The Silver Fern

@taniwharugby

That's a shame

His 1st game back vs Canes in Eden Park would have been amazing

@Machpants

Duffie is fine at #15

Blues halfbacks are fucking terrible Ruru is a headless chicken Perofeta is poor & can't kick to save his life
Plummer & Black are backups at best

Blues are awful - poorly coached, high error rate, mental erros Giving up 32 pts in the 2nd half is disfracful

BB won;t make a difference if he has a bum at scrum half
Good thing Landers have a Mitre 10 squad with A Smith & Iaone or else Blues would AGAIN be worst NZ team in SR

@Crucial

SR not designed to allow teams to rise quickly form "worst to first" ala NFL for example

For a team like Blues to play eight NZ derbies is brutal
Hence they're stuck in a vicious cycle

Thankfully from next year SR reverts to Round Robin Format - 13 games with 2 byes that'll enhance the quality of the Comp

Round Robin format will suit NZ teams as they'll have fewer derbies

Jaguares will also benefit as they'll have 3 fewer road games every 2 years Even then they've won 7 out of last 9
games in AUS/NZ

@antipodean

We're talking about the Stormers who're notorious for shitting the bed

They've 3 of the best rugby schools in SA within a 50 mile radius of Cape Town

Canes better hope the game is helter slkelter or else they might get embarrassed badly Not sure I've seen such a greater discrepancy in talent btw two packs in SR in a while

@kev said in Blues v Chiefs:

@macandcheese From all comments Nock and Plummer are fine they just need to select them.

That's noted

I can live with Plummer at #12 or ahead of Perofeta at #10

I've no clue how good Nock is Not seen him play much
Seen enough of Ruru to know he's putrid at #9 at least at SR level