Official Super Rugby 2014 Thread

[sand_man]

Why whenever they mention Crotty do I feel like a curry?

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Coming alive a bit now. Brits having a blinder.

 

[Picard]

Whatever happened to that other Lions captain Josh Strauss?

 

[MickeyD]

Whatever happened to that other Lions captain Josh Strauss?

Last I heard he was playing for Glasgow Warriors.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Whatever happened to that other Lions captain Josh Strauss?

Playing rugby in Scotland for the Glasgow Warriors, the only South African in the squad. I think he will be available again in 2016.

 

[sand_man]

Hell man, shocking last 10 for the Lions. 13-7 after 68 mins and all to play for. You would expect the touring team to wilt in the last 10 at altitude but not the crusaders.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Typical.

Crusaders start playing rugby when I don't fscking pick them.

 

[sand_man]

Now this is a boring game, yawn.....

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

surely they're playing this bad in protest to having a shyte coach ....... surely, lol

 

[undesign]

Geez, we're ****. Kicking away possession when we need to score. Idiots.

 

[sand_man]

surely they're playing this bad in protest to having a shyte coach ....... surely, lol

Or maybe in celebration of... Woeful.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Gotta hand it to the Waratahs. BMT shone through at the end there. Defended like men possessed. Poor show from the wolkies, though.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

As much as it makes me smile that the Breezers cannot play to save their lives, I can't help feeling that there is something going on at that union that we don't know about/can only speculate about. Big name players don't just suddenly play kaka for no reason.

 

[KOPITE]

Disgusting

 

[Picard]

Anyway ...

We (South Africa) are losing again.

Just like we will all be feeling this coming election.

The ANC will lose a sizeable percentage of the national votes.
The DA will still not win enough votes to make a difference.
And all the other parties ... well ... they have never contemplated victory in any case.

 

[OGroteKoning]

Geez, we're ****. Kicking away possession when we need to score. Idiots.

I don't understand this either. I would love to know what Coetzee's plan is and if that is what these monkeys are executing on the field. There is no structure whatsoever. It looks like a bunch of guys who has never played together. Stupid handling errors and way too many penalties. The only facet of the game where they looked like they had some sort of control were the mauls.

 

[DJ...]

That ref had a shocker of a late second half letting the Tahs get away with murder at the breakdown, especially when the Stormers were in their 22.

And how is it not a penalty-try when you collapse a driving maul 1 metre from the try-line when the opposition is about to go over for a try?

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Fsck!

Cruden out for six to eight weeks with a broken thumb.

 

[Devill]

Is it just me or are players not penalised for going straight off their feet at the ruck? I find myself watching how guys "clear" out the ruck but in a a lot of cases the cleaner makes no effort to stay on his feet.... Am I just imagining this?

Also SANZAR made a huge deal about putting the ball in straight at scrum time.... this weekend it felt like many scrumhalves put the ball under the 8th man's feet.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Is it just me or are players not penalised for going straight off their feet at the ruck? I find myself watching how guys "clear" out the ruck but in a a lot of cases the cleaner makes no effort to stay on his feet.... Am I just imagining this?

Also SANZAR made a huge deal about putting the ball in straight at scrum time.... this weekend it felt like many scrumhalves put the ball under the 8th man's feet.

Definitely, agreed on both accounts.

It's also illegal (from this year) to put your hands on the ground over a ruck and then 'sweep' them back to gather the ball. Have only seen 1 penalty awarded for this so far this year.