Why don't we have pro/rel for Super Rugby for teams from SA and Australia? With the bottom placed Australian team getting relegated to the NRC and the bottom placed SA team relegated to the Currie Cup?
Leo Bailey
Singapoo why aren't you at singapoo stadium?
Joshua Wood
based would back you lad simply by your bants
Kevin Lee
I haven't had the time to go there.
Christopher Murphy
my little sister's a brown belt in karate and could probably starch this manlet lol
Jace Clark
AWOOOOOOOO
Nolan Baker
like south african rugby tttt
Brandon Bell
Maybe so, but the final act would be a 10" cock inside your sister haha.
Sebastian Gutierrez
you familiar with your brothers cock lad? hahaha
Jose Bennett
KEK what the FUCK was that mckenzie
Chase Sanders
you're coming off as a bit gay for your brother 2bh
Noah Richardson
I always mix up the Chiefs and the Highlanders
Connor Torres
what do your brothers' cocks look like guys
Nathan Hall
one of em's is massive proper 9-10 incher or over and girthy (only seen it by accident through a window when he was changing from outside)
the other is probably around 8" (never seen it) but I'm extrapolating
Kayden Diaz
...
Jaxson Sullivan
i don’t have a brother
Luis Carter
Should ask your mother
Josiah Martinez
ya he belongs on there alright, good shout
Benjamin Foster
Was very keen to see the chiefs keep losing honestly.
Brody Gomez
>watching highlights of my uni's womens' varsity rugby for fun KEK
Mike Haley has turned out to be quite a good signing. Really gives his all every time he plays.
Jordan Nguyen
Same size as the men's. It's fucking stupid. In every other sport, like basketball, soccer, Gaelic football, they reduce the size of the ball to compensate for women's smaller sized hands and feet. Women look like children playing rugby. It's really hard for them to put any control on the ball, and kicking is a joke. I'm not saying women's rugby would be great if they changed it or anything, but it would definitely improve things. Give them a chance ffs.
I remember reading somewhere that most unions want it changed but for some reason the US have a big say in women's rugby and they keep vetoing it.
Agree with this entirely, but keeping a big ball is the only way to ensure that the only women who play rugby are polys.
Andrew Sullivan
didnt realise the wolves were in Singapore when I picked them in the bru lads
Cooper Taylor
Had a dream where I was in an induced coma for weeks and that was still preferable to being up
Connor Sanders
wierd having a sleep where youre still asleep
Luis Rogers
never slept in the dream, just had the old “fell asleep to sedatives, then woke up a second later in hospital” trope if induced comas are anything like my dream then I’d like to be in one cause I dream-woke fully rested
Luis Brown
you had an elite chiefs pick though
Levi Wright
I suppose that makes up for it. If the Brumbies win in 2 hours I'll consider this a good weekend of rugby even though the Rebels have still never won in South Africa.
Adrian Flores
AWOOOO and Avo on giving-up watch
Luis Brown
Nap before the footy on the cards.
Lincoln Parker
Gotta go out for dinner Mild seething on the cards
If you take out the South African conference coz no one cares and then just sort by points it goes: >Crusaders >Hurricanes >Waratahs >Rebels >Highlanders >Brumbies >Reds >Blues >Chiefs >Sunwolves
Liam Reyes
GOTW lads? For me, Blues v Landers
Ryan King
Reds v Brumbies, but that was a close second. Waratahs game was hope but rain killed it as it went on.
Blake Wilson
>5 days until rugby might smack my head into a wall so I can coma my way until friday
Landon Green
Dragged across concrete is a good flick.
Hudson Ortiz
>broncos >loins >reds great weekend for brisbased lads
Nathan Powell
My boss is on leave next week so I'm going to do some extra working from home. No fucking rugby is pretty shit though. When they redo Super Rugby I hope we at least get Thursday night games.
Julian White
Just make it like the good old days and make it from pure leather if they're worried about the weight.
Anthony Rivera
yeah that's what I thought was weird it's like 30g difference you could make that by adding more rubber or some other weight it seemed like a cop out
I mean they train with a 4.5 right up until they reach the adult game surely there must already be evidence purely by comparing ball handling performance the age change
6 points for a win 3 points for a draw 0 points for a loss 1 BP for scoring at least 5 tries (any side) 1 BP for winning while scoring at least 3 tries more than the opponent (winning side only) 1 BP for losing by 6 or fewer points (set to the value of a converted try - 1) (losing side only)
Obviously like rugby league except without the play the ball or the 6 phases bullshit. Knock-ons and forward passes automatically cede possession to the opponent.
