Super Rugby 2022
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@dice said in Super Rugby 2022:
@stargazer said in Super Rugby 2022:
Good game. They didn't mention that this was the semifinal.
Highlanders would have won if the lock (can’t remember if Timmons or Blaikie) hadn’t dropped the ball. So much more quality across the park across all teams in 1998.
@billy-tell said in Super Rugby 2022:
@dice said in Super Rugby 2022:
@stargazer said in Super Rugby 2022:
Good game. They didn't mention that this was the semifinal.
Highlanders would have one if the lock (can’t remember if Timmons or Blaikie) hadn’t dropped the ball. So much more quality across the park across all teams in 1998.
I'm really not sure that is true, I think the fact that professionalism is so far advanced, it has really shown the massive difference between players. So many sports are now dominsted by absolutely phenominal athletes, whereas competition and upsets were much more common. I think that is a factor of professionalism really meaning the best are so much better than the good. Whereas the difference did not used to be so apparent
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@dice said in Super Rugby 2022:
@stargazer said in Super Rugby 2022:
Good game. They didn't mention that this was the semifinal.
Highlanders would have won if the lock (can’t remember if Timmons or Blaikie) hadn’t dropped the ball. So much more quality across the park across all teams in 1998.
@billy-tell said in Super Rugby 2022:
@dice said in Super Rugby 2022:
@stargazer said in Super Rugby 2022:
Good game. They didn't mention that this was the semifinal.
Highlanders would have one if the lock (can’t remember if Timmons or Blaikie) hadn’t dropped the ball. So much more quality across the park across all teams in 1998.
It was Timmins. All he had to do was catch the ball and dive over the line.
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Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
https://twitter.com/BluesRugbyTeam/status/1506768156244783105
@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
https://twitter.com/BluesRugbyTeam/status/1506768156244783105
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
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@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
https://twitter.com/BluesRugbyTeam/status/1506768156244783105
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
This heritage round thing seems to be driven by Australia, and it means something different to each country.
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
This heritage round thing seems to be driven by Australia, and it means something different to each country.
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@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
https://twitter.com/BluesRugbyTeam/status/1506768156244783105
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
https://twitter.com/BluesRugbyTeam/status/1506768156244783105
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
I would love to see some proper old fashioned heritage jerseys made all of cotton with long sleeves, lace up necks, and all about three sizes too big for the player wearing it.
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
https://twitter.com/BluesRugbyTeam/status/1506768156244783105
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
I would love to see some proper old fashioned heritage jerseys made all of cotton with long sleeves, lace up necks, and all about three sizes too big for the player wearing it.
@higgins exactly how much better would cullen goldie and lomu have been in their prime if they didn't wear huge oversized heavy jerseys
conversely how much better was it being a fan when you didn't have to buy a jersey 2 sizes up because you're not built like a professional rugby player
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@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
https://twitter.com/BluesRugbyTeam/status/1506768156244783105
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
https://twitter.com/BluesRugbyTeam/status/1506768156244783105
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
NZ Rugby really are all sorts of fucking useless.
"hey, our game and our competitions diminish in popularity every year. Lets do fuck all to promote it. I mean, it's rugby in NZ, we don't really have to do anything do we?"
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@bovidae is that enough to even bother calling it a heritage round?...just seems a bit lazy
@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@bovidae is that enough to even bother calling it a heritage round?...just seems a bit lazy
If you hadn't posted that graphic I doubt many of us in NZ would have known it was meant to be a heritage round. I certainly didn't expect Adidas to release new jerseys.
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
https://twitter.com/BluesRugbyTeam/status/1506768156244783105
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
NZ Rugby really are all sorts of fucking useless.
"hey, our game and our competitions diminish in popularity every year. Lets do fuck all to promote it. I mean, it's rugby in NZ, we don't really have to do anything do we?"
@mariner4life said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
https://twitter.com/BluesRugbyTeam/status/1506768156244783105
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
NZ Rugby really are all sorts of fucking useless.
"hey, our game and our competitions diminish in popularity every year. Lets do fuck all to promote it. I mean, it's rugby in NZ, we don't really have to do anything do we?"
its like we buy the old press about NZ being Rugby mad...rugby in NZ is nothing compared to AFL in aus or football in...most other countries...let alone any of the American sport
@bovidae said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@bovidae is that enough to even bother calling it a heritage round?...just seems a bit lazy
If you hadn't posted that graphic I doubt many of us in NZ would have known it was meant to be a heritage round. I certainly didn't expect Adidas to release new jerseys.
do you follow the socials? (super rugby or the teams?), ive seen posts all week...but not much other than saying that its this week
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@higgins exactly how much better would cullen goldie and lomu have been in their prime if they didn't wear huge oversized heavy jerseys
conversely how much better was it being a fan when you didn't have to buy a jersey 2 sizes up because you're not built like a professional rugby player
@kiwiwomble I still have got my 1995 World Cup (even though it did not officially take place!)number 11 jersey with the obligatory CCC logo, big white collar and think it might even have the Steinlager emblem on it as well. It only comes out for special occasions mind you, mainly because it is now of the modern day fit rather than the rather largish fit it was when I first acquired it.
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@mariner4life said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Looks like Blues are just going to wear their away jerseys and not any special heritage jersey.
Annoying but predictable.
https://twitter.com/BluesRugbyTeam/status/1506768156244783105
so the sum total of the "heritage round? is some replays of old games....which get posted pretty regularly anyway
NZ Rugby really are all sorts of fucking useless.
"hey, our game and our competitions diminish in popularity every year. Lets do fuck all to promote it. I mean, it's rugby in NZ, we don't really have to do anything do we?"
its like we buy the old press about NZ being Rugby mad...rugby in NZ is nothing compared to AFL in aus or football in...most other countries...let alone any of the American sport
@bovidae said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@bovidae is that enough to even bother calling it a heritage round?...just seems a bit lazy
If you hadn't posted that graphic I doubt many of us in NZ would have known it was meant to be a heritage round. I certainly didn't expect Adidas to release new jerseys.
do you follow the socials? (super rugby or the teams?), ive seen posts all week...but not much other than saying that its this week
@kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2022:
do you follow the socials? (super rugby or the teams?), ive seen posts all week...but not much other than saying that its this week
Not actively, but I did see the Chiefs have two heritage-related SM posts. They advertised the Super Round in Melbourne but nothing about the heritage round.
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force doing one
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The idea the Force have a heritage jersey is ridiculous.
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The idea the Force have a heritage jersey is ridiculous.
@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2022:
The idea the Force have a heritage jersey is ridiculous.
less ridiculous than a team that has a grand history of 2 games?
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17 years isn't exactly "new"
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The idea the Force have a heritage jersey is ridiculous.
@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2022:
The idea the Force have a heritage jersey is ridiculous.
Yet, it’s the best heritage jersey I’ve seen for a long time.
I think it’s good that they acknowledge rugby existed before Super.
Edit: Agree with @Bovidae though that the yellow 1992 jersey would have been good to see.
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2022:
The idea the Force have a heritage jersey is ridiculous.
less ridiculous than a team that has a grand history of 2 games?
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2022:
@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2022:
The idea the Force have a heritage jersey is ridiculous.
less ridiculous than a team that has a grand history of 2 games?
The Force wasn't created out of a club, or subsequently an amalgamation. Its only history of note in the competition is to be kicked out for a while.
Even RugbyWA knows what's up:
