/rug/

Good thread

Think the Tahs might actually do it this weekend guys

Do what exactly

Actually do an embarassing loss

Win a game. Bookies have them winning.

A broken clock is right twice a day

I'd love to watch this, Japan Top League and French Top 14 with an English commentary

Reckon they'll lose but good luck anyway shedchad

pub on the cards

nearly finished building my new shed

when's move in date?

Muscly option. Currently enjoying cool beverage on the deck after a solid bike ride
Rent it to Aussies m8

All I know is test cricket and Tool tomorrow, thank you sweet Jesus

better make my picks I guess

>spend 10min on photoshop for the OP
>no one comments

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needy little bitch

(you)

Might as well just end it.

Corona virus confirmed in Auckland. It's been a pleasure lads

gg mate

I was at the ear nurse today, and a Chinese guy rocked in, admin lady was like have you been overseas lately?
>yeah just Hong Kong but I don't have any symptoms
Cunt sat next to me and I was gone. Hit the hand sanitizer like it was free lollies

2% death rate mates, you'll be fine. Only a couple of hundred non-Chinese have died in the entire world, almost all pensioners or smokers.

I know I'll be fine but I'm a teacher and I'm frontline, and if I get it, I infect dozens on day 1

>2 % death rates
Or maybe that's what they want us to believe so we don't panic

6 o'clock news must be goin OFF

Who will prevail between the Highlanders and the Rebels?
Who actually cares?

2% of the population

Based Meakes. Such an underrated player.

So bald though

True that

Rebels looking better

>90% of the Zoo is slampigs
Made me oof

Highlanders suck arse

Rangi having a binder.

>>The absolute state of Highlanders

More like Highlamers

Enjoy watching southern teams falter ngl

Didn't know anyone disliked the Highlanders, they are good boys.

Imagine having dreadlocks in 2020

Fuck the Highlanders.

Fuck you weren't wrong mate, would have a tumble eh

Jesus that looks awful

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Drag them back to the shed and drug them

>no replays

Took me a second to realise how fucked that was

Cunt's fucked

For some reason, Grab is gone from Mac and screenshot produced an empty screen.

What happened? missed it

Lentjes left leg got broken. The foot's turned a complete 180 degrees. I hope it's not career ending, but god damn it makes one's blood go cold.

His foot was 90 degrees off to the side.

Is he vaping?

pff did that yesterday, walked it off

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The Landers are disintegrating

>he picked the Highlanders

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Sunwolves > Rebels > Highlanders > Chiefs > Crusaders

PARETE!

Shift command 3 for screenshot, shift command 4 to select an area.

I know. Black screen regardless.

yeah kiwi rugby is dead , which is the news?

Michael Jones had his foot meet his hip the wrong way, he’ll be fine.

Ah yes, Otago, the engine room of NZ rugby.

Blues will decimate the Highlanders.

Landers will come back. Aussies have no heart

This season is probably going to be called short anyway. The Sunwolves home games are all fucked.

that's good, normally its 99% wild boars in there

Landers usually do at their home ground, but damn this past month has been a weak start to their season.

No but the game I'm going to in April...

I was going to mention shifting all their home games to Singapore, but then I remember that Singapore's affected too.

Man what a shit show of a new decade.

They're awful. Hope your not Landers lad.

Time to bring Kayne on

Well they need to stop eating fucking bats then fucking gooks

>implying it wasn't bioengineered

I haven't seen them this frail since 2012.

I for one, welcome 600m chinese people dying off

Cant wait for the classic Reblels choke

Nothing more grim than losing GSP in the first match

>>Lousy chinamen fucking things up for themselves and others because they can't close their mouths
>>Lousy chinamen fucking things up for themselves and others because they were playing mad scientists
I don't know which is worse. Both are so fucked up

Who is Wolfie?

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Wolfies a muscular saffa drum back when Piesank ran the bru

*from
sorry bit boozed

Show racism the red card m8

Seething about the lack of yellow even though I support the Rebels

I got nothing against the chinese, I just wish they'll act more becoming for a people with such a large presence in this world.

I saw this on Barrett from France, yellow.

>supporting the rebels
get out

It's just a meme m8. Fuck the Chinese. Scum.

oh I'm afraid thats 10 minutes

Gotta support Aussie teams mate, even if they're the least supportable of the lot.

>let in try
>still more than 7 ahead
>get a 1 man advantage
>get a fresh chance to attack

>defend
>get a 1 man disadvantage
>stuck in your own half until the inevitable happens

just let tries in guys

>10 minutes since last penalty
>get yellow carded for repeated infringements

Landers are an absolute state

Blues are going to dab 30 points on this southern rabble

Muscly prediction

Reds are going to dab 30 points on this southern rabble

That's just ridiculous

Reply to this post of you'll watch Tahs x Lions

Being a bit too obvious here ref

Nareke is already standing there waiting before DHP jumps on him

i’ll give it a go

Should have been red, landed on his head.

The highball laws are such a fucking joke

May as well go watch tiddlywinks

Absolutely fucking GRIM card lads.

this is shedcunt

jesus christ lol

Christ what an awful game

Nice work Sherlock

thanks lad, my next solve will be finding out why you're such a bitter cunt.

>white on front
>red on back
Looks like two different jerseys

I work with that fat kid's uncle. Nice one Angus.

Stadiums fucking empty

Just ticked over to a nice even 1000 bru caps lads

Simmons mad

Based Cardner

congrats la, hoping to get there myself one day

Nice one lad, 17 away myself.

okay some nfl tournaments if you like it
256 games a season minimum

Based Rob "the penny has dropped" Penny

FULLY KINETIC 1000 CAPS AND 2.5 POINTS ON THE CARDS

In turn, the last games between Aus teams and foreign opposition are:
>Waratahs beat Lions
>Rebels beat Landers
>Reds beat Sunwolves (record score)
>Brumbies beat Chiefs
>Reds beat Jaguares (minus ref)
>Brumbies beat Landers (minus ref)

On behalf of the bru and wider /rug/ community, I'd like to congratulate you on your meaningless online achievement Paddy, my only Irish son.

thanks dad, means a lot, worked hard for this

>1000 caps
>0 (zero) competition wins
OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO HAHAHAHAHA

Fuck me the Tahs look like a completely different team, this is great to watch

what can i say, i play a lot but i suck

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The Tahs were the only team with a new coach and changes at flyhalf so they should be the worst aus team. They're still missing a tighthead prop and outside centre but with the bye they seem to have practiced their combinations. Still don't see them beating anyone actually good with those deficits though.

*the only team with a new coach, the Brumbies also changed flyhalf

Well done m8, you might even win a game too

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>more gay pride flags then people at the Tahs game
kek it’s over for this pooort

Muscular and full kinetic, as opposed to zero potential

sharks will be tough but i think the reds have it in them to sneak a close one

Is that even statistically possible?

Late and high but with arms, yellow

Haha yeah shorks are going to manshame you at home but she'll be right m8

>cardner

Revising that, late and no arms but not high, also yellow.

Absolutely POOthetic yellow. Nothing wrong with that. Fuck cards and FUCK cardner

That would have been a red in South Africa KEK

grim

sheddy ecstatic

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Truck and trailer

is that sheddy's missus?

Holy mother of freshcunt

Can seriously feel a Tards choke coming on here

Nah, brown roots. My missus is blonde all the way through.

Wish I had a missus
Wish i had sheddys missus

NEVER underestimate the Tahs' lack of perseverance

what about her pubes

Never seen 'em m8

Holy mother of purity

shedvirgin

Pwaoaahr look at that Tards physio

No, I mean I would never touch a woman with hair below her eyebrows.

Seen some BAD haircuts on tv today

Yikesaroonie

bit paedo 2bh

Huebro are you proxy proxyposting?

yeah m8 AMA

I knew it.
>NZ flag makes the thread with Xs instead of Vs
>starts ranting about loving hairy women
Dead giveaway mate.

Haha you got me. Well done m8. I'm completely Brazilian. You can tell by my clearly 3rd world broken English.

one the phone to newcastle police for this one m8

>racism on my tv

Fashionable dress and headgear on that lad

Beautiful fucking try

>flashback to 1995
>it's the same commentators

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My mother complained that she wasn't feeling well, and I've also had a slight headache. This might be it for me lads

2ez

You won't be missed.

