>Fri 03 May 7:35pm Crusaders v Sharks, Christchurch 9:45pm Reds v Sunwolves, Brisbane >Sat 04 May 5:15pm Hurricanes v Rebels, Wellington 7:35pm Highlanders v Chiefs, Dunedin 9:45pm Brumbies v Blues, Canberra >Sun 05 May 1:05am Bulls v Waratahs, Pretoria 7:40am Jaguares v Stormers, Buenos Aires
**all times in official RWCT**
PRO14 QUARTERS >Sat 04 May 3pm Munster v Benetton, Thomond Park 5.35pm Ulster v Connacht, Kingspan Stadium **all times in official potato time**
Reminder that Colin Slade has two RWC medals despite only playing 250 minutes across the tournaments.
Anthony Brooks
Can I get the kiwi perspective? Who do you think gives us a better chance of winning against Wales and England - Quade or Foley?
Angel Smith
not a racist, just think it’s a bit grim when a sport founded on international representation has teams like the wallabies where 1/3 of the players are and act like foreigners really the sport would be better off if those players represented the islands they came from, it would make them actually competitive as well and maybe you wouldn’t have the same 2-3 nations (these days just one) winning everything
Ian Jenkins
Quade Cooper is the better player despite Foley being the slightly better kicker.
Chase Rodriguez
R E D S E D S
Nathan Hughes
Foley by a landslide.
Lincoln Lee
isn't Cooper a bit washed up and maybe has ""attitude problems"" t. cazzie
Ryan Barnes
Foley is a shit kicker from hand and recently his conversion stats are worse than Cooper's.
It's not 2009 anymore.
Jack Campbell
yeah admittedly I'm a bit out of date on this stuff but how could he be any less washed up 10 years later? or has the "attitude" perception calmed down since then
Nathaniel Hughes
/wednesdaybeers/ lads? Liberty Brewing Co. here.
Asher Robinson
Maybe watch the fucking game before you open your bitch mouth.
What the tards do can barely be considered rugby at this stage so I don't blame them. Everyone has gotten over the Force axing and barracks for the Rebels or the Brumbies now.
William Long
Aren't 90% of the people that support Union in Sydney
Dominic Brown
Queensland actually, though NSW is second. More sydneysiders go to club games than Super Rugby now. We had 10k at Parramatta last week, but 20k at North Sydney last year.
Benjamin Harris
Paddy didn't earn enough potatoes to trade for a plane ticket back to the motherland.
Just a reminder that there is in fact no rugby on tonight, or tomorrow for that matter.
Cooper Nguyen
Got a date on Friday and a boys night on Sat lads #livinglife #sohectic But just realised I'll miss a fucking bunch of good rugby.
Joshua Lewis
why is that? I thought the tards had a successful history also are you talking about the shute shield?
Wyatt Sullivan
Goodluck m8 hope you get your dick wet.
Kevin Price
please pander to me and make me watch your spoort
Carter Hall
Tards are crap, bottom of the table 2016/17 and probably there again this year. Made the finals last year by virtue of automatic qualification but were never serious challengers. And yes.
Landon Bennett
fuck off Josh.
Ian Martinez
so do most people just follow the most successful clubs in their country? maybe not kiwis as they have a few more to choose from?
just wondered because of the shute shield thing looks like a comfy kino comp
Jordan Gutierrez
>v instead of x
Ethan Walker
quade for sure
foley is a better player but his mind is broken he's never going to win anything that matters you can see the fear in his eyes
a quade redemption arc is more likely than foley overcoming his demons
Grayson Adams
I don't even know what the fuck is going on with the Saffa teams. I'm a Cheetah supporter so after they left I lost all interest..
Who looks strongest this year? Crusaders?
Who looks good from the Saffa teams?
Elijah Jenkins
Well you just watch what you want. I watch everything I can because I'm obsessed but it's up to you how you balance your priorities.
Only one game televised per week and in SD. Going to the games is super comfy though, they're all over the place in Sydney (don't have to cross the bridge) and the atmosphere is superb. Even the missus has a great time.
Blake Collins
Saffa teams are all relatively boring this year, everything comes from grinding out dominance with big forward packs like usual, their backlines are all pretty much useless and can't capitalize on it.
A sharks backline, stacked with springboks, couldn't do anything playing 15 on 13 last weekend.
The teams are all wildcards and could win or lose badly on any day. The lions got thrashed and kept scoreless by another saffa team i can't even remember who. The sharks are at the top and the lions at the bottom, but there's nothing between them, they all have 5 wins.
