Huge loss for the Pats. He's possibly their best player. Having the combo of team friendly Brady deals and Gronk favouring long term high guarantee deals over maximising value has given the Pats front office a lot of cap room to build their championship team.
First ballot Hall of Famer in his first year of eligibility for sure.
The return of Read is a mini plot line at best. The real key returning player is Mo'unga. The Crusaders couldn't get any fluency in attack with either Cameron or Hunt so the return of Mo'unga will make a big difference I think.
Crusaders will have a point to prove after last week, but the canes will remember the first half when these two teams last meet so I'm expecting fireworks all around from the get go.
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby News:
@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby News:
@Cyclops cos it went S12, S14, S15, S18, S15 and now back to S14 right?
sweet, S12 is up next. Fuck off Jags and the Reds the tribe has spoken
Does this mean in about 2025 we'll be back to super 6?
@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby News:
@Cyclops was it original super 15 that introduced the 6 teams or super 18?
Super 15. That was when the three pools came in so we had 3 pool winners and three wild cards.
@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
@Cyclops Yeah, not sure either. That's why I said "before Super 18", because I don't remember when that started.
Okay, looked it up and the old super 14 had 4 final spots, so this tournament will be a week longer than the old super 14
@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
@KiwiMurph So the finals are back to how they used to be before the Super 18. And no more conferences. Good.
The only thing I don't like is that teams don't have the same number of home and away matches (yes, I know they're alternating the next year), but that's what you get with an even number of teams.
Glad the Jaguares are still there. Don't care about the Sunwolves.
Did the old super 14 have top six playoffs or just a top 4? My memory is that top six came in with super 15 but not certain about that.
Seeing Latham and Williamson's average together has made me interested in how our partnerships are performing.
Latham-Raval average 38
Williamson-Latham and -Raval are both 50+
Taylor-Williamson is 50+, -Latham is 48 -Raval under 30
Nicholls-Latham is 96, - Raval is 33, -Williamson is 41, -Taylor is 53
Obviously some of those are very small samples (although Latham-Nicholls have 3 hundred stands from 6 attempts).
Overall, it emphasises the class of Kane, but also Latham, Taylor and Nicholls. It means we average almost 100 on the board before Taylor comes into bat which must be a nice change for him.
Raval comes out looking a bit poor in this! He's the common factor in all the partnerships under 40, but part of that will be because of the small sample and probably also partly because he's had trouble converting starts, so those lower partnerships will be more commonly because we're collapsing rather than because he's racking up a Lathamesque big ton.
@Duluth said in Formula 1 2019:
@Dice said in Formula 1 2019:
This is live on DUKE in about 30 minutes. They showed the qualifying yesterday as well. Not sure if this is a one off, but it'd be cool if they showed every race.
Yeah I only realised yesterday that they were showing it.
I'm guessing it's a one off? Surely It's not in Sparks interest to have it on Duke once its own platform is stable.
Anyone know for sure?
My understanding is that Duke are broadcasting this one because Spark weren't sure if their platform would be live in time.
@Siam said in New Zealand V Bangladesh Test III:
There's merit in a "You will not disrupt our lives with your terrorism " message.
Up to the Bangladeshi team ultimately though I guess
Yeah, reflecting on when similar things have happened to the Black Caps, I would completely understand if the Bangladesh players want to go home after this, and equally if they want to play then we should.
A delay might be required/requested by authorities for logistical reasons as well? Not sure how big a role police and other emergency services play in the staging of a test match.