Love me a classic Tards choke

I know. Everyone hates me anyways. The coronavirus was likely designed to take me out, regardless of the collateral damage.

>le speedy black winger meme

Correct and hopefully.

You need to get yourself and your mother on a plane to Brazil, fast.

I prefer large rapid Fijian winger meme myself

>taking the pee

Tards dont fucking deserve to win this
large fan of the FIJIAN ON FIJIAN meme

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>missing the pee

You're one of those who supplied virus samples to the research facility in Wuhan right? I fully understand why you would do that.

No need, Brazil's already infected.

Ah yes

Full caps
Full points
Fully Kinetic

glorious ascension

>not ranting about loving hairy women

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watch me fully earn the wooden spoon now

>the Wellingcuck prefers his women as manly as possible
Well colour me surprised.

Follow your dreams m8

Fuck lads what's gonna happen to the housing market with coronas

Frankly I hate women, hairy or not

Hence the shedungeon

Not me m8, I love all women (assuming they're blonde).

When's he playing lads

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about 3 more months or so

Don't drink and trademe
seriously

what did you purchase cuz

bought $10,000 worth of "Believe in the Blues" , reckon this one is going to hit big

Pro14 - Round 13

Friday
>Edinburgh vs Cardiff, Murrayfield, 19:35
Both teams come with a few rotations but most of the key decision makers either started or came off the bench last week. Cardiff looked more settled against Treviso while Edinburgh played surprisingly well without their Scotland contingent. Expect Edinburgh's wide game to put huge pressure on Cardiff's middling back 3. Edinburgh by 20.
>Leinster vs Glasgow, RDS, 19:35
Leinster set a strong squad as usual. Baird and Fardy in the 2nd row will be disgustingly physical. Glasgow add some of their Scotland contingent but still find a place for Ruaridh Jackson somehow. This game has the whiff of an upset. Leinster looked very vulnerable last week against an admittedly improved Ospreys side while Glasgow need to fight for their quarter final spot. Going purely off of the squads I think Leinster will pip it, with a stronger bench. Leinster by 3.

Saturday
>Munster vs Scarlets, Thomond Park, 17:00
Both sides opting for a 6-2 split on the bench, which makes sense given the expected conditions. Game should really be Munster's as they've picked a very physical side and the Scarlet's offloading game is likely to misfire in the pelting rain and stromforce winds. Cloete will get his customary yellow. Munster by 10.
>Dragons vs Cheetahs, Rodney Parade, 17:15
Given the sort of bullshit Rugby both sides have been playing this season, this could be immensely entertaining. The weather will suit Dragons over Cheetahs obviously, but the Cheetahs pack will be hard for Dragons to slow down, let alone stop. Any clean break by Smith or Blommetjies is basically guaranteed to end in a try. Cheetahs by 5.

Sunday
>Kings vs Connacht, Mandela Bay Stadium, 13:00
Connacht bring a decent squad. The Kings are the Kings. This game will be close up to the 60 minute mark and then Connacht will tear away. Connacht by 20.

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Postponed
>Zebre vs Ospreys
>Treviso vs Ulster
Pro14 have confirmed that if these fixtures can't be rescheduled they'll be given as draws. The Italian teams could be effectively out for the rest of the season if things carry on as they are.

And on this kind of hairness?

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Bank bail-ins coming lads, get your money out and buy gold/silver

I only watch international rugby but can someone explain to me why Italy are still in the 6 nations? Why do they even bother funding their international rugby team when they are so shit every year?

At this point they're just there to give the Scots a way out of picking up the wooden spoon most years. The hope is that now they've actually sorted out their development program they might actually become competitive. But in all likelyhood we'll be saying the same thing next year and the year after.

Going to start wearing my Lions tour Blues jersey to my local New World and completely blank bb each time I see him in there. Absolute plastic of a blues player.

Whats the predictions for the Leinster/Glasgow games lads, Did Joy shave the Vag or what?

Rugby

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Very mild. You’d need to.

Round 13 I think
Why? He asked for something and NZR/Blues gave it to him. The people you need to blank are Mark Robinson, and whoever's is the CEO/president of the Blues is

Correct. Can't blame Beaudie. If they're dumb enough to pay him to have a holiday

>Glasgow

Scotland

sucks.

