There will be no swapping of poles after an hour of "thinking about it".
You know that means something different in my game.
Super Rugby 2022
- Thread starter Dismal Pillock
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You know that means something different in my game.
Dismal Pillock
Simon Poidevin (60)
dru
Tim Horan (67)
Hey, that is doctor - patient confidence!
The only thing you can construct from fluid is the reservoir of the Tears Of Kearns.
Rugbynutter39
Michael Lynagh (62)
Yay prediction fulfilledI refuse to recognise the validity of September Champs, before a February kick off
Having said that, Wikipedia could be totally like Nostradamus and the top and bottom places could be correct at the end of the day............ (jokes - I think the Tahs will be a little higher up, and hope they'll be in the top 8)
sunnyboys
Bob Loudon (25)
Well that ends another tediously predictable edition of Super Rugby. For all the changes from 12 to 14 to conferences to Pacific we’ve always been able to rely on the season ending in a whimper in Oz - bar a few aberrations.
ever been invited to a Super Rugby GF BBQ?? Nah me neither. Get invites every year to AFL and NRL ones… regardless of the teams.
We gave up a packed suncorp or Leichhardt or Bruce for this greatest of anti- climaxes (and this isn’t a go at the brumbies!)
we gave away an annual celebration of Australian rugby for this limp serving…
last years final has only highlighted how bad a fit SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) is for Oz rugby. This comp will never bring us growth or capture new fans.
instead of marching into an England series buoyed by a final featuring Australia’s best, we limp toward it deflated
and please, keep your ‘win more’ strategies and ‘play the best to be the best’ fantasies to yourself - 25 years of this structure has proven both those beliefs as false.
ever been invited to a Super Rugby GF BBQ?? Nah me neither. Get invites every year to AFL and NRL ones… regardless of the teams.
We gave up a packed suncorp or Leichhardt or Bruce for this greatest of anti- climaxes (and this isn’t a go at the brumbies!)
we gave away an annual celebration of Australian rugby for this limp serving…
last years final has only highlighted how bad a fit SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) is for Oz rugby. This comp will never bring us growth or capture new fans.
instead of marching into an England series buoyed by a final featuring Australia’s best, we limp toward it deflated
and please, keep your ‘win more’ strategies and ‘play the best to be the best’ fantasies to yourself - 25 years of this structure has proven both those beliefs as false.
LeCheese
Ken Catchpole (46)
Counterpoint: nah, enjoyable season
Nothing stopping you hosting your own barbie next weekend either
Derpus
George Gregan (70)
If the Aussie sides continue to improve it might get to a point where it's sustainable.
This year was better but I still don't think one away semi-final appearance is gunna bring back the fans.
Problem is each team is once again set to lose a bunch of key players.
Yes got invited to one last weekend by a crusaders fan - only problem is we both live in Perth god i hate it, we need an Oz final bugger the Kiwis
Wallaby Man
Trevor Allan (34)
Super Rugby needs Auckland, Brisbane and Sydney winning a large portion of titles. Get some real markets involved instead of some regional cities winning on a consistent basis.
Derpus
George Gregan (70)
They'll always be the same thing.
waiopehu oldboy
Stirling Mortlock (74)
LOL.
Tribe win & next day those guys are writing about the comp getting a refresh after a half-decade of CruSadist dominance; Brums win & today's stories are about how Australian Rugby Is Back, Baby & how wonderful that is.
They're journos required to write "x" words that someone can hang a click-bait headline on that will ideally get some readers to buy a $99 one-year subscription.
KiwiM
Trevor Allan (34)
That's a stretch. Blues and Crusaders finished 1st and 2nd on the log and both play an attractive ball in hand style when conditions suit.
If Reds and Crusaders had met in last year's Trans Tasman final I imagine that would have been billed as a 'dream final' as each side had won their domestic comp.
As impressive and effective as the Brumbies are - they don't exactly play the most attractive style of footy that would scream 'dream final'.
Dismal Pillock
Simon Poidevin (60)
Oh God.
What have you done.
You are in a great deal of trouble now, young man.
That is at least a 3-page gravel road detour to this thread now.
waiopehu oldboy
Stirling Mortlock (74)
There's a GPaul piece on the hurld website saying SANZAAR are about to be replaced as the governing body for Super Rugby by "an independent transtasman governance group..." rest is paywalled.
Any similar chat over Straya ways?
Any similar chat over Straya ways?
Derpus
George Gregan (70)
Why would the unions give up control of a comp they fund?
Independent oversight and a comp run as an end in itself would be welcome though.
Bandar
Bob Loudon (25)
Only this Fox Sports piece saying we are contemplating pulling out of Super Rugby Pacific
www.foxsports.com.au
Exclusive: Rugby Australia tells NZ it will walk in bombshell move set to tear Super Rugby apart
Exclusive: RA tells New Zealand it will walk in bombshell move to tear Super Rugby apart
www.foxsports.com.au
yep for sure. It's happening. States are sick of it being a lessor focus (behind tests). They want dedicated focus on competition scheduling, marketing, judiciary etc. It'll basically be like the AFL Commission.
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