Nathaniel Carter
How would you envisage a three man ruby style game? pitch shrinkage allowed
Kevin Moore
Same as above, I suppose, unless one man scrums can somehow be made viable. As for the pitch size I'm not sure.
Jace Diaz
Adding to this, the pitch will definitely be shrunk and definitely less than 20m by 30m. How much less I'm not sure.
Eli Robinson
greenandgoldrugby.com/mondays-rugby-news-257/ >Word on the street is that some of the other laws will involve players asking consent if they can tackle another player, and scrums to be replaced by crab races. W E W
thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/rugby-set-to-make-jackal-an-endangered-species-7lx9lvg7k >The game’s governing body wants to penalise the practice of a defender (referred to as the “jackal”) stopping the flow by getting over the ball, playing it with his hands after the tackle and trying to effect a turnover. The number of replacements — currently eight — would be cut to six or even five. No more finishers for you Eddie!
Oh no, some dumbfuck mick doesn't know the difference between a private company and a government, whatever will we do.
Carson Gomez
>not being from Inner Party
Gavin Flores
>implying just anyone could join the inner party t. prole
Liam Cox
just found out that Tony blair used the 7/7 transport bombings to break one of britain's oldest laws regarding habeus corpus creating the 2006 terrorism act that allowed 90 detention of anyone without charge. amongst many other injustices. youtube.com/watch?v=uHG5iVTqpIE
I hated that sneering wazzock and now I know why just thought any Kiwi's might find it a bit of a warning
Gabriel Davis
*day detention
Noah Sanders
He has been making noticeably less and less errors as the season has progressed. He is a fairly safe pair of hands, and plays with great intensity. I think even with a fully fit Conway, we should start Haley, and play Conway on the wing where he has been playing better anyway.
Grayson Baker
V For Vendetta is my favourite English documentary.
Dominic Ward
Once Were Warriors is my favourite kiwi documentary. Really puts a new spin on the Blues.
Jack Miller
>not picking Coronation Street
Are thou a foreigner living in NZ?
Jayden Bailey
Would have thought yours was The World's Fastest Indian, seeing as most of it is set inside a shed.
Ryan Ramirez
is that the one where an alcoholic kills the "friend" who raped his daughter? I remember some chart comparing the average smarts of ethnic groups. I think Polynesians were somewhere around southern europeans
Christian Taylor
I watch documentaries to escape reality, not be reminded of it. This is why I've never watched After Porn Ends.
Abolish red cards and then show drug abuse the yellow card.
Luke Lopez
Show drug abuse the yellow card first then upgrade the yellow to red while it's in the sin bin.
Chase Cruz
Show drug abuse the red card and award a penalty try against Thailand.
Noah Brooks
For me, it's the high I get from worshipping Jesus, my Lord and Saviour.
Julian Nguyen
Amen.
Nathan Taylor
For me it's the rush I get knowing 76 virgins await me when I martyr myself for Allah.
Jace Myers
st kents btfo lads
all is right in the world
Caleb Nelson
anyone too stupid to get around the block shouldnt be on here
Sebastian Williams
>"We accept that over several years we should have recognised concerns about an advantage being gained through the enrolment of students and their selection for the First XV." KEK straight from the "we're sorry you're upset" playbook
Yeah not so fussed about sliding around on Ruapehu ice with 8000 other Aucklanders 2bh.
Dylan Gonzalez
Club fields in the South is where it's at my dude, Ruapehu is garbage.
Brody Martinez
>going there ever except to summit it big yikes
Hudson Rodriguez
Yeah I've done a few runs down south in my time. Fair bit offshore too. got better things to waste money on these days.
Leo Adams
almost time for comfy winter rugby
Jaxon Robinson
Suginohara bro.
Oliver Green
Tom Robinson will play in the RWC.
Aaron Rivera
too far down the pecking order unless he GOATs it up
Bentley Jenkins
There are at least 5 props in the country who are clearly better than him and a handful more that you could make a case for, so I have to agree.
Gavin Campbell
He's a 6/lock cover though.
Zachary Walker
Has your government not just made all the weapons the "shooter" perfectly displayed in the back of his car illegal and taken away your rights because of "his" actions???
Isaiah Watson
So’s Tadhg Beirne, and he’s not coming to Japan either.
Lincoln Torres
you southern hemisphere teams kind of have an advantage with the RWC starting in september what with not having your playing pitches baked rock hard for the few months leading up to the contest, you get that much more practice.
Juan Ortiz
>NH >not using baked rock hard pitches to get players' bodies stronger to overlap SH players phisically
Brandon Clark
Just use Rain Dance and it'll rain for 5 turns. Even when the rain stops after that the pitch should be wet enough for the NH playstyle to prevail.