Last year the springboks coming back against England and just in general made me think SA rugby was doing good, but it's really not. And yes, the Crusaders will win again.
Christopher Hughes
yeah I wouldn't watch it on TV, just go to the games can you bring your own booze?
Dylan Jackson
Cheers for the reply mate.
Fuck, Sharks, that is dross. So they still can't play from the backline after all these years?
Honestly thought they'd have improved by now at least. As you said, just going with the forward packs all the time, was even like that when I played during school years.
But I didn't expect anything from the teams lol. or rather, i expected it to be the exact same shit.
Thanks dude
Alexander Jones
Lol SA rugby is still fucked. Always been . Wish we had the same style of play as you guys. :D
Chase Butler
t. Mickey Arthur
Jonathan Williams
Reckon I'll be cheering for Treviso on the weekend lads. Something about Munster rubs me the wrong way at the minute.
Leo Jenkins
Wouldn't be hard to sneak it in, it's just a suburban ground. I can't say for certain, I'm a deso cuck.
Joshua Roberts
do they even ticket it or is it like a couple odd hundred people turning up for your average home and away game
Ian Jackson
Tickets are cheap, like $10 and the money goes straight to the clubs and isn't interfered with by RA. Finals are different, $20 I think and RA takes a cut.
Juan Johnson
Know what you mean, trying to defend your way to wins is fucking sacrilege in Rugby, When you look at Treviso they give away a load of tries but attack with no fucks given
Ethan Foster
The kicker is that Munster have, at times this season, been fairly exciting in attack The away game to Gloucester stands out. So it's not like they don't know how to attack and attack well.
>Munster vs Treviso As much as I'd like to see the Italians win, I figure Munster are going to shut down their gameplan and grind out a win. Will be a basically full-strength Munster team too, so a lot less chance of inexperience scuppering them.
>Ulster vs Connacht More interesting match up. Ulster lost to Connacht a few months back in Ravenhill, but they've improved significantly towards the end of the season. I think it'll be a close game and Ulster will take it in the dying minutes. Ulster have the better pack and back-3.
I was going so great on the first 6weeks, but then I forgot about it for like three weeks and decided to just abandon it. Next year is mine
Jonathan Myers
Messi is elite. Liverpoo are just that: poo.
Bentley Bennett
I missed the first 3 rounds. Its just something fun to do now
Matthew Williams
Good way to get banned. Well done lad.
Jordan Bailey
Bumply reminder that the CrusaGODS could easily destroy the ABs
William Thompson
wtf this isn't twain
Hudson Phillips
roog
James Johnson
>Poortugeese instead of Spanish
Andrew Green
Reckon Mounga would completely dominate Messi if he played soccer lads
Jordan Young
MAN I'm sick of that horseshit. What a fucking massive cringe on both sides: the enigmatic Messi-hating loser and all the fucking nerds obsessed with him.
Makes sense. You see a lot of the players that come up from SR take time to learn the defensive set up. Lowe was a half-season on before he had that down. Still remember his first game, against Treviso being an absolute shitshow.
Adam Hughes
what do you lads think of lowe anyway? is he still a dickhead?
Hudson Cooper
Bit of a temper, but it hasn't gotten him in much trouble. He got a red around Christmas but that was for a really bad read on a high ball. He's an overall positive influence on the team when he's on the field and gets them pumped up. I think him and Larmour have to be Leinster's first choice wingers.
Benjamin Carter
>Still remember his first game, against Treviso being an absolute shitshow
What the fuck are you talking about, He was man of the match and got 2 try's
Ayden Morgan
Aye his attacking play was always good but defensively he was very weak. Treviso got a lot of breaks past him. That was the part of his game he had to work on most leading up to the playoffs.
Gavin Lopez
Connacht is the reason
Angel Cooper
A bit of a mad bastard, goes around the field like he's a child thats just drank 10 fizzy drinks
Great in attack and constantly motivating the rest of the lads, send up more dickheads please
Luke Wright
Banned until the end of August. Not a huge impact, all in all, but still.
Ayden Sanders
>Not a huge impact
Theres World Cup warm up games that month, if he's banned from them thats going to effect Schmidt wanting to take him to Japan
Nicholas Powell
McFadden hasn't been on Schmidt's radar since the 2018 Wales game. It'd be mad to select him over any of the 4 provinces in-form wingers anyway.
