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Official Rugby Thread
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
Ha, the man's a legend. Has looked like his in his 50s since his early 20s.
Weirdly though fly half is one of the areas I'm most confident in picking for the Lions, if it's not ***ton, Ford and Farrell Gatland should be made to swallow hemlock.
Scrum half a tighter call. Murray is nailed on, but I think you can then perm any two from Youngs, Webb, Laidlaw, Care or Marmion.
Weirdly though fly half is one of the areas I'm most confident in picking for the Lions, if it's not ***ton, Ford and Farrell Gatland should be made to swallow hemlock.
Scrum half a tighter call. Murray is nailed on, but I think you can then perm any two from Youngs, Webb, Laidlaw, Care or Marmion.
ripper868
International Coach
Loved the matches in Gloucester during RWC, great knowledgeable crowd who added to the atmosphere (tbf, it was the Argies who brought the best fans of the tournament) Also went to 2 of their home games leading up to RWC, one eyed and loud, yet still respect the boundaries between supporting and outright abuse. Plenty of away fans in the shed enjoying themselves as well.
We stayed in Cheltenham through ftr - Gloucester ain't much of a town on it's own!
We stayed in Cheltenham through ftr - Gloucester ain't much of a town on it's own!
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
Bulls are minnows at the moment... (So are most of the rest of the SA teams...)
ripper868
International Coach
Do yourself a favour and watch the highlights from the Stormers win over the Chiefs...the last pass for the last stormers try was just something else, as was the Chiefs 95m kick return effort.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfwCxFKjYDw
More specifically, this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCowKqHbElw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfwCxFKjYDw
More specifically, this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCowKqHbElw
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Howe_zat
Audio File
If you're interested in my ramblings, they're now being published on rugbypass.com.
At the moment I'm doing a series on the 2013 Lions tourists, in the run up to the 2017 selection next week. https://news.rugbypass.com/view/lions-2013-props-now
At the moment I'm doing a series on the 2013 Lions tourists, in the run up to the 2017 selection next week. https://news.rugbypass.com/view/lions-2013-props-now
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
3 out of 6 South African teams are actually decent sides (Stormers, Cats, Sharks). All 5 Australian teams are minnows at the moment
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
Lions.. or else you going to get yourself strung up in Johannesburg!
Though next year it will probably be Cats again! Brumbies and Waratahs aren`t to bad, you can see though that Aus is really stretched in their teams player wise; and that Rugby Union is not a primary sport in Aus. (Behind Cricket, Rugby league, Aus rules etc etc...)
Howe_zat
Audio File
The thing that seems to characterise Super Rugby more than anything else is that if it's a NZ team against someone who isn't you already know who's going to win.
Main point of interest for me is the Jags. If they can shake things up that'd be a story.
Anyway part 2 of m rugbypass thing is up https://news.rugbypass.com/view/lions-2013-hookers-now
Main point of interest for me is the Jags. If they can shake things up that'd be a story.
Anyway part 2 of m rugbypass thing is up https://news.rugbypass.com/view/lions-2013-hookers-now
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
Jags improving steadily which is good... Not totally true on the NZ versus anybody else; Lions performed well last year, getting to final and performing again this year; and also this year the Stormers and maybe Sharks doing well.
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
Well that would not be much of a contest...!!I'd quite like to see the Lions tour SA this year instead
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ripper868
International Coach
Fair.
In other news, woman minding friends pet dog left distraught after only 3 rugby league players attempt to rape it.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Wasn't even aware it was being considered; most successful Australian franchise by far and have the coolest name by light years.
More seriously though it kinda falls back on the old heartland v expansion argument that plagues the non-roundball codes in Europe and Australasia. In theory there are untapped markets, but in practice it's a lot easier putting bums on seats in areas with a natural affinity for the sport.
In league up here the London Broncos and Celtic Crusaders are both absent from the Super League despite potentially massive catchment areas, but the more parochial charms of Widnes and Leigh actually get punters in because they're based in league towns.
Canberra is small compared to Perth and Melbourne, but it is a rugby town.
Will it be the Rebels or the Force for the arse? WA seems (from the outside) to have slightly more feel for union, but I suspect Melbourne ' s potential market will save the Rebels, wrong-headed as that probably is.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Sounds like the fact that the Rebels are privately owned may play into their favour?