This by the Hurricanes is a fucking disgrace

Bunch of whiny bitches, happy the Crusaders won

Add the grubby antics of their captain & the Canes are a hard team to like

How's stat?!

Andy Zaltzman

Test Match Special statistician

It is the first time in all international cricket, men's and women's, that the top three have all been out for one.

@Crucial said in QF1: Crusaders v Highlanders:

@Chris said in QF1: Crusaders v Highlanders:

@Crucial Yep Shaking at the knees at that prospect

Typical arrogant kiwi!

Kiwis rugby fans being arrogant is like a Pope being Catholic or Bears shitting in Woods

I mean the mighty Waikato Chiefs who "check notes" have a NEGATIVE points differential & won 7 games this season

They're just going to roll into Buenos Aires and win

They are on a massive 3 game winning streak

Includes beating the excellent Reds and amazing Rebels + a game play in a Suva sauna

@nzzp said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@taniwharugby said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

so, Crotty out for upto 8 weeks, Scott Barrett upto 6...both with breaks in thier hands.

Changes things.

@Jaguares4real will be bullish now

Made a massive difference when they went off

Damn Right I am

Crotty is the general of the Saders backline Goodhue at 12 is a likely weak point for Saders

Goodhue got exposed a few times in Defence last week, lacks top end speed

Romano will replace Barrett adequately

Jaguares will be vulnerable in 1st half especially on 1st game on tour

Lions scored 40 pt in 1st 50 mins in Jo'burg

Landers had a 13 pt lead at half time in Dunedin

IF Jaguares start well then will finish well

Jaguares have 2nd best Points Differential this season in SR in 2nd half of matches

@taniwharugby

Progress has been made but more needs to be done

Ledesma & Quesada have & will continue to make a huge difference to Argentinian Rugby

This year will be a good marker for Los Pumas

Long term they'll be in good health as Kiwis & SA will be decimated with key personal playing in Europe & Japan

Jaguares have shown the way - in their last 22 regular season games they've beaten:

Sharks three times
Bulls three times
Stormers twice
Brumbies twice
Rebels
Waratahs
Chiefs
Blues
Hurricanes

and with a chance to beat Reds & Sunwolves within next 3 weeks

That leaves Crusaders Lions & Higlanders- 5 pt loss in Dunedin

That's an impressive list of victories once Jaguares got some competent coaching in their systems

@Chris-B

Indeed

NZ and SA sides are being hollowed out

Highlanders have no depth in back row & outside backs in 2020 for example

Super Rugby in 2020 will be a very open competition

Long term I cam see Crusaders & Jagaures being the best teams as they can retain their experienced players & keep adding young talent every year

With a round robin stage + more games vs AUS & NZ sides Jaguares enjoy playing against they'll continue to impress

SA sides have packs that can bludgeon & stifle Jaguares

@Smudge

I'd think being found guilty of wife ashing in a court would be TERRIBLE

Missing out on a pro contract paying better coin wold be TERRIBLE

Having the incidence reported ad nausiem would be TERRIBLE

I'm no fan of reactionaries and puritans

He committed a crime and was dealt with at the time

As far as I'm concerned he is forgiven and life goes on

@Stargazer said in QF 3: Jaguares v Chiefs:

@Hooroo Yeah, I think the Chiefs have a good chance of winning their QF, although the Jaguares are a different beast than early in the season and better than previous years. It won't be easy.

Chiefs will be 7 pt underdogs in Buenos Aires

Jaguares have been the best team in Super Rugby the last 10 weeks

9 wins & a bunch of teams dispatched with ease

Their last meeting is meaningless due to the state of each team:

Jaguares were 14th after that loss

Struggling with new head coach and 1st fives

Jaguares will be happy to play Chiefs who travel to BA on a short week

World U20 final is this Saturday hence QF was pushed back by 24 hours

Chiefs have their best squad healthy minus DMac

If Jaguares play to their maximum they'll be too good for Chiefs to handle

They were able to rest Creavy Lavanini Matera Cubelli Diaz Bonilla de la Fuente + Boffelli last week vs Sunwolves

Buenos Aires crowd is going to be wild

@rotated said in TRC: The All Blacks against the Springboks (version 98):

@Bones said in TRC: The All Blacks against the Springboks (version 98):

Geez I'm with @Stargazer people really do underestimate Todd. He's a quality performer.

Todd is fine. If Todd is head and shoulders the best loosie in your pack then you have a problem.

That's horse shit

Todd is unlucky that he's behind the two best openside flankers in World Rugby He starts for any other Tier 1 Nation

He was Crusaders best player in SR Final Ducking pest at the breakdown and did well to disrupt Jaguares attack

@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe #1:

average ref if I am being nice about h

Better get used to French Refs: There will be 4 of them coming to Japan

I like the Frenchie refs

They give teams a fair crack at the breakdown as well as being strict at scrums

Is this Gregor Paul guy always this salty when ABs lose or is this clickbait trash

@LABCAT said in Is Japan a WC too far for Hansen?:

@canefan said in Is Japan a WC too far for Hansen?:

Considering it doesn't look like the coaches know who the #1 lineup is with one pre-cup test to go, we are looking bad at the moment

Is the game against Tonga only a friendly?

It's a "Pre RWC Warmup Match" It's only Tonga

A good set of Mitre 10 players could come together for a week, put on a ABs jersey and beat Tonga