Jeremiah Adams
Apart form Earls and Larmour we dont have that many to select from out on the right
Dylan Scott
Not surprising. Look at the quality of teams in the Pro14. You've got 4 strong Irish teams, 2 Scottish teams that made the European quarters, Scarlets are normally strong but were fucked by injuries this year, Cardiff won the Challenge Cup last year, Ospreys are hit and miss but generally strong at home, and Benetton are actually competitive now. That still leaves the other 4 shitters, but it's a decent standard.
Super Rugby, meanwhile, is >NZ teams win lol Australian rugby is in the toilet and South Africans are on mass exodus out of their country. Only going to get worse.
Cameron Jackson
McFadden is shit and a thug. This is the first thing of note he's done in the game since deliberately stamping on Nathan White's face repeatedly.
He'd have fuck all caps if he didn't play for Leinster.
Adam Martinez
Can Conway not play right?
Adrian Morris
Isn't Conway a right wing? I really rate him. Hope he goes to Japan. Surprised pic-related never got a look in. He was called up a few years ago, when he wasn't even starting for Connacht, but he's been their best back three player this year. Good under the high ball and has one of the biggest clearance kicks I've ever seen. Not saying he should go to Japan, but in terms of injury cover, he's the archetypal Schmidt winger.
It's too late for him now. With Schmidt, you need to be around the squad for a while to learn all the systems. Drawback of having such a proscribed game plan is that there isn't really room for a World Cup bolter. You'll never see what happened with Milner-Skudder happen with an Irish player.
I like Conway too but he's another Schmidt doesn't rate, anywhere
Henry Nelson
Ah, he does. It's just that Conway keeps getting injured at the worst possible times. If everyone was fit I think he'd just about miss out on the squad behind Larmour. Addison's injury throws things up in the air a bit though.
Kayden Brown
Lads explain to me how a "6" week ban puts you out till late August?
There's only 4 "game weeks" left this season. He serves the the 5th and 6th weeks at the start of next season.
Imagine a player was cited for something in the last game of the season that got them a two-month ban. They wouldn't miss a single game.
Jaxson Nelson
Right, so game weeks then, all i saw in the headlines was weeks
Lucas Evans
Ya. It's weird though. He'll serve the first week this weekend, even though Leinster don't have a game.
Kevin King
This came up last year after Ross Moriarty got a 2 gameweek ban against Argentina. Which meant all he ended up missing was the pre-season which, under player safety laws, he wouldn't have been permitted to play in anyway.
>going out so cant watch the saders game almost a blessing honestly, but a comfy night in drinking beer sounds kinda preferable
Josiah Fisher
>92483934 v8's on soon m8
Levi Roberts
Is it, dare I say it, our year?
Colton Butler
jags are getting hot and you always show up at the RWC could be a nice year but I dont see you winning any trophies
Jacob Sullivan
I'll be at the pub too, but I'm not really fussed about poosaders steamrolling shitters. Bumwolves though...
Cooper Bailey
Thats a game I really wanna watch honestly. But i'm fairly sure ill be a touch sloshed by then
Angel Jackson
Pubs got TVs and I'm pretty sure they'll put it on if asked. good sports there
Joshua Hall
not going to a pub sadly. Sports team BYO at a chinese place. I might be home in time to catch the back half of the Sunwolves game but I won't be sober enough to enjoy it
Hunter Phillips
shall be sitting at home alone
Dylan Barnes
I'd take you up the pub if you were here paddy. I've told you this before. Come to Auckland for insta-Asian gf
Evan Ward
sorry I just booked flights to europe, but Ill put it next on the list m8
Thomas Sullivan
No worries Auck/rug/ meetup when you arrive. I'd ironically have a beer with the lads.
Owen Lopez
based an nz meetup would be best because most of /rug/ are kiwis or me and sheddy
Kevin Roberts
>Over the next four days, the veteran presenter will miss cues, yell over the news, harangue people repeatedly about the Hurricanes, and wear shockingly jaunty socks.
based campbell
Robert King
I'd be down honestly
Jeremiah Sanders
don't tell sheddy.
Elijah Sanders
Going on a first date lads wish me luck
Nathaniel Jones
Dont worry lad I wouldn't waste my money on Auckland anyway. Maybe if we were going to the South Island it'd be worth it.
Connor Kelly
>The crowds starting to roll in >nearly 3 hours before kick off yeah nice one Horan
Charles Taylor
>can go into second place in the conference with a win and the exposed reblels next week >tards have two games in SA still in this lads
Aiden Ward
+3 let's do this lads.
Ryan Allen
Goodluck m8 we're all rooting for you to do the same later.
Matthew Adams
Potential GSP round this one.
