Official 2015 Super Rugby Thread

[SlowInternet]

This coming season is the Year of the Lions!

(Have said that every year except 2014.)

I really hope we can do better in 2015.

 

[Crystal Web]

Anyone watching the BlitzBokke play today? Incredible stuff...

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Steyn, Kirchner back in Bok frame?

/facepalm

 

[APoc184]

Oh no... Anybody But Krusty....

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Youth and excitement once again being dropped in favor of pedestrian arseholes. Go HM, you just keep proving me right so I can not support the team come WC

 

[OrbitalDawn]

New Reds jersey. Boring as ever.

 

[thestaggy]

Nice! This is a high-profile sponsor.

Emirates, a global connector of people and their passions, and the Lions, one of South Africa’s top rugby teams, today announced a five-year sponsorship agreement.

The agreement will see Emirates become the title sponsor of the Lions Super Rugby team and have naming rights to the Lions home ground Ellis Park in Johannesburg. The announcement was made at a media conference today by Orhan Abbas, Emirates Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations for Latin America, Southern and Central Africa, and Rudolf Straeuli, the CEO of the Golden Lions Rugby Union.

Starting from 1 January 2015, the Lions will become known as the Emirates Lions, and the familiar “Fly Emirates” logo will adorn the match and training jerseys of the team for the next five years. Ellis Park, will be named Emirates Airline Park. The agreement also includes in-stadia hospitality as well as a number of other marketing rights and activities.

“Emirates is a strong champion of rugby worldwide and South Africa is one of the top rugby playing nations with very passionate supporters. We are therefore delighted to have the opportunity to sponsor one of the country’s most popular and established teams. It’s the first major sponsorship by Emirates of a South African team, and this will certainly raise the visibility of the Emirates brand not just here, but also in our key markets of New Zealand and Australia where the Super Rugby competition is played, and a number of other markets in which the games are televised,” said Mr Abbas.

“Our new association with the Lions enables us to be part of Ellis Park, which is an historical and famous venue in the country, most notably for hosting the Rugby World Cup final in 1995 which South Africa won. This was the same year in which Emirates first started operations to the country, and today we enable trade and provide connections for South Africans from Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg to Dubai and beyond to our network of more than 140 destinations around the world,” he added.

http://www.lionsrugby.co.za/lionsnews.aspx?item=4128&multiid=1275&archive=0

 

[thestaggy]

New Reds jersey. Boring as ever.

That st.george logo is horrible.

Delete the stylised ''Reds'' logo on the right (the traditional logo on the left is so much better), delete the goofy dragon, remove the black trim and add a small, white collar (like the ABs had a few seasons back) and you have a winner

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Glad they got a big name sponsor, all our teams deserve to be properly sponsored.

 

[Cray]

That st.george logo is horrible.

Not sure you are allowed to tell your title sponsor that their logo is horrible

It's actually a bank...

http://www.stgeorge.com.au/

Doesn't exactly inspire confidence with that logo...

 

[thestaggy]

Not sure you are allowed to tell your title sponsor that their logo is horrible

It's actually a bank...

http://www.stgeorge.com.au/

Doesn't exactly inspire confidence with that logo...

Yeah, doesn't look that way, seeing as Manchester United are running around with that atrocity of a Chevvy logo smeared across the front of their shirt.

 

[Cray]

Yeah, doesn't look that way, seeing as Manchester United are running around with that atrocity of a Chevvy logo smeared across the front of their shirt.

Hadn't seen that before, eish!

 

[Stevi]

Emirates Airline Park :wtf:
Sounds horrible

 

[thestaggy]

Jersey just unveiled. Classy look.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

^ Not bad. Better than the goofy dragon the Reds' jersey.

 

[Bonk]

Is there a super rugby app similar to the nfl app? I tried searching the play store but could find nothing.

 

[GreGorGy]

Is there a super rugby app similar to the nfl app? I tried searching the play store but could find nothing.

You'll need to be a little more detailed, seeing as how many of us do not know a damn thing about the NFL app. What are you looking for in the app?

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Lots of players leaving their home countries at the end of the RWC next year.

Dan Carter heading to Racing Metro for 3 years.
James Horwill heading to Harlequins for 3 years.
Adam Ashley-Cooper heading to Bordeaux.

 

[Whiskers81]

Why is Spies squinting? Trying to look intimidating?

 

[DWPTA]

Is there a super rugby app similar to the nfl app? I tried searching the play store but could find nothing.

Don't know what the NFL app does, but this is the most popular app with all the stats for Vodacom SR