'Super Rugby' 2021
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Three games into SRA and this looks to me like the pecking order.
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Crusaders (Favourites for the title once again)
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= Blues/Highlanders (The battle to make the final, the Blues could even challenge for the title if their gun players get going)
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Daylight
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Daylight's siblings
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Daylight's cousins
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Daylights's friends
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Daylight's acquaintances
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People Daylight once met
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People Daylight has heard of but never met.
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= A tight battle between the Chiefs and Hurricanes to avoid last place.
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@sparky think you're probably jumping the gun a bit there. Chiefs first game, Crusaders weren't exactly slick, Blues are likely to only get better...
@bones said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@sparky think you're probably jumping the gun a bit there. Chiefs first game, Crusaders weren't exactly slick, Blues are likely to only get better...
It’s the Blues title to lose...
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Three games into SRA and this looks to me like the pecking order.
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Crusaders (Favourites for the title once again)
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= Blues/Highlanders (The battle to make the final, the Blues could even challenge for the title if their gun players get going)
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Daylight
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Daylight's siblings
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Daylight's cousins
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Daylights's friends
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Daylight's acquaintances
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People Daylight once met
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People Daylight has heard of but never met.
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= A tight battle between the Chiefs and Hurricanes to avoid last place.
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@bones said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@sparky think you're probably jumping the gun a bit there. Chiefs first game, Crusaders weren't exactly slick, Blues are likely to only get better...
It’s the Blues title to lose...
@act-crusader said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@bones said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@sparky think you're probably jumping the gun a bit there. Chiefs first game, Crusaders weren't exactly slick, Blues are likely to only get better...
It’s the Blues title to lose...
Crusaders have never had to put up with anything as awful as not being able to go home. This will strengthen the blues massively. I see a pact coming...
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@act-crusader said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@bones said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@sparky think you're probably jumping the gun a bit there. Chiefs first game, Crusaders weren't exactly slick, Blues are likely to only get better...
It’s the Blues title to lose...
Crusaders have never had to put up with anything as awful as not being able to go home. This will strengthen the blues massively. I see a pact coming...
@bones said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@act-crusader said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@bones said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@sparky think you're probably jumping the gun a bit there. Chiefs first game, Crusaders weren't exactly slick, Blues are likely to only get better...
It’s the Blues title to lose...
Crusaders have never had to put up with anything as awful as not being able to go home. This will strengthen the blues massively. I see a pact coming...
We are perennial slow starters....
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@act-crusader said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@bones said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@sparky think you're probably jumping the gun a bit there. Chiefs first game, Crusaders weren't exactly slick, Blues are likely to only get better...
It’s the Blues title to lose...
Crusaders have never had to put up with anything as awful as not being able to go home. This will strengthen the blues massively. I see a pact coming...
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@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@bones Earthquake (no home games). Terrorist attack. Sounds more awful to me.
Never heard of it mate.
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@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@bones Earthquake (no home games). Terrorist attack. Sounds more awful to me.
Your sarcasm detector is broken.
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@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@bones Earthquake (no home games). Terrorist attack. Sounds more awful to me.
Your sarcasm detector is broken.
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@kiwimurph Yup. I only detect sarcasm when I can see someone's face and hear their voice. In writing, I miss quite a few.
@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@kiwimurph Yup. I only detect sarcasm when I can see someone's face and hear their voice. In writing, I miss quite a few.
Come on man.
It's me, does anyone take me seriously?
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@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Looking more like a 3rd Rd of SR Aotearoa.I wouldn't have minded a different comp to freshen things up,But not unhappy with a 3rd Rd of a great comp.
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@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Looking more like a 3rd Rd of SR Aotearoa.I wouldn't have minded a different comp to freshen things up,But not unhappy with a 3rd Rd of a great comp.
@chris said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Looking more like a 3rd Rd of SR Aotearoa.I wouldn't have minded a different comp to freshen things up,But not unhappy with a 3rd Rd of a great comp.
If the Saders win the third round at a canter, I think there will discussions about the viability of the product. I hope that the Blues can get an upset over them and at least keep it close, so that there is still interest in the format by that time.
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@chris said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Looking more like a 3rd Rd of SR Aotearoa.I wouldn't have minded a different comp to freshen things up,But not unhappy with a 3rd Rd of a great comp.
If the Saders win the third round at a canter, I think there will discussions about the viability of the product. I hope that the Blues can get an upset over them and at least keep it close, so that there is still interest in the format by that time.
@gt12 said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@chris said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Looking more like a 3rd Rd of SR Aotearoa.I wouldn't have minded a different comp to freshen things up,But not unhappy with a 3rd Rd of a great comp.
If the Saders win the third round at a canter, I think there will discussions about the viability of the product. I hope that the Blues can get an upset over them and at least keep it close, so that there is still interest in the format by that time.
Not sure what the answer is to that beyond the other teams upping their games.
The Crusaders were were winning even with the SA and Australian teams involved.
As I mentioned before Auckland were murdering teams by 30 to 50 points and holding onto to the Ranfurly Shield for years on end.in the 1980s
Canterbury were getting thrashed by 50 every time.
A few people within Canterbury decided they had to restructure and go up levels to meet Auckland the crusaders were born out of those times
Deans,Smith etc were in the for front of that.
Even the Crusaders were dead last the first year of SR -
@gt12 said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@chris said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Looking more like a 3rd Rd of SR Aotearoa.I wouldn't have minded a different comp to freshen things up,But not unhappy with a 3rd Rd of a great comp.