Angel Hughes
cheeky bundy and coke
James Rodriguez
You could go into first place this week I think if you won by a lot and the Rebels get heemed. In reality though, it will take a lot of effort but it's doable. Rebels and Tahs have a bad run now, but my money has been on the Brumbies since the pre-season and I'm sticking with them.
Owen Scott
Absolutely stunning Colombian has just started working at the pub lads, might have to walk the dog up tomorrow for afternoon beersies.
Hudson Lewis
We’re 6 points behind, you only get 5 max right? I get weak in the knees for a prime South American
Logan Hall
Oh my bad I thought it was 5.
Justin Bennett
nah but if we win tonight and the reblels lose then the game in melbourne is important however, even if we both win, the waratahs losing in SA will have us in 2nd and they have two tough games in SA in a row, so it’s not vital that we win tonight and next week
Adrian Young
The Tards will lose but the Brumbies may win and keep you at 3rd.
Elijah Russell
For sure, I dated a Brazilian a few years ago and am now a convert, Latin women are the bees knees.
Kayden Carter
>female commentators Just fuck off 2bh.
Camden Hall
i’ve picked the blues so I hope you’re wrong welcome, fellow enlightened man
Jeremiah Thomas
poosaders
Liam Clark
Jordan you slippery bastard
Joshua Cox
His knee was on the ground. I hate the double standard here.
Isaiah Morris
gayders looking flat
Dylan Morris
Hunt is trash.
Jackson Torres
>taking the 3 3 times already Do the Sharks want to be shit?
Gavin Jones
Forgot to mention Will Jordan in my speech for sheddys wedding, shall chuck it in
Liam Ross
cup of tea y/n
Hudson Ortiz
hard yes
Evan Rivera
future all black sevu reece
Nathaniel Davis
But Tei Walden is my boyfriend.
Brandon Powell
oh sorry
Angel Turner
>save the name Crusaders based
William Phillips
moody sucks lads
Isaiah Morales
When's the card coming?
Jack Cruz
Standard NATO I hope?
Robert Turner
Finally a bit of creativity
Caleb Reyes
Good move by the sharks, crusaders player fell right in Bosch-Botha’s trap there
Jace Flores
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
Blake Wilson
30 years later and saffers are still dirty cunts
Landon Moore
accidentally bought loose leaf so im working my way through it
John Diaz
Another reminder that George Bridge literally cannot pass.
Evan Bailey
1995 was only 24 years ago m8.
Michael Edwards
>no ability to attack >can only kick >penalties mean 3 points >racist selection policies >games are at 3am
When are we cutting the South African fucks from the tournament?
Carter Hughes
How do they still bring in the most TV revenue? With nobody at their games I can’t imagine much more are watching at home
Ayden White
I dont know either, especially since the rand is a fraction of its former value. Unfortunately most of the financial info is under wraps.
Angel Cooper
Sharks about to kneecap the entire bru's chances of a GSP
Julian Ramirez
Blues Hurrs game
Isaiah Sanders
>mitch hunt
Samuel Morgan
The sharks paid this ref.
Josiah James
>>Three times table: the game Meh
Ethan King
Nice to see the Saders actually being referred.
Justin Lee
Still no card though.
Jeremiah Flores
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE REF CALLS YOUR BULLSHIT
Henry Thomas
Mostly different offences and not under pressure.
Aaron Garcia
MULLET
Jacob Howard
*throws up over the line*
Julian Bell
>>They have no shortage of Dolph Lundgren lookalikes in South Africa
Benjamin Cox
Every game involving an SA team is an absolute coinflip
Xavier Cox
Stop posting in /cric/ you morons
Owen King
when was the last time SR was this inconsistent
William Cook
cant be us m8, no point in posting in our summer house while it’s winter
Julian Phillips
I coinflip with an 1899 silver dollar. Hasn't worked nearly as well as BYG's coinflip in 2018 though.
Thanks m8, I actually like my Liberty Head silver dollar more but it's from 1923. I fucked up and cleaned one side of it so it's not worth anything any more, but it's the one that stays in my wallet.
Chase Allen
>heineken ad fronting like they care about drink driving
Isaac Torres
Based Brown clearly not giving a fuck about this forced interview
I don't know what's more bizarre, the fact that the Sunwolves just keep making their own work harder for themselves, or the Reds seemingly incapable of cashing in on the one man advantage
Aaron Watson
squandering opportunities is our calling card for this year
Alexander Turner
Is Samu Kerevi playing? Youd think that with a man up and the tournament's leading linebreaker and runner on your team you'd give it to him.
Landon Nelson
Gday, back from the night out how're the awoos doing?