Luke Clark
Imaging fat smelly props doing rain dances at Alice Springs
John Reed
Snorlax can learn Rain Dance so it's not that unimaginable.
Jeremiah Reyes
Let's say my irish neighbour decided to leave the EU and escape the oncoming debt crisis would the rugby be better?
Nathan King
*saves rug*
Joseph Harris
page 10 faaa-
Sebastian Rogers
Football was a mistake
Parker Gutierrez
Which one?
Adam Foster
Rugby Football, Padraig
Xavier Myers
lel threat.
Michael Martin
No? I can still go out and buy plenty of guns today with my gun licence, you dumb fucking mick. Shut the fuck up about topics you've absolutely no clue about, you're embarrassing the rest of the potato niggers.
Luke Phillips
Reds vs Quade this weekend
Wyatt Bennett
braeBASED finna boutta heem the reblels
Nathan Cox
The one that routinely shits up Yea Forums
Thomas Wood
The sperical one?
Michael Moore
*dabs*
Juan James
can the reds win lads?
Brody Wright
Game of the round. Hope BASED Thorn starts himself.
Michael Gonzalez
imagine how fucked we would be if reiko got injured
Christopher Garcia
which we lad
Nathaniel Murphy
The Good Guys (tm).
Juan Hughes
i honestly don't even rate reiko he just stands on the side and runs like 5 metres and then puts the ball down, other actually talnted poeple make him look good anyone could do it desu
Ryan Diaz
t. brainlet
Colton Johnson
Complete cazz: the post.
Hunter Davis
Ah yes, these are the stats of an overrated player
That is a financial impracticality. I would say that bledisloes should only be played every second year though. Sadly they're RA and NZRUs biggest earner so they have to happen 3 times a year.
John Sullivan
Explain how an economic model can be a totalitarian political regime.
Asher Butler
Infrastructure & Superstructure
Read Marx
Ayden Miller
>its a communism in /rug/ episode
bizarre season this
Eli Davis
NZ is a test to see what they can get away with, if the public there dont say shit and let themselves get rolled over they'll start pulling more false flags elsewhere like Australia
Thats what i like about the French, they're the most red pilled Nation on the planet, they pulled a load of false flags there and all they did was create the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests)
Charles Jones
It's just the hue needing to reply to himself. He always hits out with edgy commie shit because it triggers the /pol/tato.
Jaxon Gomez
So is rugby dying?
Easton Jones
Only in Australia
Ayden Brown
We’re all dying
Lincoln Gomez
its not dying
its being killed
Ryan Morgan
Its growing in irrelevant third world shitholes coz no one cares about nurturing established rugby nurseries but they do want those asian/american moneys.
Carson Ross
>they do want those asian moneys. WYHY ARE THEY DROPPING BASED SUNWOLVES THEN
Honestly I don't hate SANZAAR for this, the nips dropped them first. They are essentially a Super Rugby barbarians team at this stage, and there's no reason for them to exist without access to Japanese talent.
Jordan Lopez
The third match shouldn't have to become a dead rubber. Especially considering that in the case of a 1-1 draw the holder retains the cup.
That said, I'm also kind of assuming that the world league will go through, as retarded as the idea is. The corruption is rife.
Ethan Fisher
If you dislike World League then why do you support the idea of a dead rubber? I don't think any test is a dead rubber? I think winning a test is an end in itself.
Gavin Turner
15 Melani Nanai 14 Tanielu Tele'a 13 TJ Faiane 12 Ma'a Nonu 11 Rieko Ioane 10 Otere Black, 9 Jonathan Ruru 8 Akira Ioane 7 Blake Gibson 6 Tom Robinson 5 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 4 Patrick Tuipulotu 3 Sione Mafileo 2 James Parsons 1 Alex Hodgman.
Reserves: 16 Matt Moulds 17 Karl Tu'inukuafe 18 Ofa Tuungafasi 19 Scott Scrafton 20 Dalton Papalii 21 Augustine Pulu 22 Harry Plummer 23 Sonny Bill Williams.
Forward pack finna get monstered by The Stormers so hopefully it stays dry for the backs otherwise it might be a slaughter.
Nathaniel Harris
blues forward pack looks in better form than the canes
might have a bit more trouble getting mauls rolling
Evan Perry
Should be starting his All Black props. Glad Otere's starting though, Plummer is average. Also, when Duffy is back, this backline is elite.
Julian Smith
Also, if you were wondering lads, there's no rugby in tonight.
Nathan Martin
Neither Otere or Plummer is the best 10 in the squad.
Robert Flores
Wow thanks for the insight. Who's the best? Le injured and hasn't played all season man? Nonce.