>be Auckland
>have one sneazy boi
>city wide panic buying cleaning every shelf in the supermarket

kek fucking jafas how many of them have actually been to Iran or Bali in the last 2 weeks or talked to someone that has been. What a go lads, what a go

Ryan Baird looks like something else.

>cherry picking pak n saves full of panicked chinks and other immigrants
>fucking jafas

Found Shane Jones
Dont you have a party and alliance to run into the ground?

Sunwolves: 15. Alex Horan 14. Siosaia Fifita 13. Keisuke Moriya 12. Shogo Nakano 11. James Dargaville 10. Jumpei Ogura 9. Rudy Paige 8. Jack Shutz 7. Mitch Jacobson 6. Tevita Tupou 5. Michael Storbark 4. Kotaro Yatabe 3. Hencus van Wyk 2. Jaba Bregvadze 1. Jarred Adams

Reserves: 16. Efi Ma’afu 17. Nic Mayhew 18. Conraad van Vuuren 19. Justin Downey 20. Shunsuke Nunomaki 21. Naoto Saito 22. JJ Engelbrecht 23. Tautalatasi Tasi

who are literally any of these players?

>no Koo Ji Won
>no Shota Horei
>no Lappies
>no Dan Pryor
>no Michael Leitch
>no Himeno
>no Shigeno
>no Tanaka
>no Nagare
>no Hayden Parker
>no Matsuda
>no Nakamura
>no Michael Little
>no Lemeki
>no Masarewa

>mfw i used to look forward to Sunwolves games
>mfw every single good player has left

Where the fuck did they even go?? Chilling and playing in the Top League?

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This is literally why they're being cut, Japanese players are not allowed to play for them unless they're not good enough for any other team. Will never understand the support they get here, the team is different every week and is just a bunch of super rugby mercenaries.

Nah fuck off, they were a great team last year. Great crowds, great coaching, great style, and they had lots of national squad players rotating through, as well as coaching crossover with the brave blossoms. Their mercenaries may have been so but they had team spirit together and real heart and many of them would have made it into better super rugby teams if they played that well generally.

All those players and head coaches have gone now.

Sunwolves time

dire defence

>Bulls are the most popular team in SA

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Lmaoing @ all Highlanders supporters itt

Think you'll find that that is actually The Shark's, lad (our year btw)

Score?

Sure m8

*pisses on you*

when are the blues going to be good again?

Cursed try

Was that a joke? Wasn't very good.

>no NZ game
Everyone's at Tool

Changed my pick last minute lads

Multiple saffers on this reds team. Should I move to Brisbane?

Didn't realise there were any of you left in the country.

Just watched the Highlanders replay. I was expecting a broken leg, but not around the axis, I was expecting an L shape

Massive shudder and had to look away 2bh

He knocked that out of play, it's either a penalty (or even penalty try) or a 5m scrum to the shorks

same lad. I'm either going to look like a genius or an idiot.

Yeah it put me and the missus off dinner for a while. Not a nice one.

ref is obviously on the payroll

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R E D S
Y E A R

Holy fuck he's just trying to get up

>penalty and endless replays for something that happens at every single scrum
legit fuck this ref.

MAAAAAUUUL, BOYS, MAUL BOYS MAUL

>try off a gypoed call
something needs to be done to punish shit refs

Pushing the meme a bit far mate

this reds team is grim. Brumbies and their maul is aus only hope.

>like a thief in the night
Holy fuck racist

FUCK
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Thank fuck I changed my pick

pretty good

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(s)tool

This game is a farce

mvovo is dog shit. time to retire this passenger. Good finish to the game though

Yeah I'm glad I'm not eating again for the rest if the night.
I've ben in a ruck when a lads arm has gone bang and looked like a figure 4 but a leg just seems so much worse because you can imagine the twist force involved

Dont care
Love the reds
tbqhwyl

Based but also sad

Slowly creeping my way to the #1 spot lads

Shark's, lads

More like Sharts lol

Reds need to get united

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goddamn commies

Hope you's are all watching the Dragons vs The Cheetahs match tonight lads?

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Anyone got a stream?
Don't piss on me please

>tonight
lol

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Could unironically be a good match

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This 6 nations sucks, too much time between games.

Fucking ref didn't call that leg swipe FFS, we were 10m away from the in goal.

