Super Rugby Trans Tasman

[Nepia]

I hadn’t thought until just now how tanked my weekend will be - 5 games of rugby and 1 game of state house rugby to watch.

Good times.

[Kiap]

@bovidae said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

@derpus Did Gardner ref many games in SR Au? Surely he is still the best ref you've got.

Apparently recovering from an injury.

Tbh, propably also useful to take some time out and freshen up the mind. Some games in his previous stint he just seemed to be overreading things.

But agree that at his best, he's top pick.

[Higgins]

@bovidae said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

I thought that they may have used only home refs in each country to reduce costs but Pickerill got himself a trip.

He might like the place so much that he may decide to do a Steve Walsh Jnr and defect permanently.

[Victor Meldrew]

For those in the UK, it's on Rugby Pass at £33 for all the games.

[Bones]

@victor-meldrew seems to be showing that I'll get it on my current plan where I'd paid for SRA for me. Tells me I can't upgrade on a prepaid plan.

Edit: flag that, was looking in the wrong place.

[booboo]

@machpants said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

@bovidae said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

Officials for Rd 1:

Highlanders v Reds
Friday 14 May, 7:05pm
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant 1: James Doleman
Assistant 2: Angus Mabey
TMO: Mike Fraser

Waratahs v Hurricanes
Friday 14 May, 9:45pm
Sydney Cricket Ground
Referee: Nic Berry
Assistant 1: Amy Perrett
Assistant 2: Angus Gardner
TMO: James Leckie

Crusaders v Brumbies
Saturday 15 May, 7:05pm
Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch
Referee: Paul Williams
Assistant 1: James Doleman
Assistant 2: Dan Waenga
TMO: Glenn Newman

Rebels v Blues
Saturday 15 May, 9:45pm
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Referee: Brendon Pickerill
Assistant 1: Amy Perrett
Assistant 2: Reuben Keane
TMO: Ian Smith

Force v Chiefs
Saturday 15 May, 11:55pm
HBF Park, Perth
Referee: Damon Murphy
Assistant 1: Graham Cooper
Assistant 2: Jordan Way
TMO: Brett Cronan

Not so much the refs, but neing Kiwi vs Ozzie makes it 5 games I have to watch this weekend, awesome!

I don't have time!

[Derpus]

[mariner4life]

Yeah this is definitely a comp broadcasters will throw money at...

[Kirwan]

@mariner4life said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

Yeah this is definitely a comp broadcasters will throw money at...

Miss the South Africans.

[mariner4life]

@kirwan said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

@mariner4life said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

Yeah this is definitely a comp broadcasters will throw money at...

Miss the South Africans.

Some of them...

[Kruse]

@mariner4life said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

@kirwan said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

@mariner4life said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

Yeah this is definitely a comp broadcasters will throw money at...

Miss the South Africans.

Some of them...

I was literally about to nominate @South-Africa-Man for Most Missed Ferner, and/or Most Level Headed Ferner - about 10 minutes ago... and then just couldn't be arsed.

[sparky]

Gonna be boring if the Aussie teams keep being so poor.

[Crucial]

Well all four finalists from last week struggled to have their heads in the game 100%. Sloppy hands, discipline, timing and just game management was poor from all of them.
The non-finalists had a huge advantage with a week rest training and planning for whoever was coming (Landers, Force)
Organisers need to sort that out.
Also need to have the draw flow on from the results of the home tourneys. Forcing (sic) a finalist on one side of the Ta$man to recover and get to Perth then travel back and forth for the rest of the tourney is a joke. (that's not an excuse for Chiefs brain fades but looking ahead to having a better comp). Same goes for Reds. Temperature changes are just something you have to deal with but you try and book a flight for a whole team plus extras from Brisbane with changes to Dunedin and see if it flows smoothly. Just extra tiring stuff on top of coming off a huge final.
A bit of thought could have had everyone at a more even level and not potentially sending them down a spiralling series of difficulty.

[Siam]

Positives:

Well...umm...5 games a weekend is better than 2?

Negatives:

Yeah...umm...there's a few...

[Siam]

@crucial a bit of leeway as Marionus (spelling? - head of ARU) said the draw had to be done weeks ago, and I guess there's a health crisis that makes things a tad less flexible, logistically.

[taniwharugby]

While 5-0 won't really surprise anyone, was the quality (or lack of) that was of concern (from some of our teams too)

Hopefully round 2 will be better as teams adjust and settle in.

Sadly I dont see the officiating improving which has an impact on the games (but this is an ongoing issue)

[Derpus]

The whole thing is pointless. Unless there are pretty dramatic changes Aus will never be competitive.

It was actually fun playing ourselves.

[Crucial]

@siam said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

@crucial a bit of leeway as Marionus (spelling? - head of ARU) said the draw had to be done weeks ago, and I guess there's a health crisis that makes things a tad less flexible, logistically.

Just seems like they didn’t take a step back and look at what they created to ask the question is anyone advantaged/ disadvantaged by this and how well will this work after finals.

[Kruse]

Optimistically...
...maybe we'll only get the insipid "What was it like playing some different opposition from across the Ta$man?", or "What was it like playing a team with a different style after so long playing just <countrymen>?"
.... on the first round.
And - the next 4 rounds... they'll have to come up with more interesting questions?

[Kirwan]

@derpus said in Super Rugby Trans Ta$man:

The whole thing is pointless. Unless there are pretty dramatic changes Aus will never be competitive.

It was actually fun playing ourselves.

Drop down to three teams to better utilise your depth and you’d have more success, and that would flow into the national team.