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  Hurricanes v Blues
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  @ACT-Crusader said in Hurricanes v Blues: @Crazy-Horse said in Hurricanes v Blues: I don't think it's good for the game that the Blues are holding all the good loose forwards. Somebody should think of the poor Crusaders having to play Sanders and Douglas on the weekend. Surely one of the Blues could be sent down to Christchurch to help them out. Exactly. It was never going to be easy up against a big bruising loose trio unit of the Blues when we were missing Read, McCaw, Todd, Tuiali’i, Thorne and George Whitelock. So many options for that last spot
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  Chiefs v Highlanders
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  @Kiwiwomble The game is on Sunday, so the team announcement will be on Friday. Don't be worried, it's is really Thursday, today.
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  NZPRT vs Some old blokes
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  I hope the ref keeps a close eye on Woodhouse.
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  Waratahs v Brumbies
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  Brumbies should win this one pretty comfortably. They have a settled, experienced squad. Tahs will rip in for the first 50 or so but might well fall away after that. The battle of the 6s will be good to watch. Both Valetini and Swinton could be Wallaby candidates, both bruisers in the same mould.
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  Reds v Force
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  @Yeetyaah OK. I misread what was written in the newspaper. The Perth-based outfit has relocated to the east coast of Australia for Super Rugby AU, and Kahui has joined the squad in the Hunter Valley hub and has completed his two-week quarantine period.
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  Hurricanes v Highlanders
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  @Darren haha agree with you there
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  North vs South
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  @Bones said in North vs South: @canefan ok I'm stumped - who is that on Keef's left? all cloaked in failure
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  Crusaders v Blues
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  @nzzp said in Crusaders v Blues: @Nevorian said in Crusaders v Blues: @junior said in Crusaders v Blues: @Winger said in Crusaders v Blues: @booboo said in Crusaders v Blues: @Winger said in Crusaders v Blues: @KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Blues: Beauden was rubbish. One of the worst games i've ever seen him play. He gave away 2 soft penalties - he kicked out on the full - he put in a shit kick before halftime. He was pants. He also looks like he has seriously lost his pace. He was brilliant about 4-5 years back and before then. But hes been going slowly downhill since. But still good but not great. I hoped the Blues coaches would get him moving back towards great again. But so far hes moving in the opposite direction. Maybe his time is up. Or the Blues move was a big mistake. Or hes not really a FB. I'm bored with the Crusaders winning year after year so disappointed with this result. The only team that might have challenged is so far behind now the title is decided after 4 games So the other teams have got to get better It can't be done if most of the best players sign for the best team (as their AB chances are much better). And the next level down quality players bugger of overseas. NZR need to come up with a (financial) system were the best players are evenly shared out (at present it almost ensures the opposite). Otherwise a new competition will slowly die. Or will never achieve the following it could have if one team wins ever year. This includes Aust (or SA if still included although this model has done its time). Aust can only support 3 teams at most. So 5 EVEN NZ teams and three QUALITY Aussie teams = success. But NZ need to be ruthless (ignore reasons why it can be done. For example Abs might need to move teams as Barrett did) to ensure an even distribution of players. This new competition must be seen as very important rather than just the ABs. And super rugby almost as an irrelevant feeder for the ABs (the current set up). I would have thought the best way to do this is actually to ensure that the coaching at all franchises is strong. Despite their poor recent form, one would think having Gats coaching the Chiefs would make that a desirable destination (perhaps he needs to improve his assistants). Similarly, it seems Rangi is leading a strong coaching unit at the Blues and I’m sure the way they’ve played this year will make players consider moving there. The Crusaders would be lucky to have more than four or five of the best players in NZ at the moment - Taylor, Whitelock, Mo'unga, Goodhue, Jordan with Moody debatable spot on - which makes their comeback on Saturday night even more remarkable The issue is not the spread of the best players, contrary to what @Winger says. The issues is rather than evenness of the remaining talent. The difference between the 'Saders' best and worst players, IMO, is significantly less than that at other franchises. This means that they have less glaring weaknesses across the park and, crucially, on their bench. This is to my mind a large part of why they so often pull away from their opposition in the last 20 mins of matches. Similarly, it's what made the ABs so lethal between say 2010 and 2016 and it's where we've been caught up by our major opposition since that time.
