'Super Rugby' 2021
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apparently its the same in the US, unless someone can correct me. was talking to someone and they were saying ESPN is still listed but theyre not showing any games on the schedule and when they talked to them they said effectively "dont hold your breath"
I wonder if people are just signing up to Stan and using a VPN?
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Seems a bit shit that there will be no Super Rugby Aotearoa available at all in the UK across any of the channels (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Channel 5, Sky Sports, BT, Amazon Prime) that cover Rugby.
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@sparky said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Seems a bit shit that there will be no Super Rugby Aotearoa available at all in the UK across any of the channels (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Channel 5, Sky Sports, BT, Amazon Prime) that cover Rugby.
The UK's still in fucking lockdown. Surely there must be a few punters out there wanting to see some more than decent footy on a Friday and Saturday morning?
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I guess the money is too tight, though you'd think that TV business would have had a boost if anything. Shame they couldn't negotiate something with Amazon. -
As far I can tell Sky Sports in the UK (now owned by Comcast) aren't that interested. Other broadcasters though aren't going to give them free advertising by buying something called Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa.
Something of a disaster for NZR. All this talk about building a global brand and unlocking the supporter base and for the first time since the 1990s NZ Super Rugby games won't be broadcast live in the UK.
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@sparky I hear you bro and I know you have a penchant for the dramatic but I recall it not being super available when I got here in the late naughties...
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@bones At least some Super Rugby has been available in the UK since the days of it being Super Tens back in 1993 or 1994. Think it was a weekly highlights show back then. Perhaps there were games available as delayed transition after that. I remember for sure watching the 2000 Super Rugby Final live in the UK with a lot of students in a bar in Cambridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Super_12_season
I have a feeling that for most of the noughties there were a couple of live Super Games a week, highlights of the rest.
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@sparky said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
As far I can tell Sky Sports in the UK (now owned by Comcast) aren't that interested. Other broadcasters though aren't going to give them free advertising by buying something called Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa.
Something of a disaster for NZR. All this talk about building a global brand and unlocking the supporter base and for the first time since the 1990s NZ Super Rugby games won't be broadcast live in the UK.
That's not right. For example the RC is Investec in NZ, something else in Oz, another in SA, and different in Argentina. And called just plain RC elsewhere. Same for super rugby
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If i remember correctly foxtel didn't get the rights to the Ab's when they played Ireland in the US and so NZR was able to stream the games on their website for a small fee, $10 maybe
anyone think theres any chance of that? or similar
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Plenty of emotion in this one.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CLm9lKrlDfD/?igshid=1adnte2v3ru6u
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Any reason the kiwi team and the Aussie not involved in a derby couldn’t face off? That gives 5 instead of 4 matches each week and adds a bit of variety. I suppose there are the by weeks and the Covid bubbles.
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@billy-tell If a Kiwi team or an Aussie team has to cross borders to play that game, the team (re-)entering NZ has to go into managed isolation for 14 days. At the moment, the Covid situation doesn't allow it.
The bye is indeed necessary because of player wellfare.
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Just watched a Christian Cullen doco on sky. Great to look back and see the best fullback I've ever seen in his prime. The latter part regarding his non selection for the 2003 RWC made me despise Mitch all over again
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Now that the beginning of SRA for 2021 is upon us, I wish we'd somehow managed to scratch together a sixth team so we could have a third game each week.
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@shark said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Now that the beginning of SRA for 2021 is upon us, I wish we'd somehow managed to scratch together a sixth team so we could have a third game each week.
@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@billy-tell If a Kiwi team or an Aussie team has to cross borders to play that game, the team (re-)entering NZ has to go into managed isolation for 14 days. At the moment, the Covid situation doesn't allow it.
The bye is indeed necessary because of player wellfare.
Not viable at all @shark - the games are too fast and physical.
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@shark said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Now that the beginning of SRA for 2021 is upon us, I wish we'd somehow managed to scratch together a sixth team so we could have a third game each week.
The counter argument is looking at the Six Nations. Having a sixth team and a third game really hasn't added much.
Obviously over time you'd imagine a 6th NZ franchise would be strong but I think initially they would be weak and would play that 'Italy' role (especially if they were rushed through to play in 2021).
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@kiwimurph i think we'd have to do something crazy like the five franchises could only protect 5-8 players from the current squads and the new team would get first crack at picking the same number from those left, and then all teams can fill their rosters from those left after that
making a sixth team from only those not wanted by the first 5 is always going to impossible
a bit silly but actually could have made of the off season interesting
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Are the Crusaders keeping the horses and the Vangelis tune, or is that gone too??
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@billy-tell I assume it will be the same as in 2020: horses and riders dressed in the colours of the Crusaders' provinces.
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Hah, planet rugby are a bit shit eh! I notice no one put their name to this shamozzle...
https://www.planetrugby.com/10-players-to-watch-in-super-rugby-aotearoa/
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@bones I only agree with Grace, Clarke and possibly Boshier. Most players on their list are old haha.
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Parson's picks in that RugbyPass article aren't any better.
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@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@bones I only agree with Grace, Clarke and possibly Boshier. Most players on their list are old haha.
Thought you'd be all over them calling the NPC non-competitive!
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@bovidae Not sure if mentioned in the article, but on his podcast he clarified that his "hype XV" was based purely on press comments going into the start of the season, not on form or potential. He wanted to do a list based on fitness and strength numbers, but couldn't get enough data.
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@bones I only looked at the list; didn't read the article.
Edit: do you mean this about NMS?
The once prolific wing hasn’t played a game of competitive rugby since November 2018, which dates to 22 months on the sidelines.No need to be all over that. They've obviously missed that he has played NPC for Manawatu. I don't think Planet Rugby covers NPC anymore.
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@tim They've missed quite a few. And picked the wrong Punivai.
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Good price too (good to watch the Canes lose this WE)
£34.99 for all matches
Although its still coming. One day before kick off
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Who have the Blues got next week and where?
The way things are going with this covid shit I’ll be bloody surprised if we get through this season without having a game or two cancelled.
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@gunner Bye round next week. 3rd round play Highlanders at home.
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@tim said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@gunner Bye round next week. 3rd round play Highlanders at home.
Bloody lucky!
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@gunner all games could be canned next week. Unless they play them behind closed doors.
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@gunner Players may want to go back to their family though, esp those with children.
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@canes4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@gunner all games could be canned next week. Unless they play them behind closed doors.
Surely they go ahead with empty stadia?
At least folks can watch from home....