2 total bullshit teams going at each other is usually fun

Emiliano Bofelli

Fuck yeah bonus point.

Cheetahs deserves to return to super rugby

I’m all for it. Take the Kings too while you’re at it.

It's the coronavirus.

Actually hoping Munster lose to a 14 man Scarlets so Van Grann gets the boot

The pro 14 should be only with irish and scott teams

Wales deserves to have his own league
many historical clubs there

SA to SR

Italy to fuck

Bump.

Want to say congratulations to ROG on La Rochelle's 49-0 win over Racing Today..........Did i say win? I meant Loss

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Why are we page 8

as usual, the scousers are to blame

as usual, the abls are to blame

Slow week, innit?

Ideal URBA Top 12:

Hindú
CASI
SIC
Alumni
La Plata
Newman
Atlético del Rosario
San Luis
Regatas Bella Vista
CUBA
Pucará
Belgrano Athletic

I always chat to the ladies at the supermarket, nice Indians, Philippines ladies etc. and they said Friday was mental at the supermarket. Every chink in a 30km radius in masks buying all of the water, toilet paper and rice. Chinese are so fucking grim.

Belated WEW

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Took your time.

didnt know sky had the pro14 down there

do many watch it?

Not him but I'll look at a game if I'm up early on a Sunday

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the trick is to know which chinks in the neigbourhood have stocked up so you can just roll them when the shit hits the fan.

absolutely grim round on the bru lads, fucked up both reds and blues picks

this is an absolutely horrendous take

Same as myself with the Super Rugby.

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Rugby is kill

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No you

Why kiwis don't watch TV these days?

A: Because of CORONAtion Street

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SEAWOLVES

I'll cough on you

Based Prassa poster
youtube.com/watch?v=x3xoC9djbPg

Why did you doubt the Shark's? I gave everyone such a hot pick for them, if you didn't take my advice then you cannot complain for it was your own foolishness that caused this.

the ol' ruggeroony

let it die till thursday m8

Just found out the missus has an Irish great great grandmother. She was northern but I'm still not comfortable, and it's too late to pull out of the wedding. Maybe I'll just refuse to have children, what do you guys think?

You're not the boss of me

your missus will have a lot more irish DNA in her after i’m done with her lad heh

gottem

bad luck senpai

Who’d replace him?

6N getting bought by Sky apparently.

Who chiefs play next week?

Fuck sake

The coverage rights anyway. What a joke

absolutely disgusting if true

Sky honestly have the shittest rugby coverage as well.

anybody watching this sevens tournament in LA? I watched it last night, gonna watch again today it was really enjoyable

Suicidal act from 6N Organisation

Any fellow Amerifats watch MLR?

>watch
LEIGION reporting in

the absolute state of the kings

only 8 more matches before the playoffs

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>The BBC and ITV joined forces to outbid Sky Sports when the rights came up for grabs in 2016 but they were told they were unable to join forces this time around with no joint bids allowed
I swear to Christ rugby will die within my lifetime
>ringfencing the premiership with no promotion/relegation
>premiership with the BT sport deal which nobody can watch
>Pro14 with random teams in, killing away attendances as the fans need to take a plane ride for every other game
>6 nations behind a paywall
>even super league are allowing a French and a Canadian team into their league

Also a based Legionbro

Imagine being the one team they beat

Scots are up

Pretty much rock bottom, yeah.

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Exposed

BSAs in attendance

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must be nice for americans to be able to support their country in an international sport

This is cvc pulling all this crap, they did it to f1 which is a dead sport now losing millions in revenue every year and rugby's audience is nowhere near what f1's was, watch as this sport collapses in the next few years and is begging the viewers to watch it

Answer

The Firecats XV

Checking in on it occasionally. Reckon it’s better to go to a 7s tournament than watching it on tv

I just have alerts for the matches on. It is 10am on monday morning here

ahhh I see.

