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The TAB has already posted match odds for the opening round.
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@Tim said in Super Rugby News:
The TAB has already posted match odds for the opening round.
Those odds on the Tahds look a bit long to me. I'm not convinced that the Canes are that much stronger in the forwards.
'Upset' tip is Rebel over Brumbies IMO
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@Machpants Yeah, it's great! Gives them enough time to prep the next generation to take over in 2022 (Aumua and Kereru-Symes at this stage, IMO).
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@Stargazer Riccitelli may look elsewhere because of this. I think Coles and Aumua will be 1/2 and with Keruru Symes/Thompson coming through, he might go somewhere with less competition - backup to C Taylor at the Crusaders or first choice at the Blues.
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@Canes4life Makalio and Funell are both better than Riccitelli.
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@Tim said in Super Rugby News:
@Canes4life Makalio and Funell are both better than Riccitelli.
I’d probably prefer Parsons as well, at least he’s not a shrimp like rikitelli
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@Nepia said in Super Rugby News:
@SammyC said in Super Rugby News:
Riccitelli
According to Wiki Riccitelli is heavier than Parsons and the same height and heavier than Funnell (if we are to believe wiki's 'facts').
I stand corrected
He looks like a shrimp the few times I’ve seen him play live.
Still don’t want him at the crusaders tho. He’s been part of a Wellington tight 5 we’ve beaten up several times in the last couple of years.
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@SammyC said in Super Rugby News:
@Nepia said in Super Rugby News:
@SammyC said in Super Rugby News:
Riccitelli
According to Wiki Riccitelli is heavier than Parsons and the same height and heavier than Funnell (if we are to believe wiki's 'facts').
I stand corrected
He looks like a shrimp the few times I’ve seen him play live.
Still don’t want him at the crusaders tho. He’s been part of a Wellington tight 5 we’ve beaten up several times in the last couple of years.
He's pretty average.
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@Nepia said in Super Rugby News:
@SammyC said in Super Rugby News:
@Nepia said in Super Rugby News:
@SammyC said in Super Rugby News:
Riccitelli
According to Wiki Riccitelli is heavier than Parsons and the same height and heavier than Funnell (if we are to believe wiki's 'facts').
I stand corrected
He looks like a shrimp the few times I’ve seen him play live.
Still don’t want him at the crusaders tho. He’s been part of a Wellington tight 5 we’ve beaten up several times in the last couple of years.
He's pretty average.
He played well for a rookie in his first season, but appears to have hit his ceiling pretty early and hasn't really improved since. And as @SammyC says has been shoved around by the Saders and a few other packs since.
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Riccitelli is a battler, but a bloody good battler at that. Would happily have him in my squad over the likes of Funnell who is probably the worst lineout thrower in NZ and Parsons who is on par in the battler standards. Plus he has the best name in NZ rugby.
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@Nepia said in Super Rugby News:
@SammyC said in Super Rugby News:
Riccitelli
According to Wiki Riccitelli is heavier than Parsons and the same height and heavier than Funnell (if we are to believe wiki's 'facts').
We all know about that measuring tape at the Canes......adds at least another 6"
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Results preseason games (Sat 26 January 2019):
Brumbies 52 - 38 Rebels (played in 3 periods)
(Toni Pulu started for the ponies in the 14 jersey & Murray Douglas came off the bench; Michael Ruru & Quade Cooper were the Rebels' halves combo & Beaudein Waaka started at fullback. Btw, I understand from his instagram that he's only there for preseason & doesn't have a contract (yet).)Bulls 21 - 17 Lions
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
Brumbies 52 - 38 Rebels (played in 3 periods)
(Toni Pulu started for the ponies in the 14 jersey & Murray Douglas came off the bench; Michael Ruru & Quade Cooper were the Rebels' halves combo & Beaudein Waaka started at fullback. Btw, I understand from his instagram that he's only there for preseason & doesn't have a contract (yet).)Both sides had a bench of about twenty eleven. It was still 38 degrees at kickoff and I may have had a few beers to keep hydrated in the heat, but neither side showed anything remotely like recognisable patterns that weren't pods of three forwards. And both sides either have great/ bad scrums, or the ref was guessing/ trying to keep it even.
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Adam Ashley-Cooper set for Super Rugby return
Former Wallabies star Adam Ashley-Cooper has signed a one-year deal to return to Super Rugby as a push for a fourth World Cup campaign beckons.
