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    Wonder if Andrew Kellaway still thinks that the All Blacks' "aura" has "worn off".


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    I hate being Australian in NZ at times . . . thankfully I have an American accent. Hang on . . .

    Canadian, I meant Canadian

    Eh

    Sorry

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    Quote Originally Posted by AntRobertson View Post
    Wonder if Andrew Kellaway still thinks that the All Blacks' "aura" has "worn off".



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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    thanks mate. rubbing it in.

    Not at all...

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    Bladdy ABs just pulled out of the 3rdteet. They were we were gonna beat them!

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    ^ Of course you were.

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    It was all set up - don't make the ABs look bad at home, no need to humiliate them in front of their families . . . give them a pre-lockdown feeling of the warm and fuzzies . . . then wallop them in Perth by doubling the score.

    Everyone knows that, LC. Everyone.



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    I should have known about this cunning plan...

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    The Wannabies struggled to beat a second string French team so how on earth can they beat the All Blacks.

    Too many stupid mistakes as well = a lack of discipline.

    They are a young side but they need a quality fly half.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    The Wannabies struggled to beat a second string French team so how on earth can they beat the All Blacks.

    Too many stupid mistakes as well = a lack of discipline.

    They are a young side but they need a quality fly half.
    Who's the best rugby team in the world these days?

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    ^ South Africa are the current world champs Hal.

    I doubt they would get within 20 points of the All Blacks 9 games out of 10 played.

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    Report: Surprise new Super Rugby format for next year revealed

    By Sam Smith

    11:52am, 23 August 2021Next year’s new
    Super Rugby format has reportedly been agreed on by administrators from New Zealand Rugby [NZR] and Rugby Australia [RA].

    According to a report from the New Zealand Herald, an agreement has been reached by NZR and RA that all 12 teams will play each other once, with a further three round-robin fixtures to be randomly allocated.
    The play-offs structure is reported to be a straight knockout format featuring the eight top teams, with the opening quarter-final round pitting the first-ranked side against eighth-placed team, second vs seventh, third vs sixth and fourth vs fifth.


    The Herald reports the way in which the three additional round-robin matches will be decided is yet to be determind.

    RA is understood to be eager for those matches to be domestic fixtures, whereby Australian teams play Australian teams and Kiwi sides play Kiwi sides.

    However, NZR is thought to be opposed to such a concept due to the more difficult route the New Zealand franchises would have to traverse to make the play-offs.

    According to the Herald, a method to determine who plays what teams in those additional three fixtures is being determined based on the rankings of this year’s Super Rugby Trans-Tasman table.
    That method is believed to see those three extra games split between one team that finished higher up the table, one that finished near the middle of the table, and one that finished at the bottom of the table.

    All up, all teams are expected to play 14 round-robin fixtures – seven at home and seven away – and up to three play-off matches, with the season set to kick-off in February and conclude by mid-June, a few weeks shy of the July test series.

    Furthermore, the two new Super Rugby franchises, Moana Pasifika and the Fijian Drua, will reportedly play each other twice in their debut campaigns.

    The report indicates that RA has missed out on its preferred format of splitting the competition into two conferences. That would have ensured more local derbies, which proved popular in
    Australia during Super Rugby AU.

    However, NZR are reported to have compromised by granting RA more financial benefits while they help carry the costs of funding Moana Pasifika and the Fijian Drua.

    The Herald states that an announcement confirming the future of Super Rugby is expected in the coming days.

    https://www.rugbypass.com/news/repor...year-revealed/

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    ^ Should be an interesting competition. How about this though. The champion of Japan's revamped competition plays Super Rugby's champion. Good idea or not?

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    Quote Originally Posted by happynz View Post
    ^ Should be an interesting competition. How about this though. The champion of Japan's revamped competition plays Super Rugby's champion. Good idea or not?

    The Cherry Blossoms didn't work out first time...

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    The Brave Blossoms are the national test side, but yeah...

    In the Super Rugby comp the Sunwolves had a very rough campaign. That much is true. I do think the Japanese champions would go alright as opposed to the cobbled together team that was the Sunwolves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by happynz View Post
    The Brave Blossoms are the national test side, but yeah...
    Whoops, my bad.

    But I think the Sunwolves had more problems than just ability. Money and distance are tyranny to regular games, same reason we don't want Argentina in the Super Rugby.

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    Putting the Sunwolves into the South African Conference was a bit odd. The travel and costs must have been awful. Added to that playing a number of their games in Singapore, while I can understand Singapore's desire to have any event in their big new stadium, didn't really create a pan-Asian pro Sunwolves fan base.
    pues, estamos aqui

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    Personally I think the issue with the Sun wolves is that they actually became a liability to getting Japans domestic comp and structures sorted which still needs some work. That was part of the rational behind axing them I believe.

    That being said I'd love to see a Japanese side or two or three in there if / when possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AntRobertson View Post
    That being said I'd love to see a Japanese side or two or three in there if / when possible.
    They'd always be canon-fodder, though as they have a cap on foreign-born players and if they lift it then the financial burden would be too great.

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    I missed it. Was all set for 4pm but that was FT. Did they change the time?

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    That is the first clean sweep by the ABs since …..













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    That red card was a surprise.

    Seemed excessive but I learned something new today... A red carded player can be replaced after 20 minutes by another player. It's a good thing. Games no longer ruined by unintentional contact between players. I expect there will be a lot more red cards issued in future, but it won't be detrimental to the game.
    Some people think it don't, but it be.

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    That's a new rule they are trialing for the RC.

    It won't go any further however since the stick-in-the-mud blazer wearers in the NH have already said they don't want to adopt it.

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    And the piece of shit was all surprised and 'woe-is-me' when handed the red. Love the apologist spin in the NZ media. Leg that far out isn't a matter of balance.


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