Say goodbye to the casual rugby fan

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Rugby

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I love the rec. Great little stadium

Some people only learn the hard way

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so that's 50 million pounds each or 60 million euro

viewership doesnt matter if its making more money

Pro 14 went pay tv last season and already the Welsh were having to merge teams due to financial loss's and players and the head coach jumped ship from Glasgow due to the same reasons

The English Premiershit is on pay tv and all the teams bar Exeter are losing money

theyre making more because it's on pay tv
thats the point of these deals

brehs those sevens......unreal will definitely be watching next week

It's pretty good
Union is the same but bigger and more tactical
League is the same but bigger slower and simpler

They're not making anything, its well documented that English clubs are losing money and are going broke, the ones who dont have a billionaire owner to prop them up are anyway

Eir/Premier Sport are refusing to release the viewing figures for the Pro 14 as it has nosedived and will continue to, plus the Welsh and Scottish teams will continue to lose their best players to French teams as the money has started to disappear from dwindling ticket sales and general lack of interest sine the pro 14 sold the fans out

What is considered the “top” competition? Like what trophy is most prestigious. Is that league also the best to watch?

ya and theyd be losing more money without the tv deal

this isnt difficult to understand, thats where the bulk of their money comes from not ticket sales

>theyre making more because it's on pay tv

They got a one off big cash payment as part of the deal which most of the teams used to pay off their debt they were in but are still losing money due to lack of viewership and support from low fan numbers because pay tv is a sport killer, especially fringe sports like Rugby/F1

>theyd be losing more money without the tv deal

No, they'd have more people watching and the sport would get a bigger audience and more revenue would flow in and their teams would be sustainable, its fairly simple, but they dont do that, they sell out the fans and lose money doing it and their leagues are unsustainable and will eventually crash

Union > 10s ( only have meme comps every year really) >= 7s >>>> league
For 7s your watching it, it's at the Olympics too
For union 6 Nations is on atm and is the highest level played in the northern hemisphere (France, England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales) , they have several regional club leagues atm too but I dont know quite enough to narrow down which one is the best to watch.
Down here atm we have Super Rugby which is the best club league. Watch any game with a kiwi team and it should be entertaining enough. Around August we have The Rugby Championship where NZ, Aussie, SA, and Argie national teams play.
World cup was last year and is on a 4 year cycle

NH sides tend to play more boring rugby than SH sides, with NZ playing what tends to be the most entertaining. That doesn't necessarily mean the best, there is a time and place where different styles are superior.

what the kiwi says
the best competition is the new zealand conference in super rugby
apart from a couple of sides the aussie and saffer conferences have been shite for a few years but depending on timezones games in any of those conferences might suit you better
theres less of a focus on defence in super rugby and there can be a lack of intensity that makes it feel like youre watching a friendly but it tends to have the best players and the most entertaining rugby

the next best league is the top 14 which is french, but id only watch the games between the top sides like your racings, your toulouses, your clermonts.
games between those sides have a lot of skill as well as a real brusing intensity to them

all the other leagues are shite except the champions cup which is like the champions league in soccer
the quarter finals are on in a month

>publicly educated NH poorfags complaining about a $25/month fee to watch the game they play in heaven
>meanwhile SHgods have been successfully filtering plebs from the sport for 25 years

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>tfw not retarded and still watch while not paying
I go to most live games in my city which makes up for it right?

I have a 100% record for attending first-class games in my city. 5/5 in the last decade.

Where is this backwater?

Newcastle obviously.

How have you not killed yourself

Serious determination and mental discipline.

>ntamack is only 20 years old
>hes already this good
christ lads

Feeling full kinetic zero potential lads

Based Blues lads

Can't wait for the mass boycott when this happens.

Not enough sleep

>36000
i.stuff.co.nz/sport/119944757/crown-approves-christchurch-stadium-funding
Smaller than the old stadium

Looks good.Why would they need anything bigger?

Stopped watching the Heiniken Cup when those cunts bought it.

Dont like linking 42 articles but this one might be right about the supposed sky deal

the42.ie/six-nations-losing-rites-free-to-air-5029426-Mar2020/

>However, an industry source believes the story was leaked deliberately to try and get TV companies to bid more.

>“This is a scare story, saying Sky are going to come in and bid £300m for the tournament.

>“They are hoping to get BBC, ITV and to a lesser extent, RTÉ and Virgin Media to up their bids.

>“It’s a way of getting more money out of everyone because the fact remains very few sporting programmes are free-to-air anymore. I wouldn’t dismiss the story [which appeared in the Rugby Paper] as a flier, per se, but I would say it is a tactical move.

