusadersThe latter two teams would then play each other in Rd 1 the following week.
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@tim said in Super Rugby 2022:
@bovidae said in Super Rugby 2022:
Chiefs vs Blues
Any info on this preseason game?
Only that it won't be in Te Puke.
I think that all teams will want to play a second preseason game to involve their ABs, and quotes from the likes of MacDonald seem to suggest they will be organising one.
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Wallabies Tate McDermott and Hunter Paisami are the latest Covid-19 casualties at the Queensland Reds and will be forced to miss Saturday’s final warm-up match.
Instead of heading to Roma to face the New South Wales Waratahs, the duo will stay at home in Brisbane while team-mates fine-tune for the kick-off to Super Rugby Pacific.
Losing the two players comes on top of James O’Connor, Jock Campbell and Jordan Petaia all missing last Saturday’s 42-33 warm-up loss to the Western Force with the virus. -
@shark Ok, didn't realise when Queenstown Airport etc closed at 12 or whenever., didn't realise there was a lot of check in involved with charter plane. I have never been able to charter one so I assumed they would just drive a bus to the steps of plane and let players climb on, I obviously need to reassess how I thought they worked!
@dan54 To be fair, maybe you actually can just pull your coach up to the steps and roll on in. But I would assume there are some CAA rules and processes that still apply given you're using a public hub and sharing the sky with other aircraft. And there would certainly be some shagging about with kit.
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Very difficult game for the Canes in our first one... just hope we can match the Crusaders in the scrums, otherwise it's going to be bloody hard yakka.
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This would suck
Australian and New Zealand rugby officials are mulling a rule change to allow Super Rugby games to start with uncontested scrums in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak this season. .... Safety considerations mean props will undergo extra training and monitoring to make sure they are up to Super Rugby standard, but officials may also ask World Rugby to allow games to start with uncontested scrums in the event a team cannot field enough props to contest the set piece.
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This would suck
Australian and New Zealand rugby officials are mulling a rule change to allow Super Rugby games to start with uncontested scrums in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak this season. .... Safety considerations mean props will undergo extra training and monitoring to make sure they are up to Super Rugby standard, but officials may also ask World Rugby to allow games to start with uncontested scrums in the event a team cannot field enough props to contest the set piece.
@duluth said in Super Rugby 2022:
This would suck
Australian and New Zealand rugby officials are mulling a rule change to allow Super Rugby games to start with uncontested scrums in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak this season. .... Safety considerations mean props will undergo extra training and monitoring to make sure they are up to Super Rugby standard, but officials may also ask World Rugby to allow games to start with uncontested scrums in the event a team cannot field enough props to contest the set piece.
Go the canes! Hooker plus 2 loose forwards front row FTW
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This would suck
Australian and New Zealand rugby officials are mulling a rule change to allow Super Rugby games to start with uncontested scrums in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak this season. .... Safety considerations mean props will undergo extra training and monitoring to make sure they are up to Super Rugby standard, but officials may also ask World Rugby to allow games to start with uncontested scrums in the event a team cannot field enough props to contest the set piece.
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lol if i was a coach i would game the fuck out of that
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lol if i was a coach i would game the fuck out of that
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2022:
lol if i was a coach i would game the fuck out of that
My front row would be a mobile hooker and two extra loose forwards.
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@duluth i honestly think i would rather watch a nominated person from each team play Rugby22 game against each other
@kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2022:
@duluth i honestly think i would rather watch a nominated person from each team play Rugby22 game against each other
Nah, they should dust off the megadrives and play Jonah Lomu rugby
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@kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2022:
@duluth i honestly think i would rather watch a nominated person from each team play Rugby22 game against each other
Nah, they should dust off the megadrives and play Jonah Lomu rugby
@canefan you might be right...some of us will remember the fend that meant you couldn't be tackled...but these young blokes wont
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This would suck
Australian and New Zealand rugby officials are mulling a rule change to allow Super Rugby games to start with uncontested scrums in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak this season. .... Safety considerations mean props will undergo extra training and monitoring to make sure they are up to Super Rugby standard, but officials may also ask World Rugby to allow games to start with uncontested scrums in the event a team cannot field enough props to contest the set piece.
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I am assuming that the second round of preseason games will still take place in Queenstown?
That would be:
Chiefs vs Blues
MP vs Highlanders
Hurricanes vs CrusadersThe latter two teams would then play each other in Rd 1 the following week.
@bovidae said in Super Rugby 2022:
I am assuming that the second round of preseason games will still take place in Queenstown?
That would be:
Chiefs vs Blues
MP vs Highlanders
Hurricanes vs CrusadersHas there been any news about these games?
Before the Queenstown move these were scheduled to take place on Friday.
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@bovidae said in Super Rugby 2022:
I am assuming that the second round of preseason games will still take place in Queenstown?
That would be:
Chiefs vs Blues
MP vs Highlanders
Hurricanes vs CrusadersHas there been any news about these games?
Before the Queenstown move these were scheduled to take place on Friday.