No I'm pretty sure Australia won't even make the semis.
Brayden Perry
Bridge for Mounga
Luke Robinson
I've noticed that people care a lot less about the 3rd Bledisloe when NZ win the first two matches. Maybe you could attribute it to the decreasing competitiveness of the Wobblies.
>I don't think any test is a dead rubber? I think winning a test is an end in itself. For the last 4 editions of the 6N, at least one match in the last round has been treated as just that.
Connor Moore
Savea 8 cane 7. Ardie is still a better akira.
Thomas Rodriguez
>fast & furious Sounds like the massive England I unleashed this morning.
Anthony Harris
frizzell at 6 instead of fafita
Jace Rivera
I'm ok with that. Bridge guy is fucking dreaming though.
>16. Taylor >17. Tuinukuafe >18. Tuungafasi >19. Barrett >20. Cane >21. Smith >22. ALB >23. Jordie
Jackson Clark
#4 is a drug cheat.
Gabriel Nelson
eh iunno what was it he was even caught doing specifically? he's a really nice guy i played with him when i was a kid
Josiah Evans
was anyone else kinda sad watching the crusaders play like shit last weekend? i felt bad for them never thought i'd be unhappy seeing the crusaders lose, but it was sad, they all looked really upset
Alexander Parker
I don't keep up with the sport aside from the world cup; who are the favorites?
Liam King
>favorites Are you a burger on holiday in NZ?
Carson Green
Not at all. The fact they got 2 stupid tries they didnt deserve almost ruined the joy of winning for me.
Isaac Rivera
No? I've spent all but one year of my life in NZ
Lucas Brown
Oh? Well, just New Zealand.
Cameron Price
They're trying to kill it, but we are the ones who decide what happens to it,
If they pull any shit vote with your wallet and remote control, dont pay to see it and dont even watch it for free
Justin Rogers
>23. SBW
Do you really even want that in your team with the state of mind he'll be in this year? He cost you the last lines series and will be bringing his suicide vest with him for the World Cup
Because they're prioritising the Pro14. The Challenge Cup is as good as Clermont's. Whereas Connacht can use this game to work their Ireland contingent back up to standard, as well as giving some 2nd choice players a shot.
William Johnson
With the awoos gone from the super15, will they change the structure slightly or add another team?
Also can kiwis access bitchute.com? I heard you can't but I imagine it's the same DNS trick you guys are avoiding anyway.
Jonathan Rodriguez
As long as your lifters are good you should be fine.
Samuel Edwards
They've already said they're going back to a round robin format.
Michael Cox
As says, they're looking to return to a single round robin format that would seethe regular season reduced to 13 games.
Blake Smith
Rugby soon.
Daniel Robinson
woke up just in time from my medically induced coma then
Lincoln Lopez
>tfw will only get to see the first half of the Canes game before I have to go to the Sunwolves game
Lucas Gutierrez
is that you sheddy
Dominic Martin
Yeah lad. When I gotta go to work I get a US flag.
Elijah Watson
based amerished
Henry Murphy
thingken about hanging around after the game to try to ask some of the Tahs some questions, any suggestions?
Aiden Bailey
There's nothing fun about having a finger stuck up your ass basically
Elijah Long
don’t follow poonion but redpill me on axing the sunwolves as an outsider it really seems to me that global union management is one of the worst sporting admins in the world, at least with SANZAAR
Zachary Perez
see
Connor Ramirez
shouldn’t you blame Sanzaar that they set up the team without any dialogue or cooperation with existing Japanese rugby structures, especially when they already had a good thing going (proven by them beating the springboks in the last World Cup) their top league already sounds reasonably successful even if they don’t compete at a super rugby level
Robert Nelson
Otherwise yeah, broken neck.
Owen Hughes
ask folau for a kiss and hunt for some coke
Jack Reed
just a bit of banter lad
William Bailey
you are right about the japanese domestic leagues SANZAAR just way over-stretched themselves with the move to japan and argentina
Juan Stewart
how the fuck did they not learn after axing the force and those South African teams sounds like serious incompetence
Hunter Fisher
Somehow they think that reducing the number of matches from 18 to 13 would increase revenue?
The axing came after Sunwolves already entered the fray.
