Super Rugby 2025
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McReight, Paisami return for Bledisloe series as Schmidt sticks solid with Wallabies
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has resisted the option of making major squad changes after the record defeat in Santa Fe.
The first weekend will see three qualifying finals - 1 v 6, 2 v 5 and 3 v 4 - but with only three winners, a fourth team to fill out the semi-finals has to be found. That spot will be claimed by a “lucky loser” - the highest-seeded team to lose in the qualifying finals.
This is fucking trash. Make it simple and give 1 and 2 a week off then 3 and 4 to host a QF.
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@Yeetyaah said in Super Rugby 2025:
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has resisted the option of making major squad changes after the record defeat in Santa Fe.
The first weekend will see three qualifying finals - 1 v 6, 2 v 5 and 3 v 4 - but with only three winners, a fourth team to fill out the semi-finals has to be found. That spot will be claimed by a “lucky loser” - the highest-seeded team to lose in the qualifying finals.
This is fucking trash. Make it simple and give 1 and 2 a week off then 3 and 4 to host a QF.
Fuck me, what a way to blur the lines. I agree, keep it simple, fans hate it when they can't understand a playoff structure. Absolute nonsense once again from these idiots.
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How do they determine a lucky loser? If the top seed is knocked out, surely they should get a second bite of the cherry. What a shambles.
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@Canes4life It's whoever is the highest seed, so if 1 loses, they get another crack in the SF guarenteed.
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@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2025:
How do they determine a lucky loser? If the top seed is knocked out, surely they should get a second bite of the cherry. What a shambles.
The article says it's the highest seeded loser. So if the top seed losses, yes they have a second chance
Seems fine to me. I don't understand the negativity
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@gt12 said in Super Rugby 2025:
It's impressive how super rugby can come up with new ways of making the competition worse.
Exactly, they can blar on about the comp not getting bums on seats all they want, but when they make dumb decisions like this you have to wonder if they're guiding it to its own death. How fucking dumb are these fluffybunnies that run this show.
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@Duluth said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2025:
How do they determine a lucky loser? If the top seed is knocked out, surely they should get a second bite of the cherry. What a shambles.
The article says it's the highest seeded loser. So if the top seed losses, yes they have a second chance
Seems fine to me. I don't understand the negativity
When was the last time 1st lost to the bottom seed? Or even 2nd losing to the second from bottom seed? The stupidity here comes from the 3v4 potentially being a dead rubber.
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@Duluth said in Super Rugby 2025:
Your complaint only makes sense if that game is scheduled last
Is it?
We won't know this until the schedule is released in a couple weeks. If it's scheduled first then I get their decision making but if it's scheduled last then they are morons.
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Second is ok too
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Teams will play 14 regular season matches, consisting of seven home games and seven away games, and be allocated two byes.
I am happy that there will be an equal number of home and away games, assuming that there is no Super Round to fuck things up again.
Teams will play four teams twice, with a focus on rivalry match-ups, and the six remaining teams once
Let's wait to see the details.
Also, there will be three family-friendly Sunday afternoon games. I wonder who will get those games?
And, SR starts a week earlier (Friday 14 February).
