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John Solomon (38)
Yeah, rejig a gelled and performing backline combination, and throw in an unfit bloke in who hasn't kicked all year to take the kicks in the high pressure Super final.. wise move.
SupeRugby Final 2011: Queensland Reds V Canterbury Crusaders
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Yeah, rejig a gelled and performing backline combination, and throw in an unfit bloke in who hasn't kicked all year to take the kicks in the high pressure Super final.. wise move.
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RuckinGoodStats
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Might be getting the call up to do the same type of article but Carter v Steyn v JOC (James O'Connor) v Cooper. Just cruching the numbers this week and hopefully Matt likes it...
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RuckinGoodStats
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It's coming and it will be only on G&GR, of course its got to be up to G&GR standard. Best part of G&GR is that I can do charts and table and not resticted to text like in other websites...
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RuckinGoodStats
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As you can imagine the database took a bit of time to pull together and run the simulations for kick probability, so unlikely to put it up just for fun. More likely to pick the best bits out and share it from time to time. I do tweet the first kick probability as it being lined up, but more to piss off the bookies as in NZ they offer odds on it.
Bullrush
John Hipwell (52)
But look how it worked for the Blues choosing Munroe over Ranger!!!
slydare
Frank Nicholson (4)
Yeah I read that this morning too with some amusement - is this par for the course over the dutch? No wonder they struggle to deal with losing....
My favourite quote "With a home ground, these Crusaders would have secured a final on it and there isn't a team in this Super 15 who could beat them in Christchurch. "
My favourite quote "With a home ground, these Crusaders would have secured a final on it and there isn't a team in this Super 15 who could beat them in Christchurch. "
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Oh keep that kind of talk coming. It will just make the loss even more crushing if it does happen.
EDIT: Sorry, it's Chris Rattue. Ignore what I said
EDIT: Sorry, it's Chris Rattue. Ignore what I said
Gnostic
Mark Ella (57)
To be fair they (our NZ cousins) haven't had much practice with managing the emotions that come with a loss at either the Test Level or Super Level (if a Saders fan).
Bullrush
John Hipwell (52)
Oh keep that kind of talk coming. It will just make the loss even more crushing if it does happen.
EDIT: Sorry, it's Chris Rattue. Ignore what I said
Rattue is an idiot - I think he's actually hoping the Wallabies win the RWC so that his hatred for Graham Henry and his man-love for Robbie Deans can be somewhat justified.
We run a plugin called "WP-Tables Reloaded" that makes tables very easy - just prepare your data in Excel, save as .csv and you can upload it - system will present the data like this: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/preview-tahs-vs-blues-and-then-there-were/
It's sortable (click headers) and dynamically searchable (top right box), and if you've got many rows of data you can tell it to be paginated, say 10 rows on the first page and have people click next to see more. (example:
Of course you can also embed images, screenshots of Excel charts work particularly well (example here: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/analysis-rocky’s-blindside-replacement-by-the-stats/)
And, if you're up for it, you can type HTML directly into a blog post.
RedsHappy
Tony Shaw (54)
rsea - assume you know that, if you are buying Finals tickets in the Reds' Members period currently open, it's not the Rugby ID you need to buy Finals tickets on Ticketek, but the unique 6 digit number just to the upper left hand corner of your Member's card's bar code and just above the upper edge of the bar code. The Rugby ID won't work this week.
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Rev Spooner
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After watching both games on the weekend, what was most evident was the Crusaders' scrum and defence were clearly superior. That's not discounting the fact that the reds can improve in those areas. The Reds defence lacked punch on Saturday and they missed a lot of tackles. Their scrum was poor and they struggled to get the ball away cleanly. Their lineout was average although they still managed to score a try from one. Throughout the season our lineout has been strong, our defence superb and our scrum has oscillated from poor to good (depending on the opposition). I think our defence and lineout will improve enormously in the GF but what worries me most is our scrum. We can survive as we did last time against the Crusaders (and against NSW) but it makes for a hard slog.
twenty seven
Tom Lawton (22)
In your dreams only!
Groucho
Greg Davis (50)
This might be contentions but I think the Crusaders were flattered by a fairly dismal Stormers effort on the weekend. They have a great lineup on paper but have often misfired this season. The Reds, by contrast, are more than the sum of their parts - a team. I don't see any reason why they can't win this.
Scotty
David Codey (61)
So what happens if you have lost your membership card and only have your Rugby ID number?
twenty seven
Tom Lawton (22)
Stats or no stats....Link will get Quades head in the right space for Saturday night. Wonder if changing boots has got much to do with it! Those laces were bright!
Scotty
David Codey (61)
Just read the details. Forever Red and 3 gamers are to use their MyRugby ID. Full members their card numbers.
http://www.redsrugby.com.au/MembershipHospitality/HomeFinalMembers.aspx
RedsHappy
Tony Shaw (54)
So what happens if you have lost your membership card and only have your Rugby ID number?
QRU Membership have indicated that, in this eventuality, they will issue you a new plastic Members' card (which you need to enter the gate this Saturday, Ticketek enables the cards that have acquired Finals' tickets this way), and on that will be your unique bar code number per individual Member. I bought my Members tickets this way yesterday on Ticketek (using the Member bar code number not the MyRugbyID), no problems at all.
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