Nolan Sullivan
honestly the season is fucking bloated as it is
some teams are walking hospitals by the end of the season
Evan Anderson
rugby isn't even that hard what they have to play once a week oh boo hoo i could do that easily most of the players are lucky if they make even ten tackles or runs a game so they're only doing a handful of things, once a week, and then they cry about that being too much? maybe they should actually do some work into getting strong and fit, these are supposedly 'professional athletes' but they just act like pathetic little girls most of the time. I bet in the real world, like in a street fight or something, I could fucking smash most rugby players. all they do is play it up for sponsorships and act like underwear models and post about fortnite on instagram it's pathetic how these numales are somehow considered manly athletes. they're nothing
Asher Ross
brainlet tier post
Ryder Bailey
Not even going to bother giving that train wreck a (you)
Dominic Russell
It has /cric/ shitter written all over it.
Ryan Rodriguez
so true
Isaac Robinson
One and only political post while I'm watching the news, but is anyone else sick of the sign language translation at EVERY SINGLE SPEECH EVER recently? Like, how many people are deaf that can understand sign language but not read a summary of it online? Feels like like a very narrow wedge that's about to be followed by a million other "marginalised minorities."
Landon Rivera
It's been an official language inofNZ for a long time.
Isaac Harris
I am aware, the two official languages of New Zealand are New Zealand Sign Language and Maori.
Joshua Rodriguez
why not? being deaf is pretty limiting lad
John Green
I'm ok with it.
Elijah Jenkins
I think English might be one too lad.
Lincoln Sanchez
Would rather have a kiss from two dads, no homo.
Parker Ortiz
*makes hand signs at you*
Thomas Gray
Based Italian living in New Zealand.
Andrew Russell
And what the fuck would you know about playing Rakapi
Not agreeing with that retard, but 13 games plus 3 tests plus 6 TRC games is a pretty short season. State of Origin players play 24 NRL and 3 "tests", which is 27 games vs 22. And the finals are 3 games rather than 2 (30 games vs 24). Of course you can add 3 NH tour tests to that but they're off-season and they dont even it out anyway. Not to mention that leaguies only get 4 substitutes and spend more time actually doing stuff due to the reduced number of players on the park and reduced stoppages.
Oliver Stewart
hes obviously everyones first choice
Zachary Allen
Must be all the drugs charges and sexual assaults keeping them match fit.
Christian Baker
Well at the moments it's almost the same because the season is 2-3 games longer, but once it becomes Super 14 I'd say that we've been gypped. What are we doing in July before TRC starts? Or if they push TRC forward, what are we getting in September?
Logan Diaz
>This crowd ah yes
Jaxon Turner
Doesn't Havili play wing? Shoving Jordan there seems like a risk.
Ryder Wilson
crusaders looking fairly shot
Cooper Myers
changed my pick tb h
Elijah Barnes
kek old man read is done already wish I hadn’t
Kayden Scott
Gonna be a banger lads. Expect fireworks.
Connor Fisher
can someone post bru pick plz?
Matthew Hughes
Remember when you used to be able to change your bru pick before halftime at the sacrifice of the MP? *sips*
>another intercept near his own 22 jesus christ barrett
Juan Gomez
pissrat to throw the game losing intercept in the quarter finals lads
Gabriel Hughes
There were probably 20 people in the country who knew who both Blackwell and Mitchell were before the start of the season. Fifita is overrated after the 2016 season where fats carried the middle row. Prinsep is a jobber, bench player at best. The less said about the props the better. Evans and the starting locks back would make them at least competitive.
Ian Adams
>21 points down at home >HURR I CANES *doosh doosh doosh* HURR I CANES
Levi Rivera
riccitelli is the second best forward
now thats fucking grim
Daniel Gutierrez
>14 phases to go sideways across the pitch
Bentley Howard
Princep is a fucking shit cunt
Jeremiah Reed
pissrats worst game in many years
Brody Sanders
drubbing
Austin Harris
Were the Hurricanes terrible tonight or were the Crusaders just too good?
Elijah Jones
should i get on the beers or continue with them lovely tea?
Gabriel Scott
>Hurricucks Based
Ian Adams
Anyone staying for Waratards vs Gonewolves?
Dylan Turner
yeah unless it becomes a shitfest, at which point i’ll leave to play dark souls
Justin Lewis
I knew Blackwell, but purely because he was that one really short lock not because he was any good Can't believe toomaga-allen used to be seen as potentially the next big thing.
Brayden Richardson
I'll keep watching as long as the funwolves are in with a chance
Parker King
Good atmosphere here lads. My school brass band was playing music out the front.
Really disappointed desu. Hung around at the fence after the game but only a couple of coconut subs did any signing and none of them came anywhere near me. Only AAC did but he disappeared before I was next in line, and he didnt even play. And this after I blew $500 on merch and tickets.
Yeah well my town has had precisely 3 rugby games in over a decade so I was just hoping at least one Tah would realise how much it meant to us. I know they're probably cut about losing but that doesn't normally stop them in Sydney.