If the Saders win the third round at a canter, I think there will discussions about the viability of the product. I hope that the Blues can get an upset over them and at least keep it close, so that there is still interest in the format by that time.
Not sure what the answer is to that beyond the other teams upping their games.
The Crusaders were were winning even with the SA and Australian teams involved.
As I mentioned before Auckland were murdering teams by 30 to 50 points and holding onto to the Ranfurly Shield for years on end.in the 1980s
Canterbury were getting thrashed by 50 every time.
A few people within Canterbury decided they had to restructure and go up levels to meet Auckland the crusaders were born out of those times
Deans,Smith etc were in the for front of that.
Even the Crusaders were dead last the first year of SR@chris i think the one thing missing from that point is that NPC team, especially when amateur, were a rep team. Literally a representation of the players in the region. how good the players in that region were were influenced by all kinds of other things like the players actual job, or like Otago with a team full of young blokes come down for uni. And so there were more natural ebs and flows as player moved for reasons other than rugby
now we're talking about super professional teams/players where success will propagate success as players want to move to the winning team so they get seen
the success/dominance of the crusaders is different to those we saw in the amateur days or even the NPC
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@chris i think the one thing missing from that point is that NPC team, especially when amateur, were a rep team. Literally a representation of the players in the region. how good the players in that region were were influenced by all kinds of other things like the players actual job, or like Otago with a team full of young blokes come down for uni. And so there were more natural ebs and flows as player moved for reasons other than rugby
now we're talking about super professional teams/players where success will propagate success as players want to move to the winning team so they get seen
the success/dominance of the crusaders is different to those we saw in the amateur days or even the NPC
@kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@chris i think the one thing missing from that point is that NPC team, especially when amateur, were a rep team. Literally a representation of the players in the region. how good the players in that region were were influenced by all kinds of other things like the players actual job, or like Otago with a team full of young blokes come down for uni. And so there were more natural ebs and flows as player moved for reasons other than rugby
now we're talking about super professional teams/players where success will propagate success as players want to move to the winning team so they get seen
the success/dominance of the crusaders is different to those we saw in the amateur days or even the NPC
Not really players haven’t moved to the crusaders for a few years it’s developed from within the Academy
Other teams have more money more resources than back then it’s how you use and develop those things make you a top side
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@gt12 said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@chris said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Looking more like a 3rd Rd of SR Aotearoa.I wouldn't have minded a different comp to freshen things up,But not unhappy with a 3rd Rd of a great comp.
If the Saders win the third round at a canter, I think there will discussions about the viability of the product. I hope that the Blues can get an upset over them and at least keep it close, so that there is still interest in the format by that time.
Not sure what the answer is to that beyond the other teams upping their games.
The Crusaders were were winning even with the SA and Australian teams involved.
As I mentioned before Auckland were murdering teams by 30 to 50 points and holding onto to the Ranfurly Shield for years on end.in the 1980s
Canterbury were getting thrashed by 50 every time.
A few people within Canterbury decided they had to restructure and go up levels to meet Auckland the crusaders were born out of those times
Deans,Smith etc were in the for front of that.
Even the Crusaders were dead last the first year of SR -
A rotation of refs this week. Someone can add when the match threads are created.
Crusaders v Chiefs
Saturday 13 March, 7:05pm
Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch
Referee: James Doleman
Assistant 1: Brendon Pickerill
Assistant 2: Ben O’Keeffe
TMO: Paul WilliamsBlues v Highlanders
Sunday 14 March, 3:35pm
Eden Park, Auckland
Referee: Mike Fraser
Assistant 1: Brendon Pickerill
Assistant 2: Ben O’Keeffe
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@chris in the final Crusaders are 3/4 against other NZ opposition (Blues pinched one early) but only 4/7 against Aus opposition (one each against Reds, Brumbies and Waratahs). 3/3 against the rest.
Bit of variety never hurts.
@derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@chris in the final Crusaders are 3/4 against other NZ opposition (Blues pinched one early) but only 4/7 against Aus opposition (one each against Reds, Brumbies and Waratahs). 3/3 against the rest.
Bit of variety never hurts.
I am all for variety
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@gt12 said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@chris said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Looking more like a 3rd Rd of SR Aotearoa.I wouldn't have minded a different comp to freshen things up,But not unhappy with a 3rd Rd of a great comp.
If the Saders win the third round at a canter, I think there will discussions about the viability of the product. I hope that the Blues can get an upset over them and at least keep it close, so that there is still interest in the format by that time.
Not sure what the answer is to that beyond the other teams upping their games.
The Crusaders were were winning even with the SA and Australian teams involved.
As I mentioned before Auckland were murdering teams by 30 to 50 points and holding onto to the Ranfurly Shield for years on end.in the 1980s
Canterbury were getting thrashed by 50 every time.
A few people within Canterbury decided they had to restructure and go up levels to meet Auckland the crusaders were born out of those times
Deans,Smith etc were in the for front of that.
Even the Crusaders were dead last the first year of SRAgreed (we've talked about this before). My point is that three rounds of the Crusaders winning everything won't make the product as viable. Their dominance gets far less important when there are 12 teams, as the other NZ teams look much better than (in reality) they are vis-a-vis the Sader machine, and there are usually other teams who've been strong within their countries.
Round one: Super rugby Aotearoa
Round two: Super Rugby Australasia (NZ/OZ) as crossover games
Round three: Super Rugby Asia (NZ/OZ/Japan) in 3 pools of five teams?(edit: 3 pools, Cup, plate, bowl)
