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@OomPB said in NH Club Rugby:
Stormers vs Bulls sold out for 2nd year in a row. Just show the success of summer rugby in South Africa.
That did not look like a sell out
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@OomPB said in NH Club Rugby:
There were 53 682 official. Maybe a few thousand didn't pitch up to the stadium. Babelas after the new year celebrations.
Fair enough
It looked half-full on the highlights
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@Tim said in NH Club Rugby:
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/one-test-all-black-fly-half-set-to-captain-clermont-in-top-14-clash/
Plummer led his side in defenders beaten, total carries, meters carried, and line breaks as well, while the 27-year-old was also perfect off the tee.
Good thing he was given all that time to show what he could do for the All Blacks.
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@antipodean said in NH Club Rugby:
@Tim said in NH Club Rugby:
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/one-test-all-black-fly-half-set-to-captain-clermont-in-top-14-clash/
Plummer led his side in defenders beaten, total carries, meters carried, and line breaks as well, while the 27-year-old was also perfect off the tee.
Good thing he was given all that time to show what he could do for the All Blacks.
Fucking sad face.
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He's been meh in the European cup games . I don't know whether he would have performed better than BB at 1st Five for the All Blacks but I don't think he was the Messiah. He is rather slow but tackles well and receives the ball from a deep run (not standing flat and still).
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Was at the Quins vs Stormers game yesterday, don't think i've ever been as cold in my life. Game was pretty dull, actually felt sorry for the Stormers players, not sure i'd want to fly from Cape Town to play in a game in 0 degrees, howling winds, horribly grey skies in January in South West London. Should have stayed on the beach
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Great to see Filo Tiatia who is the head coach and Dale Macleod who is the defence coach who are having a positive impact at the Newport Dragons
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A good day for the SA franchises. Bulls finally win one after the 7 game losing streak. Hopefully they are now on an upward trajectory after the shedding of jake the snake.
The one bulls try was quite weird though, watching it live was eyebrow raising.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/international-referee-slammed-over-bizarre-33252345 -
don't get to watch the European stuff as I can't bring myself to add yet another otherwise entirely useless sports channel package but the Quins result yesterday was extraordinary, our defence is so weak and so porous i can't understand how we won. From everything i've read, Smith was excellent yesterday. Shame Borthers will never pick him at 10.
Interesting that 7 of the remaining 16 teams are English, I wouldn't expect many of them to get through to the 1/4s though, 2 guaranteed, 1 i think will get through. Would expect Toulouse vs Bordeaux in the 1/4s which will be tasty.
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When I look at the results I often have a quick scan of the team lists. It seems that there is a real "home" and "away" mentality for many of the teams in the European competitions. For example, Sale got beaten by 70 pts by Toulouse last weekend. But no Ford and Curry unless they were both injured. OK to rotate if you are Leinster and Toulouse but I doubt the other teams can.