Christopher Watson
grim but still in front because reds are allergic to the try line
This away strip looks pretty neat for a black strip
Carter Rogers
that's how you score when you have a 150kg tongan mammoth in your front row
Isaiah Moore
homos btfo
Michael Wood
not related to that try whats the official definition of double movement? seriously I dont know what it is in rugby
Andrew Edwards
don’t worry, the refs don’t know either
Dominic Rodriguez
You have to release the ball when you're on the ground.
This has been interpreted by referees as having to place the ball essentially immediately, but in reality it's a much more organic decision based on momentum (you dont have to place it until you've lost momentum and have been released by the tackler).
Jayden Hernandez
ah all good I dont have a problem with that reds try, his movement once his legs/knees were grounded just reminded me of the NFL version of the rule and I was curious about the IRB one
Brandon Cook
g g
Isaac Cruz
R E D E D pretty weak if i’m being honest
Sebastian Morgan
what the fuck he tried to get his arm up to wrap and everything
Brody Sanders
FUCK there goes my elite pick
only red because of the two yellows
James Jenkins
BASED
Logan Bennett
Sunwolves pretty much played this entire game with only 14 men
Joseph Brooks
>small ball carried ducks low and left into large tacklers arm >cops a bicep to the neck for this troubles >larger player penalised
fucking dumb. I swear this manlet ref is just taking revenge
Robert Foster
oh what the fug what was the red for?
Hudson Cooper
sorta high tackle on a dude with a yellow already
Brody James
two yellow for cynical play then a high tackle high was a bit soft if i’m being honest
Juan Perez
Two yellows. First was a ruck infringement and second was a high tackle.
Grayson Morgan
Reds dont really have an excuse to not win this now t b q h with you lads
Angel Smith
Folau broke down in tears whole delivering a sermon btw lads
Andrew Rodriguez
while*
Isaac Campbell
Did he realise what he was saying wasnt worth 1.5mil a year?
Jason Nguyen
its a shame the reds lost Jordan Petaia so early
Nicholas Ross
>Smith go back to your sausages you butter fingered fuck literally like week 2 we lost him. He would be the perfect complement to Kerevi and Feuia-Sautia in attack Something about your faith being tested in the workplace. Then how the devil and sin can test you at anytime. Then your normal old testament stuff
Benjamin Jackson
Watch us knock it on
Anthony Wilson
These are some of the most blatant ruck penalties I've ever seen. They literally just walk up to rucks that they've already lost where the scrumhalf is on the verge of passing and stick their hands on the ball.
Ryder Butler
Let's see Gus fuck it up again
Leo Clark
Definite no try
Andrew Taylor
"He can make a second movement"
marvelous captain the reds have
Daniel Taylor
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Gavin Perez
>letting the dutch put you in the hole when you have a man advantage
I think he's referring to how union doesnt have a rule like league which bans double movements. What we have instead is that you have to play the ball when tackled and you're tackled when any part of your body other than your feet touched the ground.
Julian Morgan
a fresh jamie booth to close out the game is great for them
Jace Barnes
So it's frustrating because he feels the society at large is hostile to his way of life? It's a real struggle yes, but it's hardly unique to him and his peers.
Jose Scott
getting carded the fuck out
Wyatt Young
ruh roh gardener realised the reds needed the help
Landon Myers
>>all these cards What is this? A casino?
Justin Ross
What the FUCK is with teams making a tired 9 close out a game bring on sorovi he isn't that bad
Zachary Evans
the reds are significantly better with tate on though, even if he’s tired
Ryder Jones
Terrific turnover there
Bentley Sanders
jesus fucking christ
Isaac Morales
HOCKINGS YOU FUCKING IDIOT
Nolan Richardson
card for sure cynical as shit
Alexander Gutierrez
Totally accidental, is just trying to free his foot from an illegal hold. Red card.
what is this reffing he almost sent the wrong man off cause he just wants to card people to appease the cartels
Angel Walker
I'm not even mad, this is hilarious
Jonathan Williams
I think gardener should have to front at the panel aswell and explain why he yellowed a dude who copped a boot to the face and thought that was a way to balance the game
Donovan no!
Joshua Carter
Could do with another reds try
Julian Cruz
>>That clearing kick
Sebastian Lopez
Unpopular opinion: both games tonight have been well-refereed and no one got a card the rules say they didn't deserve.
Oliver Jones
what a team of absolute fucking cowards they've had a 2 man overlap in the backline before, and they don't spread it wide and try to run it out, they just do one out running and then kick it back
Ryan Lopez
I can agree with this point
Cameron Turner
what kind of backline can't just draw and pass with a 2 man overlap off a dominant scrum, and make a break?
