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Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread

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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    taniwharugby
    wrote on last edited by taniwharugby
    #4

    Season started way too early
    Where are all the ABs? NZR is ruining the comp!
    We will get monstered by the Giant Boks
    NZ Rugby is in trouble

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    • CrucialC Offline
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      Crucial
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      #5

      Amateurs.
      Crucial-esqe analysis is done before the games are even played

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      • gt12G gt12

        The Stormers to win it all, they’re unstoppable.

        The Canes will get the spoon, of course.

        The Sunwolves will make the Aussie teams look like they should be kicked out too.

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        @gt12 said in Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread:

        The Stormers to win it all, they’re unstoppable.

        The Canes will get the spoon, of course.

        The Sunwolves will make the Aussie teams look like they should be kicked out too.

        Speaking Crucialesquely we will play like dogshit then beat the crusaders ,the reds and then be beaten like a rented mule at the next home game which will probably be a packed house.

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        • DonsteppaD Offline
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          As always, the Blues are lacking a decent opening batsman.

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          • raznomoreR Offline
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            #8

            Got a perfect round and should have put on a multi. Sunwolves were somehow paying $7.50 against the Rabble.

            I think the Blues were better than I expected and the Chiefs were shit until Cruden and ALB came on.

            Ashamed to say I didn't stay up for the Canes but happy I didn't.

            I watched approximately 3 and a half minutes of Reds vs Brumbies. Seeing old "Dan" Kata at wing with acres of space around him, on defense should scare the absolute shit out of any brumbies fans.

            Didn't watch any other games as it was hot as shit this weekend and being outside in the pool with a beer seemed infinitely better than inside on the couch. Even with the aircon blasting.

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            • sparkyS Offline
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              I'd like to congratulate the great state of Kansas.

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              • nzzpN Offline
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                #10

                we're fucking doomed, Leon hasn'tw orked magic, our 10s suck, our 9s have been shitter than shit forever, we're going to shit out pants in public over and over

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                • nzzpN nzzp

                  we're fucking doomed, Leon hasn'tw orked magic, our 10s suck, our 9s have been shitter than shit forever, we're going to shit out pants in public over and over

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                  #11

                  @nzzp get in line brah, canes will race you guys to the bottom. It'll be the only bloody thing we wil win this year 😐

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                  • PaekakboyzP Paekakboyz

                    @nzzp get in line brah, canes will race you guys to the bottom. It'll be the only bloody thing we wil win this year 😐

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                    @Paekakboyz said in Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread:

                    @nzzp get in line brah, canes will race you guys to the bottom. It'll be the only bloody thing we wil win this year 😐

                    We could be shit, and still finish third in the NZ comp this year. Oh, the randomness of sport.

                    THe loss on Friday was one of teh most gut-wrenching I've seen. So annoying to see the same mental problems coming out year after year. Leon's got a lot of work to do. I'll keep the faith, but goddamn it's hard to support them sometimes

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                    • F Offline
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                      #13

                      Blues. Rieko still a cock celebrating too much and Akira is so fat and lazy that he couldn't even be bothered taking the field. Four new NZ stars identified, all of which were at some point discarded by the Blues. They really have knack for identifying shit-house first fives. The franchise where coaches' careers go to die.

                      Saders. Six half ass average players transformed to AB level. All of whom came from outside of Canterbury, with 5 being from the Auckland area.

                      Highlanders. Gutsy but not good enough.

                      Canes. Shit without BB and TJP unsuccessfully trying to win games by himself. Despite having some huge Polynesian forwards, inexplicably, they are somehow soft as shit.'

                      Chiefs. Gatland letting the hometown hicks off the leash and they won well because if you live in Hamilton, rugby is all you have to live for.

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                      • F Frank

                        Blues. Rieko still a cock celebrating too much and Akira is so fat and lazy that he couldn't even be bothered taking the field. Four new NZ stars identified, all of which were at some point discarded by the Blues. They really have knack for identifying shit-house first fives. The franchise where coaches' careers go to die.

                        Saders. Six half ass average players transformed to AB level. All of whom came from outside of Canterbury, with 5 being from the Auckland area.

                        Highlanders. Gutsy but not good enough.

                        Canes. Shit without BB and TJP unsuccessfully trying to win games by himself. Despite having some huge Polynesian forwards, inexplicably, they are somehow soft as shit.'

                        Chiefs. Gatland letting the hometown hicks off the leash and they won well because if you live in Hamilton, rugby is all you have to live for.

