Super Rugby 2023

[Kirwan]

@ARHS lol

[kiwi_expat]

@canefan said in Super Rugby 2023:

@Stargazer said in Super Rugby 2023:

Quarter Finals according to the NZ Super Rugby website (not on the SANZAAR website yet):

Great. My canes earn a trip to the graveyard that is Bruce Stadium. Our record there is appalling

If they didn’t drop the bonus point against the force and won against the drua they'd now be sitting 4th and you'd back them comfortably against the brumbies at home...

[Dan54]

@canefan said in Super Rugby 2023:

Great. My canes earn a trip to the graveyard that is Bruce Stadium. Our record there is appalling

Mate I a one eyed Canes man too, but to be honest, if we can't beat them there, we not good enough!!

I backing the boys to do it, bottom line is both teams on same field etc!

[Stargazer]

https://twitter.com/SuperRugby/status/1665233758767976450

[Tim]

[canefan]

@Dan54 said in Super Rugby 2023:

@canefan said in Super Rugby 2023:

Great. My canes earn a trip to the graveyard that is Bruce Stadium. Our record there is appalling

Mate I a one eyed Canes man too, but to be honest, if we can't beat them there, we not good enough!!

I backing the boys to do it, bottom line is both teams on same field etc!

For sure. And they had their chances to avoid this predicament, they get what they deserve

[Bones]

@friedrugby not sold on Vaai but can't think who else. Taukeiaho over Riccitelli. Proctor shone at 13 and pips Rieko. Maybe Poihipi at 12?

[mariner4life]

funny little comp we have here aye

12 months ago the table ended up
Blues
Crusaders
Chiefs
Brumbies
Canes
Waratahs
Red
Highlanders

First and third swap, the Drua jump in over the 'landers. Otherwise it's a very familiar story.

[KiwiMurph]

@mariner4life Another way of looking at it is

Last year the gap between 7th and 11th was 23 competition points.

This year the difference between 7th and 11th was 5 competion points.

[nzzp]

@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby 2023:

@mariner4life Another way of looking at it is

Last year the gap between 7th and 11th was 23 competition points.

This year the difference between 7th and 11th was 5 competion points.

Last year the gap bewteen 1 and 7 was 23 points. This year, 33 points.

There's a massive gap developing in the comp, it's not healthy, but it ain't going away soon

[frugby]

@KiwiMurph This may be proven totally incorrect, but I'm picking it to be even tighter across the board next year. I do worry about Moana and potentially the Drua, but all of the Australian teams are likely to take a step forward/NZ sides a step back, simply because the carrot of the Lions Tour/Eddie Jones has meant strong player retention.

Western Force to crack the Top 6, and I think it could well be that they along with another Aussie side (The Tahs?) crack the Top 4. Should be good fun for all.

[KiwiMurph]

@friedrugby I agree with Razor, Leon and Holland moving on plus a high number of NZ Super Rugby mainstays moving on that the NZ teams should come back to the pack next year.

[frugby]

I'm Picking that these could be the rivalry games for next year... I can easily see these being tightly contested barring MP, which should hopefully aid the close competition.

2024:
BLU: CRU, CHI, MP
CHI: BLU, HUR, MP
CRU: BLU, HIG, HUR
HIG: CRU, HUR, MP
HUR: CHI, HIG, HUR
MP: BLU, CHI, HIG

2023:
BLU: HUR, HIG, CRU
CHI: CRU, HUR, HIG
CRU: BLU, CHI, MP
HIG: BLU, FOR, CHI
HUR: BLU, CHI, MP
MP: CRU, HUR, DRU

2022:
BLU: CHI, HIG, MP
CHI: BLU, CRU, MP
CRU: CHI, HIG, HUR
HIG: BLU, CRU, HUR
HUR: HIG, CRU, MP
MP: BLU, CHI, HUR

[Higgins]

@friedrugby said in Super Rugby 2023:

I'm Picking that these could be the rivalry games for next year... I can easily see these being tightly contested barring MP, which should hopefully aid the close competition.

2024:
BLU: CRU, CHI, MP
CHI: BLU, HUR, MP
CRU: BLU, HIG, HUR
HIG: CRU, HUR, MP
HUR: CHI, HIG, HUR
MP: BLU, CHI, HIG

2023:
BLU: HUR, HIG, CRU
CHI: CRU, HUR, HIG
CRU: BLU, CHI, MP
HIG: BLU, FOR, CHI
HUR: BLU, CHI, MP
MP: CRU, HUR, DRU

2022:
BLU: CHI, HIG, MP
CHI: BLU, CRU, MP
CRU: CHI, HIG, HUR
HIG: BLU, CRU, HUR
HUR: HIG, CRU, MP
MP: BLU, CHI, HUR

Watching the Hurricanes playing with themselves might not be a good look!

[Chris]

@Higgins

Yeah, I am not watching that shit.

[kiwi_expat]

SRP currently has 12 teams same as English Premiership in which teams play each other twice (home and away) & I see no reason as to why we shouldn't do the same.

When they become a 10 team league next season the English Premiership will still have 18 regular season, 4 more than SRP does.

The Top14 remains the outlier with 26 matches - and it doesn't seem to be doing them much harm.

[Kiwiwomble]

@kiwi_expat i hear the answer that these teams have much bigger squads, does anyone know but big the pro14 squads are?

[Chris]

English Premiership squad numbers range from 51 at London Irish to 64 at Wasps,
13 plus extra players per squad more than SR squads.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Chris with our short term injury covers...the highlanders have had 50 by my count this year...so we're not talking an exponentially bigger squad

we might be kidding our selves the current squad size is right and we need a complete rethink

[kiwi_expat]

@Kiwiwomble not sure, I know our CEO's were pushing for more regular season games, think Andrew Hore wanted a 9 month season.