SF Chiefs v Brumbies

[taniwharugby]

19-12 at the break

[ACT Crusader]

19-12 HT lead to Chiefs.

[KiwiMurph]

@Steven-Harris said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

Crowds are a real concern for this comp that shot from the air showed how how many gaps there are in the crowd

An Aus team has never won a playoff game in NZ

People aren't gonna show up when they feel like they know the result

[canefan]

@Mattasaurus said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

LOL Slipper gets a taste of his own medicine .... been doing that for years

That's a Brumbies trick for years, back to the days of Bill Young

[Mr Fish]

@Frank said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

Do or die semi and not a full house.
This is a concern.

I think NZ fans just aren't that interested in watching Australian teams, finals or not.

[Steven Harris]

@KiwiMurph but even last night 2 NZ teams heavy weight contest and the stadium only half full

[African Monkey]

@Mr-Fish said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@African-Monkey said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@akan004 said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

Good to finally see a kiwi team taking the 3.

Don't get why teams don't do it

Does helpwhen you've got an 80%+ kicker.

Teams still turn down a lot of easy kicks at goal though.

[KiwiMurph]

@Steven-Harris said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@KiwiMurph but even last night 2 NZ teams heavy weight contest and the stadium only half full

Crusaders have never ever lost a home playoff game and have a home final next week

Same thing applies.

[canefan]

And yet the Wahs pack the house every week. At the moment, I think league is a better game to watch

[African Monkey]

@KiwiMurph said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@African-Monkey said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@akan004 said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

Good to finally see a kiwi team taking the 3.

Don't get why teams don't do it

Ironically DMac should have kicked for the corner late last week

Personally I thought it was the right call, but I do see the argument for not taking it as well.

[Mr Fish]

Jesus this halftime coverage.

If you want to appeal to young people, get young people on the show. If you want to appeal to old people, get old people on the show.

But don't get old people on the show trying to be young people. Awful.

[Frank]

I love SBW's halftime English learning lessons.

[Bones]

@ACT-Crusader said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@Bones said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@Mattasaurus said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@Bones said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

Such a shame we never got to see what you could do at test level Shaun.

Defense lets him down so they say... that boot though....

Yeah I find that a very hard pill to swallow when you look at those selected ahead of him.

Love’s defence isn’t too bad….

Is that a song by Chicago?

[Steven Harris]

@canefan ..the Warriors fill grounds no matter where they play rain hail or shine I suspect if there was a team in Christchurch they would fill their stadium week in week out

At the company I work for in Auckland nobody talks about super rugby it’s all Warriors talk
Up the Wahs

[KiwiMurph]

@Steven-Harris said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@canefan ..the Warriors fill grounds no matter where they play rain hail or shine I suspect if there was a team in Christchurch they would fill their stadium week in week out

At the company I work for in Auckland nobody talks about super rugby it’s all Warriors talk
Up the Wahs

Warriors/NRL do a far better job of engaging their fans

In Super Rugby it feels like only Ardie and Rieko actually try and generate some hype.

[African Monkey]

@Steven-Harris said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@canefan ..the Warriors fill grounds no matter where they play rain hail or shine I suspect if there was a team in Christchurch they would fill their stadium week in week out

At the company I work for in Auckland nobody talks about super rugby it’s all Warriors talk
Up the Wahs

It's true. Everyone in Chch talks about the Wahs before the Crusaders, especially the younger audience, and yeah, they would pack out every week down here too.

[ploughboy]

penalty aside jacobson has been a tackling machine

[Canerbry]

@African-Monkey said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@Steven-Harris said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:

@canefan ..the Warriors fill grounds no matter where they play rain hail or shine I suspect if there was a team in Christchurch they would fill their stadium week in week out

At the company I work for in Auckland nobody talks about super rugby it’s all Warriors talk
Up the Wahs

It's true. Everyone in Chch talks about the Wahs before the Crusaders, especially the younger audience, and yeah, they would pack out every week down here too.

/s

[sparky]

It feels like most of the Fern are between 40 and 65 years old.

If you were between 10 and 25 today would there be enough about Rugby and Super Rugby to hook you into the game? I suspect not.

[Steven Harris]

@African-Monkey that’s it in one a younger audience who are engaged