Whatever happens i hope Goodhue stays at 13. The ABs need him to stay there long term.
Not too fussed who Jordie ends up playing for, but if moving to the Crusaders and playing 12 gets him in his “best” position and he improves as a player that is good for NZ rugby.
@Bones said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett has signed:
@Paekakboyz still got Willis St on it. What is that thing anyway? It's a weird collection of places.
All the cool people have them. Meant to be in the style of the old rotating tram/bus sign. You can obviously choose which place names you want printed on them.
@Jaguares4real Can you shut the f... up about the bloody Jaguares? Go start your own thread about how much you love them. You could even list all the Arg rugby posters you have on your bedroom wall in there.
I even thought of a title for it.
Jaguares. To infinity and beyond!
@Winger said in Hurricanes 2020:
NZ rugby has so much money. This won't decrease (it will though if something is not done about this bullshit boring uneven super rugby set up) but needs to be allocated ina way to ensure a more even distribution of players
Super rugby could be great again but not if NZ stacks (and has a structure to almost ensure this) one team with half or more of the top players
But that second paragraph is rubbish. It simply isn’t true that half or more of the top players are stacked in the Crusaders.
Super rugby’s biggest “fairness” issue is by far the stupid conference system where teams are potentially assigned an artifict advantage because their home country wanted TV revenue.
That is getting fixed.
Forced migration of player will kill Super rugby off completely.
Wait a minute. Exactly who are all these ABs that the Crusaders have been luring away from other teams? What utter rubbish. Teams should be encouraged to develop long term success and part of that is holding onto the talent you have developed.
Forcing players to move completely misses the fact that they are free to move elsewhere at the end of their contracts. More often than not they stay with the successful team where they are happy. Forcing them out is going to push more players overseas.
Oh and BBBR, Cane, TJP, BB, Ardie, Coles, Aaron Smith, Ben Smith, Ioane, Dmac, ALB and a shit load of other good players say the idea that all the good players in NZ are stacked in the Crusaders is bullshit.
I don’t really think the sample size is big enough to say whether or not a successful ABs must have offshore coaching experience to be successful. The same guys have been running the ABs for 15 years.
The game has changed so much in that time.
If anything the evidence points to the opposite scenario where a successful international coach is better off if they have NZ coaching experience.
It has to be Razor for me. Foster came in after the dynasty was built. Razor has well and truely proven himself. Not giving it to him would effectively be telling him to fuck off overseas for a decade.
@Stargazer
Glad to hear you are ok. Asthma sucks.
Agree with the rest of your post. Different perspectives are great. Social media style pontificating gets old quickly.
Time for the bloody batsmen to step aside and let the bowlers win it.
Win the toss, bowl first, roll them for 50, let the batsmen score 10 each to knock the total off. Then repeat it against England in the final. Easy.
@Jaguares4real said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:
@kiwiinmelb said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:
ght the same thing while watching the game , not so much concerned with
@Crazy-Horse onto something
The Crusaders being gifted their only try by Moroni joining a maul that was going nowhere for Jaguares was utter stupidity Nothing was to be gained from his presence there
if he stays on his wing, no try can be scored
Outside of a 3-4 min spell in 50 min Crusaders never looked like scoring
Their attack was blunted as they struggled to get around Jaguares defence
Crusaders were able to use their scrum to win penalties and relive pressure Without that the game may have had a different outcome
Also the Lineout was shaky losing 2 of their 6 throws
I don’t know why im bothering to engage but since we are rewriting history. Do you think that maybe if the Crusaders had chosen to kick to the corner or taken the scrum instead of kicking for goal and you know, actually scoring points and winning the game, they may have “looked like scoring” ?
The better team doesn’t get beaten 19-3.
To suggest the Jags were the better team because things maybe, potentially, possibly, could have been different if they didn’t blow all their chances, “gift” the crusaders a try, have a 10 who lost the plot or give away multiple kickable penalties is straight up fantasy.
Don’t count your chickens for your future success just yet. The Lions are still waiting for their first GF win.