The "other" round 8 Super Rugby games

[Stargazer]

Quade Cooper just became the first Queensland player, and the third Aussie player, to reach 800 points. Don't remember whether they said this is just in SR, or overall.

Does anyone know how many Kiwi players have reached 800, and who?

[Bones]

@Stargazer Carter, Mehrtens, Brown, Donald and Barrett.

List of Super Rugby records - Wikipedia

[Stargazer]

Defence is optional for the Reds. The Kings have just scored two tries while playing with 14 men. They started their comeback too late, otherwise the Reds could be in trouble.

[Stargazer]

Reds win the game (George Smith's 150th SR game), but the Kings took away their bonus point. Never really had a good look at the Kings, but they have a few players that actually look reasonably good.

[Stargazer]

Geez, didn't see what happened but there was a double yellow card for the Rebels, who are now playing with 13 men. It has already cost them a try to the ponies but are still leading 10 to 5.

[pukunui]

@Stargazer said in The "other" round 8 Super Rugby games:

Geez, didn't see what happened but there was a double yellow card for the Rebels, who are now playing with 13 men. It has already cost them a try to the ponies but are still leading 10 to 5.

Rebels 6 probably lucky not to get a red after an attempted knee to the head of a Brumbies player on all fours that slightly connected but with the shin rather than knee. The Rebels 6 and 7 had just been done for a tip tackle which the 7 got the other YC for.

[NTA]

That's a straight red. Effectively kicking at the head.

Judiciary better sort that out

[Damo]

How on earth the Brumbies couldn't put the hopeless Rebels away is beyond me. Aussie Conference is just rubbish this year.

[NTA]

@Damo said in The "other" round 8 Super Rugby games:

How on earth the Brumbies couldn't put the hopeless Rebels away is beyond me. Aussie Conference is just rubbish this year.

Fixed.

[antipodean]

#cutthebrumbies

Seriously. Three yellow cards and they still beat the Brumbies.

Seems giving a hiding to the Reds (who almost managed to lose against the Kings) gave them a false self-perception of where they lay in the order of things.

[taniwharugby]

Aussie comp is pretty even, thier shittest team beats thier least shittest team!

[taniwharugby]

So the Lions went to Capetown and beat the Stormers 29-16 and the Bulls remembered they like being home and beat the Jaguares 26-13.

[taniwharugby]

[taniwharugby]

One of things is not like the others....this table for once, looks about right aside from one glaring anomoly.

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby Don't know where you got those tables from, but the Highlanders should sit below the Jaguares and drop out of the Wild Card position in favour of the Jaguares.

If conference leaders were not automatic home quarter finalists, the Brumbies would drop out of the top 8 and sit between the Highlanders and the Blues, which would give the Highlanders the last Wild Card spot.

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer http://www.superxv.com/table/

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby Ah, yes, I've seen mistakes in their tables before. Usually corrected some time later.

[Kruse]

@Stargazer Isn't there only 1 WC spot available from Africa? So those WC spots are correct - but another way in that the current system is a little confusing, and seems unfair (although I think most of it makes sense in a compromise sort of way).

[taniwharugby]

@Kruse looking at the SA table you might be right.

[Stargazer]

@Kruse Yes, you're absolutely right. I got that wrong; the current format gives the Australasian group 3 wild cards and the African group only 1, which would go to the Sharks.