Super Rugby 2020
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim a 4 team semi final for a 5 team comp seems overkill but I suppose it's all about squeezing games/revenue in.
the least they could do is have a 4/5 playoff to get into the semis
ps - stink if you're the 5th team. IT woulda been the Blues for ages ... hopefully not this year
@nzzp said in Super Rugby 2020:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim a 4 team semi final for a 5 team comp seems overkill but I suppose it's all about squeezing games/revenue in.
the least they could do is have a 4/5 playoff to get into the semis
ps - stink if you're the 5th team. IT woulda been the Blues for ages ... hopefully not this year
Yeah unlucky for canes fans.
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@nzzp said in Super Rugby 2020:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim a 4 team semi final for a 5 team comp seems overkill but I suppose it's all about squeezing games/revenue in.
the least they could do is have a 4/5 playoff to get into the semis
ps - stink if you're the 5th team. IT woulda been the Blues for ages ... hopefully not this year
Yeah unlucky for canes fans.
@Bones said in Super Rugby 2020:
@nzzp said in Super Rugby 2020:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim a 4 team semi final for a 5 team comp seems overkill but I suppose it's all about squeezing games/revenue in.
the least they could do is have a 4/5 playoff to get into the semis
ps - stink if you're the 5th team. IT woulda been the Blues for ages ... hopefully not this year
Yeah unlucky for canes fans.
AHEM
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@Bones said in Super Rugby 2020:
@nzzp said in Super Rugby 2020:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim a 4 team semi final for a 5 team comp seems overkill but I suppose it's all about squeezing games/revenue in.
the least they could do is have a 4/5 playoff to get into the semis
ps - stink if you're the 5th team. IT woulda been the Blues for ages ... hopefully not this year
Yeah unlucky for canes fans.
AHEM
@Machpants is it not starting again?
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Nope but no way the landers are anything but roadkill this year. We'll be a happy 3rd or 4th
@Machpants said in Super Rugby 2020:
Nope but no way the landers are anything but roadkill this year. We'll be a happy 3rd or 4th
If it starts again it'll be funny to watch JMac and Jackson do the other side of their Jekyll and Hyde act. Oh hello 5th!
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@Tim said in Super Rugby 2020:
Will be interesting to see if Pari Pari Parkinson is still the softest player in New Zealand.
And if matchbox 20 get booed off stage.
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Interesting that it only mentions a single North vs South match. I'd heard this was to be a 3 match series
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Might be a weird suggestion, but a top 3 finals might work okay. Super rugby used to have a 6 team finals in where the top 2 teams go straight to the semis. Maybe the top team goes straight to the final and the 2nd and 3rd play it out for the final spot? Idk having no final is weird.
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More and more players coming back from Europe, at the moment. Currently in quarantine are Colin Slade, Terrence Hepetema and Jordan Taufua. The last two are probably back temporarily, but Colin Slade is off-contract and French sources suggest he'll be playing for the Hurricanes next season. I'm keen to find out how much truth there is in that rumour.
Lots of other players off-contract, too, but as far as I know, they're not back in NZ yet. Maybe they're just moving clubs in the NH and staying there. Examples: Loni Uhila, Isaia Toeava, Kahn Fotuali'i, Liam Messam and Julian Savea. And that's only the players from the Top 14.
Ben Franks has retired.
It will be interesting to see whether some of them and some of the players that have come back from Japan, will be playing Super Rugby again, at least in 2020.
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More and more players coming back from Europe, at the moment. Currently in quarantine are Colin Slade, Terrence Hepetema and Jordan Taufua. The last two are probably back temporarily, but Colin Slade is off-contract and French sources suggest he'll be playing for the Hurricanes next season. I'm keen to find out how much truth there is in that rumour.
Lots of other players off-contract, too, but as far as I know, they're not back in NZ yet. Maybe they're just moving clubs in the NH and staying there. Examples: Loni Uhila, Isaia Toeava, Kahn Fotuali'i, Liam Messam and Julian Savea. And that's only the players from the Top 14.
Ben Franks has retired.
It will be interesting to see whether some of them and some of the players that have come back from Japan, will be playing Super Rugby again, at least in 2020.
@Stargazer Sumo has mentioned Dixon, Hemopo and Squire for the Highlanders.
Back to the bench for Frizell then...
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@Stargazer Sumo has mentioned Dixon, Hemopo and Squire for the Highlanders.
Back to the bench for Frizell then...
@KiwiMurph Don't care about Frizell, but I don't want Mikaele-Tu'u to lose his spot to players (most likely Dixon) who aren't committed to the future of the team, because they'll probably be heading off to the NH again, once things go back to normal if given the chance.
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I'm not in favour of the limited wage pool being used to pay guys who went overseas. Keep the money for players committed to NZ rugby.
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@KiwiMurph Don't care about Frizell, but I don't want Mikaele-Tu'u to lose his spot to players (most likely Dixon) who aren't committed to the future of the team, because they'll probably be heading off to the NH again, once things go back to normal if given the chance.
@Stargazer to be honest I struggle to see a spot for Dixon unless injury strikes badly. Hemopo would be extremely useful though...if he stayed he'd make a fine trio with Cane and Savea...
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just as well they don't have a former halfback to bring back - otherwise Fakatava would be even further behind in the pecking order and @Stargazer would riot.
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More and more players coming back from Europe, at the moment. Currently in quarantine are Colin Slade, Terrence Hepetema and Jordan Taufua. The last two are probably back temporarily, but Colin Slade is off-contract and French sources suggest he'll be playing for the Hurricanes next season. I'm keen to find out how much truth there is in that rumour.
Lots of other players off-contract, too, but as far as I know, they're not back in NZ yet. Maybe they're just moving clubs in the NH and staying there. Examples: Loni Uhila, Isaia Toeava, Kahn Fotuali'i, Liam Messam and Julian Savea. And that's only the players from the Top 14.
Ben Franks has retired.
It will be interesting to see whether some of them and some of the players that have come back from Japan, will be playing Super Rugby again, at least in 2020.
@Stargazer said in Super Rugby 2020:
Colin Slade is off-contract and French sources suggest he'll be playing for the Hurricanes next season
Interesting, how old is Slade these days?
