The BF7s beat Canada 31-7. Their QF will be at 8:49 pm NZT.
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TJ gets the Ta$man reference in but is a year too late about Norris.
Great atmosphere there.
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A good read about some of the disconnect between NZR, SR and the PUs.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2024:
Mason Tupaea - Waikato Prop, (Quinns younger brother) was on the sideline with the Blues last night.
I had noticed he wasn't playing club rugby today. Good for him.
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@Canes4life So you would use Love or Proctor as winger cover? You can understand why Robertson and co are looking at Havili at 10 as that may give you more options from the bench, and to include an impact winger.
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@KiwiMurph said in Rebels v Blues:
One thing I've noticed
Caleb's defence seems much better that previous times I've seen him live
He did have some bad misses though. ESPN says 4 in total of 12 tackles.
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Love might make the AB squad but there is no way he makes the 23 unless the coaches believe he is also a viable option at 10. That's why BB seems more likely to be the fullback. Whether Beauden is really a test 1st 5 anymore is another argument.
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@Machpants said in Hurricanes vs Waratahs:
Extra roll at the tackle by Grant, should've been penalty tahs. Try was nice tho
Yes, I was going to post that Waenga is very inconsistent refereeing the breakdown. He seems to conjure penalties out of thin air and ignore obvious ones.
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So NZ are scoring 8 less tries per tournament compared to last year. It makes defence all the more important with this team.
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The BF7s beat Spain 38-7 in their opening match. It was 7-7 early before NZ started to dominate possession.
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Scanning through the team lists for Waikato club rugby there are only a few SR players involved this Sat.
Fraser Tech - D'Angelo Leuila (10), Liam Coombes-Fabling (15)
Hautapu - Tom Florence (7) -
I thought it would be easier to have a thread for all comments not relating to NZ games. @Duluth can move other posts from the NZ-SA match thread if he wants.
Anyway, this was the Australian U20 team that played Argentina. Note that their starting 9 and 10 don't come from the big three teams.
1 Jack Barrett (Waratahs)
2 Bryn Edwards (Waratahs)
3 Tevita Alatini (Brumbies)
4 Toby Macpherson (Brumbies – captain)
5 Harvey Cordukes (Brumbies)
6 Aden Ekanayake (Waratahs)
7 Joe Liddy (Reds)
8 Jack Harley (Brumbies)
9 Doug Philipson (Force)
10 Joey Fowler (Rebels)
11 Xavier Rubens (Reds)
12 Ronan Leahy (Force – vice captain)
13 Jarrah McLeod (Brumbies)
14 Will McCulloch (Reds)
15 Shane Wilcox (Brumbies)16 Nathaniel Tiitii (Waratahs)
17 Tavi Tuipulotu (Rebels)
18 Nick Bloomfield (Reds)
19 Ben Daniels (Reds)
20 Ben Di Staso (Waratahs)
21 Hwi Sharples (Waratahs)
22 Cullen Gray (Brumbies)
23 Angus Staniforth (Brumbies) -
The weather conditions (rain, wind) were really bad in the Aust-Arg game, particularly near the end. Sunshine Coast my arse!
Aust made handling errors chasing the game and the big Arg forwards were hard to stop near the tryline.
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Canada beat the USA 50-7 last weekend in the first WR Pacific Four Series game, so it looks like the USA will be the weakest team.
The USA will play a Chiefs Manawa Development XV before the Chiefs-Force game. It will be a mix of gameplay and scenarios over two halves.
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This signing was rumoured for a while.
So far the roster is:
Parker Jackson-Cartwright
Dane Pineau
Sam Mennenga
Mojave King
Mitch McCarron
Jonah BoldenThe Breakers still have five roster spots and a potential Next Star to add before they assemble in August.
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The Stan broadcast often froze for me.
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Arg will be a different challenge. They outmuscled Aust and have some huge props, so a dominant scrum. A dry day will help.
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It's hard to make too many comparisons to 2023 as the ground conditions were so bad. NZ's subs probably didn't have as much impact as SA's but the signs of improvement are there. Andrew Smith was the pick of the forwards for me.
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NZ will be disappointed as we had the better try-scoring chances.
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Rico Simpson has had a shocker in the last 5 mins.
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