Wyatt Ross
I wouldn't call them cowards, just dumb. They were 8 for 8 in the forwards and 7v5 in the backs but the ball never went past numbers 9-10.
BASED Leoni don't do graphics for their teams. So I put this together. Same team that drew with Leinster in the RDS. A couple changes from the one that lost to Munster in Treviso, likely for the better.
Back from the pub /rug/ holy shit did I hear a great story about our little neighbourhood. Wanna hear it?
Justin Nguyen
sure why not
Xavier Martin
>user was never seen again
Gabriel Price
F
Colton Williams
Okay. SO:
We met this guy at the pub last week when we walked our dogs up there for afternoon beers. He was a bit odd, and he knew a lot of the houses on our street that were either unoccupied or abandoned. My bullshit detector was going crazy, so didn't offer this cunt much information, and dead-batted most of his questions.
Turns out he's been going house to house robbing them all, and according to the security cam footage that I've seen, has been camping in the back yard of a $20m+ property. What's brilliant about the footage is the Uber driver passing him his tent over the fence that he's just jumped.
It gets better, the house (estate, really) has live in security (they weren't there for some reason) and found his "nest" on the back of the property, found his passport; and basically all his worldly possessions. The main security guy is ex-SAS, and I've had dealings with him back around 2008-09, so we're friendly, but Jesus Christ I've never had as much respect for anyone 5'4" as I have this guy.
Cops haven't been called "we're dealing with this quietly" but the lads have been entertaining themselves by making beanbag shotgun shells out of their ammo for when this guy comes back. They're going to rough him up so badly haha, I almost feel sorry for him but he bent one of my gates, so he's getting what he deserves.
Jeremiah Rodriguez
hang out with the guards and film the bean bagging m8
My younger bro is a cop and an AOS member so it's probably wise for me to remain one step removed from this operation.
Cooper Carter
plus if you were going to do something like 'rough someone up so badly haha' it wouldn't be smart to leave a line on your net history saying you intend to do it
Connor Bennett
incase it going wrong and he like dies haha or something
Ryan Sanders
Don't get too excited m8, but a police sergeant plays the /rug/ bru.
Roux must still be sick. I think McKeon is the right choice at 6 actually, just didn't expect he'd be picked to start. He was really good against Munster and is one of the few lads in the pack with any real fight in him. Don't get dropping Leader though. I think he's had a really good season. Fitzgerald has been good since he came in and that tackle on Conway last week was hilarious, but if any of the back three should be dropped it's probably Healy. Making a lot of handling errors lately and loses the ball in contact far too often.
As for the bench, surprised to see McCabe, but relieved to see Carey. Much better scrummager than Robertson-McCoy. Baffled by the Masterson/Boyle bench decision. I know Masterson was a lock at underage, but I would have put Cannon there.
Ulster sticking to their roots >NO moore >NO addison >NO gilroy >NO ludik >NO stockdale With Moore out there's a serious chance Connacht are going to /heem/ them in the scrum like they did in both other games this season. Buckley was rested and they still destroyed what was mostly Munster's first choice pack last week. Only loss for Connacht really is Roux who gives them a lot of power in the scrum. As for the backs, they're missing 4 (four) first choice starters.
Ulster would've been definite favourites for this, but it's actually hard to call now.
Huge opportunity for Connacht. Ulster are an improved side from when they last met but, without Stockdale, both sets of back 3 are fairly evenly matched. I'd go as far as to say that I'd rather have Connacht's bench, too. Connacht by 3.
Hard to see beyond a Munster win. They're basically at full strength as it is. Treviso struggled against their 2nd string team at home and don't have the kind of reserves that Munster can call on. Unless Treviso can seriously upset Munster's game plan, this will be a slaughter. Munster by 15.
Wyatt Morgan
Going player by player through the teams, to see which team has the better individual by position
Jesus, how are Ulster such strong favorites for this?
Grayson Foster
That's a bit harsh on Timony, Cooney and Baloucoune. I feel like they'll front up farely well.
Kevin Russell
They're playing at home, maybe?