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  Waratahs v Force
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  Rebels v Reds
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  Why not? This comp is now a bit of an experiment, so may as well throw some minor law changes in there too. The concept behind extra time is sound, as draws are pointless in a pointless comp. May as well find a winner. The issue is the way the attacking team is now being officiated it's not advisable to have the ball in your own half at any stage. So it's kick to kick to kick until a team makes an error.
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  Highlanders v Crusaders
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  @Darren said in Highlanders v Crusaders: Smith was amazing, if he is not the highest paid AB then he should renegotiate. Now is really not the time to re negotiate your contact lol
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  Chiefs v Hurricanes
  chiefs hurricanes • • Duluth  

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  @mariner4life said in Chiefs v Hurricanes: @Stargazer should be given a reward The mere idea he should be penalised for two players running into the same space is ridiculous. As is the "late tackle" explanation. There's no tackle, just a halfback getting in the way of a flanker.
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  Reds v Waratahs
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  @barbarian I'm with you till the last bit. They only got half the known crowd size. Now they've got a win, the crowds might start coming back.
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  Brumbies v Rebels
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  Crusaders v Chiefs
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  @sparky said in Crusaders v Chiefs: @cgrant said in Crusaders v Chiefs: Ah Kuoi was the best lock on the paddock. His workrate is impressive and he is quite dynamic in the loose. Not a bad LO jumper either. Disagree, Sam Whitelock and Mitch Brown both made twice the number of tackles as him and hit more rucks. Not a vintage performance from Sam Whitelock, but he was still the best lock on the paddock in that game. He was the only lock. The rest were trainees
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  Blues v Highlanders
  blues highlanders • • Duluth  

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  @pukunui said in Blues v Highlanders: @Bones said in Blues v Highlanders: @pukunui I think there was one early on in this game! I said rarely, not never, so there may well have been. Which would highlight how inconsistent it is. Oh I know, I've never seen it, that's why I was surprised and at the same time TJ mentioned that it is one of the areas the refs are looking at. Always annoyed me that it should be ruled so differently.
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  Hurricanes v Crusaders
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  I moved the AB blindside discussion to this thread: https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/3998/ab-depth-chart-2020/165
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  Northland Club Rugby
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  Some interesting first up results .. Looks like it might be more of a learning year for newly promoted team Ngāti Hine Moerewa/Uk..apparently they have lost Justin Davies,Warren Dunn and Paora Allen to HoraHora which is a bit of a shame but great news for HH who have also gained Kara Pryor who will pack down in the back row with Jacob Matiu and the very promising rangy loose forward Tiaki Smith ...HH could be a bit of a dark horse if they can keep everyone in the paddock ..hard to know how good Western Sharks were given whom they were up against .. Just chatting to a contact that was at the KeriKeri v Mid Northern game , a good tight contest that saw a very big crowd from up.. Some good news for Taniwha supporters with Wiseguy Faiane deciding to put his head down ,and a genuine crack at the Northland Taniwha team , has returned to Waipu .. Wellsford had a very good team on paper against Waipu , but according to reports , tried to go wide without getting right up front first .. An interesting newcomer to OBM will be big number , Isileli Manu, younger brother of Pauliasi Manu ..very sizeable human being.
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  Chiefs v Blues
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  That would be the ideal scenario, very good chance the Crusaders could end up more than a game clear by the time we get there though, by beating them first time around at home , and accumulating more bonus points
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  Blues v Hurricanes
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  Some analysis of the game. https://ekrugbyanalysis.com/2020/06/19/kicking-off-the-cobwebs-how-tactical-kicking-influenced-the-blues-winning-return-to-rugby/
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  Highlanders v Chiefs
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  @Hooroo about 20 or so? Didnt stand out, but then his team was getting bullied and didnt look like they had much of a game plan, so tough to make too much of an assessment
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  Tasman v Wellington (Premiership Final)
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  @Bovidae Nice try, Ron. Probably had Richard Pearse playing first five!
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  RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1)
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  Wallabies v All Blacks - Bledisloe 1 Sydney 2000
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  @ACT-Crusader said in Wallabies v All Blacks - Bledisloe 1 Sydney 2000: @SidBarret said in Wallabies v All Blacks - Bledisloe 1 Sydney 2000: Funnily enough I watched this game on Saturday on youtube. Wow Larkham and Gregan were good. There are periods in that test where the Aussie attack led by these two was so dominant. They were getting clean ball and had runners just lining up. Scary to watch at the time... The ACT way?!