I'm sure it's still better than the shit we have to watch the 6N on

>Murdoch looking to kill another sport
Fuck sake when will that miserable sack of shit die

SLAR starting this wednesday

Peñarol x Selknam

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>people actually prefer hypercommercialised ad-ridden content than just paying a trivial fee to watch things very properly broadcast

One of the few things i miss about living in the NZ was Rugby.

That and how quiet everything was.

No one does they just pretend being poor doesn't suck

Wait, is the intruder another ex-kiwi like me? That means pure Aussies are still completely absent from /rug/. Grim stuff.

I am the most Aussie poster here.

I'll heem any Aussie flag poster here, ex-pat or otherwise.

Thinking of spending my honeymoon in NZ if I can't go to Japan coz of the wu flu, can you guys please keep washing your hands until I get there?

wouldve thought youd have booked the honeymoon this close to the wedding bud

you can stay in my shed if you like, I rent it out as an AirBnB thanks to the housing crisis.

It's booked in Japan m8, may have to cancel though.

Mates rates? Can you walk to town from your shed?

take the mrs to bali like a true aussie m8

>England prop Mako Vunipola to miss the rest of the Six Nations as he is forced to self-isolate over coronavirus fears

lmao what

True Aussies take their mrs up the arse

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They've moved Sunwolves v Brumbies to Friday in Wollongong

let it 404 lads

SLAR tomorrow

Let what 404?

Couldn't give a rats arse about watching the 2 6 Nations Games this weekend lads, whole thing has been ruined for me, fuck the irfu and this hijacked government

Éire divorcing from IRFU to form RFUI when?

Anyone else read about the RC changes? Only doing ARG/SA tour every second year seems pretty good desu.

Plenty of time to get it to 500 before the rugger.

>Doping in South African schoolboy rugby is casting a shadow over the whole sport. Salmon van Huyssteen's story is just one chapter.

South Africa's World Cup should be removed. Blatant cheating.

Funny how quick the sights shift to the new target
*juices up*

early knock off

*heems you*

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lit the fire and baked foccacia

fired the baker and lit up some foccacia

fired the focaccia and lit up the baker

Looking for 97 elite rugby-related posts in the next 46 hours lads

That means each person who frequents /rug/ needs to make a post about once every two hours.

ngmi

*makes a post*

See you in 2hrs lads.

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chinese chicken with coconut rice,spring onion, cucumber, and fried shallots for dinner

>Bodie going to play fucking amateur club rugby

>the Brumbies Sunwolves game has been rescheduled to 2.45pm on a Friday
What the fuck I don't want to miss the bumboys

>1:45pm
whyd they change it

Are you Asian?

>2nd time in 2 years ireland are touring Australia
literally why

nah I'm not sick

lmao

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No one else is bad enough for us to beat.

Plus there’s probably enough Irish down in Australia to bandwagon a decent crowd for the games.
Wish we were hitting Argentina or South Africa, honestly.

you lost 2-1 last time

south africa are going to dublin in november

The refereeing was a factor in that, some of the most shocking stuff I've seen at test level. I think of it as a 1-1.

>muh ref
poothetic

have you met me? In my view, the Tahs beat the Saders in that O'Keeffe game

Big difference to playing them here and there.

well that's just common sense

>England prop Mako Vunipola to miss the rest of the Six Nations as he is forced to self-isolate over coronavirus fears

Is that why he is playing for Sarries this weekend?

It's an odd story because both are true.
>England's "24/7 camp environment" contributed to Mako Vunipola being stood down as a coronavirus precaution, says assistant coach Steve Borthwick.
>Vunipola will not be involved in Saturday's Six Nations game against Wales after travelling through Hong Kong at the weekend.
>But he has continued to train with club Saracens as he is symptom free.
>"Our medical team looks at our team environment, not other people's," Borthwick told BBC Radio 5 Live.
>"And that's the advice we followed. We are a camp-based environment and we stay in together 24 hours a day effectively."

Sort of story where in 5 years' time and he has a book out we find out he was dropped for being a dickhead to the coach or something.

>we find out he was dropped for being a dickhead to the coach or something

Thats what im thinking, the other week the story was he was heading over there for Family reasons, makes you wonder why they and the media are jumping on the corona virus scare scam now