Lincoln Scott
They're all good players.Baloucoune is still pretty young. It's a tight call between Baloucoune and Fitzgerald, but I went with him because Baloucoune got himself suspended before and hasn't got great defensive discipline, while Fitzgerald made a complete tit of Conway last week. Timoney/McKeon was another tight one. I haven't really seen that much of Timoney, so it was more recency bias, given McKeon did such a good job winding up O'Mahony last week that he completely lost his cool as the game went on. As for Cooney, I 100% stand over this choice. The main reason Cooney is even in Ulster is that he couldn't get ahead of Marmion for Connacht and Marmion is still comfortably ahead in Irish selection. The only area Cooney is stronger is kicking, be it box kicking or place kicking, but Connacht don't box kick much anyway and Marmion isn't their place kicker.
William Ortiz
Cooney has been a different beast up at Ulster though. He’s had time to play and improve. Comparing him to the guy that wasn’t getting game time 2 years ago seems unreasonable.
Owen Bailey
Downloaded the Crusaders/Sharks game to watch and was confronted with having to listen to a woman commentator.
Stopped playing it and instantly deleted the file
>Best ways on how to stop people watching your sport
How much of him did you watch at Connacht? Be honest. He was really good there, but couldn't consistently get ahead of Marmion. He was getting plenty of gametime, started plenty of games and when he was on the bench came on around the 50-55 minute mark. I always knew Ulster would be fine with him replacing Pienaar. What he's done is play the exact same way he did at Connacht in a team that actually gets a bit of media attention.
And Marmion is still better. He's quicker, his passing is better and he runs better lines. I was sorry to lose Cooney. Good player. But I've watched both live and on TV plenty of times and I wouldn't trade them.
Andrew Garcia
Earls out. Sweetnam starting at 11 in his place.
Daniel Myers
Didn't get laid lads but had a solid pash and a cheeky finger. >I don't have sex on the first date Fair enough too. Means there'll be a second and I'll be getting in. Also, she thought I was funny and charming, and when I told her i posted on /rug/, she nearly gave in.
Missed 2 rugby games however and looks like I'll miss 3 today fml
You take that back, she was nowhere near that bad. Marto/Kearns tier at worst.
Colton Rogers
Dont worry lad, in an hour itll all be better
Aiden Torres
POORICANES
POORICANES
Oliver Reyes
Rebs already in shambles
Nicholas Thomas
Richard Judd is one ugly cunt.
Wyatt Perez
think the rebels will need to tackle the hurricanes in order to win
Samuel Adams
>rebels
Logan Powell
Seems unlikely that will happen at this stage.
Luke Ward
soup for dinner lads
Sebastian Bailey
*runs right through your line*
Josiah Foster
classic beauden
Landon Davis
Koroibete has to fucking go. Cheika will start him unless someone heems him into next year.
Andrew Sanders
>>Just tuned in at 8 min in >> 14-0 This is going to be a thrashing isn't is?
Christian Richardson
Pray and you shall receive user
Cameron Martin
Rebels were absolutely exposed two weeks ago and every other team saw it
Landon Davis
The rest of the Rebels making Quade Cooper look like a tackling god.
Jaxon Reed
Thought the Rebels would at least make a go of it
Luke Mitchell
>pass to coconut >he drops it
Landon Green
Pretty rude to run over Genia like that, we need him.
Asher Gutierrez
Big yikes.
Anthony Reyes
someone with too much time should make a supercut desu
Sebastian Garcia
churr hoo bros
Carter Taylor
>this """"""defence""""""" Reblels are gonna miss the finals again and Im gonna laugh all the way mite be kin
Hudson Torres
So this is the power of the power of the Australian Conference Leaders...
Ethan Bailey
The Rebels have absolutely no one good in their tight 5, how are they smashing the Canes scrum?
Chase Parker
It's the canes scrum, possibly the worst in the comp.
Oliver Cook
a shitty 4th or 5th string lock is the best player in the tight 5
Brandon Gray
AUMUA
Robert Morgan
Tiatia's been pretty anonymous on the wing.
Leo Ramirez
Caught one in the noggin
Jaxon Gomez
Would love to see them go scoreless
Nathaniel Powell
just tuning in now lads Blazers game went long How Heem'd have the rebels been?
Julian Collins
Bumboys > Speds > Tards > Lels
James Ross
Canes are shit
Brandon Jones
FLOODGATES
Jose Sanchez
how do I into rugby bros? I'm an AFLcuck
Jaxon Rivera
Did you go to private school?
Dominic Kelly
yes
Blake Perez
dont support the crusaders, talk shit about quade cooper, ashley-cooper, and beale, make jokes about coconut handling skills, banter about The Gays, and support the Sunwolves
also just watch it with a mate who knows the rules a couple times
Alexander Foster
Spencer has been in Beaudens ear. These in goal cutout passes need to go. It's World Cup year and Rockokoko and Howlett aren't there to help out.