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  Sharks v Stormers
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  Red card in my books, but he did it out of stupidity, nothing else. I was upset because I wanted Louis Schreuder to play the whole game. The better 9 was on the bench. Thought the Stormers played much better then against the Blues. The defense was back to normal and Trokkie (Trokkie is afrikaans for truck) (nr8) had a massive game. Now we understand why Notshe moved to the Sharks.
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  Brumbies v Waratahs
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  @antipodean said in Brumbies v Waratahs: I've given up supporting them. Couldn't be bothered going to the ground to see what I knew would eventuate. Went for a ride instead. Well you just missed the last game of pro rugby for a while!
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  Sunwolves v Crusaders (round 7)
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  @antipodean Yes it isn't rocket science. The rules are in place whether people like it or not and people still try and argue against them with the usual 'the game has gone soft, back in my day' talk.
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  Reds v Bulls
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  @Duluth said in Reds v Bulls: @MajorRage said in Reds v Bulls: Liam Wright looks a top talent. Aussie procession of 7's continues. Smith - Pocock - Wright. Wilson looks good too. That’s even better news for Aussie rugby. They’ve struggled to find an 8 for a while Absolute unit. Should be Wallaby 8 for a decade
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  Blues v Lions
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  Great coaching. Blues playing with a lot more width and freedom. The defensive system is really coming along and that is building the confidence in attack. Duffy looks a different player and when he comes into the line as a playmaking option he’s making better decisions.
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  Wales v Scotland
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  Bottled it There's already thousands of Scots roaming the streets of Cardiff, many of whom were in Italy a couple of weeks back. Where's the consistency?
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  Chiefs v Hurricanes
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  @Bovidae that was my point.
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  England v Wales
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  @Crucial I never said he was ok with it. There's been a few comments pointing at his response showing that he wanted the book thrown at Marler, and similar. He never said any such thing. But yeah make up a rant about something else.
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  Jaguares v Highlanders (round 7)
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  Juan Cruz Mallia, Sebastian Cancelliere, Matias Moroni, Jeronimo de la Fuente (c), Santiago Carreras, Domingo Miotti, Felipe Ezcurra, Tomas Lezana, Marcos Kremer, Francisco Gorrissen, Lucas Paulos, Guido Petti, Lucio Sordoni, Agustin Creevy, Mayco Vivas Reserves: Julian Montoya, Javier Diaz, Joel Sclavi, Matias Alemanno, Bautista Pedemonte, Gonzalo Bertranou, Joaquin Diaz Bonilla, Santiago Chocobares
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  Hurricanes v Blues
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  The cards were easy decisions but I didnt like the way the ref controlled the game from the start, creating flow is a must between nz teams, other than that i feel wellington scoring after a minute was the worse thing that they did as after that they seemed to relaxed, b4 they knew it and 1 million free kicks later it was still only 5nil. But well done blues finally got sm rub of the green.
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  Bulls v Highlanders (round 6)
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  Rebels v Lions
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  @African-Monkey Yeah I don’t think they have a chance of catching the Brumbies. I think they might finish second as long as Toomua stays fit
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  Waratahs v Chiefs
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  Crusaders v Reds
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  A really good effort by the Reds, who have to be the best 1-5 team I've ever seen. They should have won though. Their average age is 21 and it showed. They just needed a few cool heads to direct traffic in the Crusaders 22, too often they went the wrong way or let the attack stagnate and the D-line get set. The goalkicking was abysmal and genuinely affected the game. I've never seen a pro kicker shank as many as Jock Campbell. Harry Wilson and Lukhan S-Loto were two real standouts, as was Hunter Paisami. Really nice to see the next generation coming through. Combine these Reds youngsters with guys like Harrison and Bell at the Tahs, Lolesio and Valetini at the Brumbies and you've got a few potential Test stars running around.
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  Sunwolves v Brumbies (round 6)
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  @antipodean said in Sunwolves v Brumbies (round 6): Does anyone at the Sunwolves want a professional contract next season? If drinking sake is a professional sport, maybe...
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  Stormers vs Blues
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  Mallett and de Bruin analyse the Stormers loss to the Blues