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                        raznomore
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                        @Frank said in Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread:

                        Despite having some huge Polynesian forwards, inexplicably, they are somehow soft as shit.

                        You must have never heard of the NZ Warriors

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                        • raznomoreR raznomore

                          @Frank said in Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread:

                          Despite having some huge Polynesian forwards, inexplicably, they are somehow soft as shit.

                          You must have never heard of the NZ Warriors

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                          @raznomore said in Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread:

                          @Frank said in Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread:

                          Despite having some huge Polynesian forwards, inexplicably, they are somehow soft as shit.

                          You must have never heard of the NZ Warriors

                          fuck-king BOOM!

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                          • raznomoreR raznomore

                            Got a perfect round and should have put on a multi. Sunwolves were somehow paying $7.50 against the Rabble.

                            I think the Blues were better than I expected and the Chiefs were shit until Cruden and ALB came on.

                            Ashamed to say I didn't stay up for the Canes but happy I didn't.

                            I watched approximately 3 and a half minutes of Reds vs Brumbies. Seeing old "Dan" Kata at wing with acres of space around him, on defense should scare the absolute shit out of any brumbies fans.

                            Didn't watch any other games as it was hot as shit this weekend and being outside in the pool with a beer seemed infinitely better than inside on the couch. Even with the aircon blasting.

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                            Nepia
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                            @raznomore said in Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread:

                            Ashamed to say I didn't stay up for the Canes but happy I didn't.

                            Ashamed to say I did, although TBF I had just arrived home from a BBQ/birthday/house warming party, and wasn't quite ready for sleep.

                            @raznomore said in Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread:

                            Didn't watch any other games as it was hot as shit this weekend and being outside in the pool with a beer seemed infinitely better than inside on the couch. Even with the aircon blasting.

                            What kind of Queenslander are you that you don't have a TV by the pool?

                            Also, first week in Rieko scores two tries in a shit team and half the internet complains that he celebrates.

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                            • SnowyS Snowy

                              @mariner4life said in Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread:

                              This is not the thread for reasoned analysis, or reasonableness of any kind.

                              You know where you are, right? That was unlikely to happen.

                              Anyway, like you, I didn't see all of it.
                              The Blues are fucked (again) they can't create a link from forwards to backs. There is a pattern there. Chiefs might go O.K. Good come back.

                              @mariner4life said in Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread:

                              Australian rugby is utter dogshit, and should be euthanised for the good of everyone

                              Yes. They are doing it themselves but I would prefer that it was more humane. Who commits suicide by torturing themselves?

                              Crusaders v Jags final is locked in

                              Pretty sound prediction.

                              Aaron Cruden will be the AB 10 this year

                              He'll be in the squad. The difference when he came on was marked and we aren't too strong at 10.

                              As for some others:
                              Canes will be back to where they have traditionally lived - shit pack that can't stand up to the top sides. Missing a 10 too.
                              Highlanders...I don't want to upset @Bones, and I was taught that if you don't have anything nice to say, etc. Like to be wrong on that though.
                              They haven't even played yet, so that is a pre-kneejerk which fits the criteria of the thread I think.

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                              Bones
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                              @Snowy everyone keeps laughing and pointing at the Highlanders and I really don't get it. We can certainly put out a better side than the Canes did and the Blues are cursed.

                              Highlanders to be there or thereabouts come finals time and provide 3-4 new ABs. Gaan Brownie!

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                                KiwiMurph
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                                #18

                                Highlanders are the anti-Blues - classy halves but lacking a bit with the rest.

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                                  broughie
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                                  I think we have a lot of very good super rugby players but not a lot of forwards that you can be excited about. The all black forwards will be weak. The backs seem unimaginative too except for Cruden although he was playing the blues.

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                                  • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

                                    Highlanders are the anti-Blues - classy halves but lacking a bit with the rest.

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                                    Bones
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                                    @KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby R1 Kneejerk Reaction Thread:

                                    Highlanders are the anti-Blues - classy halves but lacking a bit with the rest.

                                    I think what you mean to say is Collins will be one of the form NZ fullbacks up to the international break.

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                                      Gunner
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                                      #21

                                      BB is past it. He was just totally anonymous for the Blues. Terrible buy.

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                                      • G Gunner

                                        BB is past it. He was just totally anonymous for the Blues. Terrible buy.

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                                        Paekakboyz
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                                        @Gunner it was as if he were playing for the chiefs!!

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                                          No Quarter
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                                          The Canes have a made a habit of getting touched up early in the season and then coming right. That won't happen this year. We're toast without Beauden, going to be a long season alright.

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