Brayden Torres
Card soon, surely.
Owen Harris
Well in that case I'd be happy to educate you.
Ball has to be thrown backwards. Have to chase from behind the kicker. Scrum if there's a knock-on, lineout if it goes out. Rucks and mauls are complicated, basically a pushing contest over the ball like a scrum but messier. Everything else comes from watching a lot and asking questions.
Regarding Super Rugby, Australian teams are inconsistent and Kiwi teams are entertaining. Crusaders win every game so they're the bad guys. Polynesian players hate gays.
Isaac Campbell
based thanks lad
David Young
(it's okay to support the crusaders for the Deus Vult memes though)
Are you watching tonight? There are streams you can watch if you dont have kayo. Next coupla games should be good.
Andrew Williams
I was going to go for the Rebels since I'm from Melb I might, I'm watching the Rebels game on Kayo right now.
Hudson Cox
Wessels was an idiot not to start Meakes, he has been a warrior this year.
John Gutierrez
Comeback ON
Jack Perry
If you want the Rebel's cum back you'll have to scrape it off your mum's teeth.
Adrian Taylor
why is the caketin such a shit stadium for rugby
Evan Collins
Fucking love that ball and all tackle from Beauden there.
Anthony Miller
terrible
Levi Ortiz
Canes have been dire since the first 25 mins.
Rebels are a newish team who are still building a culture. They have a flashy backline but their forwards are mostly mediocre, and in rugby backs are reliant on forwards to get them front foot ball. Rebels have a bad rep because the Perth team with more culture and which was actually alright (not to mention being in a rugby city) was cut so that they could survive.
Brandon Bennett
Seats are too far from the field and Wellingtonions are casuals.
Jeremiah Russell
When is Berry going to call Genia offside at the scrums finally?
Cooper Hernandez
You'll have to pump your mum's stomach, like the Rebel's did.
Tyler Moore
I forgot the game was on cause Nisbo didnt have to say anything for a good minute
You're right trying to make a combi use stadium was a poor decision
Colton Gomez
Hurrs might actually choke this one away
Jeremiah Lewis
oh i see, thanks for the info
Bentley Fisher
>T. Finlay Christie
Matthew Young
The Cake Tin is the rugby equivalent of Eden Park for cricket. The Cake Tin is a good stadium though. Easily accessible and it flows well. Every single NZ Stadium fails in the big screen department.
Camden Mitchell
my one hope for the Chch Egg if it ever gets the go ahead a slightly larger Lunchbox closer to bars is all I want
Carson Campbell
Wonder if NZ Rugby will look at offering Parker big bucks at the end of next season
Kayden Long
bit sick of teams wasting the last 10 minutes with scrum resets so their lead isn't challenged desu
Luis Bell
Nah Joseph Parker's career is dead. He doesn't have the heart of a champion and his promoter's and training team are amateurs. There is no future boxing in NZ.
As for Hayden Parker the answer is also no. Once you leave you're gone. Unless of course you are a top tier player like Kaino, Carter, McAlister.
Gabriel Jones
Why does the Rebels #18 look like a fucking baked potato
There's still the likes of Perofeta, Cameron, and Ioane coming through to not need to chuck money at a 30 year old uncapped journeyman after the world cup.
James Jackson
Based Pooper saving my elite pick
William Gray
Who do you think could get them through Mad Mick's to Boneyards?
Robert James
>Perofeta
Blake Hughes
Fuck I miss Carter and Mehrtens Why is it that High Functioning Alcoholics make good kickers?
Josiah Ramirez
Beat the B&I Lions in his first game. There's just no reason to bring back an old man after the WC when they'll be looking to BB/Mounga to be the starting 10 in 2023 and focus on younger talent for after that.
I miss watching Hosea 2bh. Stunning player with some seriously brutal defence.
Lincoln Roberts
I think Rico is playing in the Heartland Championship. I think he's been playing for the Bush or Horo for a few years. Might have given up now but he was playing there not to long ago
Owen Brooks
TA'AVAU
Noah Ross
Waratards fan?
Anthony Barnes
I remember those, Hosea pulled a handful of brutal spot tackles in SR and they were timed to perfection
He knocked that Irish winger out in 2012 in Hamilton. We won that game 60 - 0. That was the rise of Savea though. Scored a hatrick on debut against the potatoes at the Garden.
Josiah Sanders
ARDRON
Oliver Torres
That really was a bit of "what could've been". Hosea was great on the test level, but selection pressure is always tough for the ABs winger spot, and Julian Savea at his prime was phenomenal
