Official Super Rugby 2016 Thread

Fulcrum29 said:
Back in the day the Western Province 1st team had 13 Somerset West RFC players which included the 7 Morkels.
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Must've been a commentator's nightmare! "And it's Morkel to Morkel. He throws a long pass to Morkel who is taken to ground. Morkel clears at the base of the ruck and spins it out to Morkel. He puts a grubber through and it's gathered by Morkel who scores in the corner!!"
 
Fulcrum29 said:
Back in the day the Western Province 1st team had 13 Somerset West RFC players which included the 7 Morkels.
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Crazy lol.

Agent_Smith said:
Must've been a commentator's nightmare! "And it's Morkel to Morkel. He throws a long pass to Morkel who is taken to ground. Morkel clears at the base of the ruck and spins it out to Morkel. He puts a grubber through and it's gathered by Morkel who scores in the corner!!"
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Luckily no TV back then. :p Fans must've been ****ed, though.

MickeyD said:
And six of them were Springboks from 1906-1912 !!!

http://family.morkel.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/rugby-morkels-small1.pdf
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Hahaha... 1909 Boks vs. 2009 Wales. Morkel tackles Jones, who offloads to Jones and he hands off Morkel etc.
 
MickeyD said:
And six of them were Springboks from 1906-1912 !!!

http://family.morkel.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/rugby-morkels-small1.pdf
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That was the good old days which lasted up to the early 90s. I grew up in the Strand Somerset West RFC club house, a legendary club. The Dynamiters, the 1st team, name is well remembered, the name had its part origins with AECI when we still had the noon explosions. Long, long time ago. In those days’ rugby was about the community.
 
Agent_Smith said:
Must've been a commentator's nightmare! "And it's Morkel to Morkel. He throws a long pass to Morkel who is taken to ground. Morkel clears at the base of the ruck and spins it out to Morkel. He puts a grubber through and it's gathered by Morkel who scores in the corner!!"
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Man of the match Morkel
 
Argentina's Super Rugby team Los Jaguares have launched their website including the Logo,teams schedule and player info. Now that I am living in Buenos Aires I am definitely going to attend the game against the Sharks (old home team)

http://www.jaguares.com.ar/
 
Anyone catch the European Rugby Championship games this weekend? Some absolute crackers.

The Leicester vs. Munster one stood out specifically. Magnificent energy, back and forth.
 
Mark Hammett appointed Sunwolves head coach

Yo****aka Tashiro, representative director of Japan Super Rugby Association (JSRA), announced the Sunwolves' head coach, players and revealed the team's jerseys in front of a large media contingent gathered in Tokyo on Monday.

As preparations continue for the team's historic Round 1 clash against the Lions at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium on February 27, the JRSA has confirmed that New Zealander Mark Hammett will lead the side in their maiden Super Rugby campaign.

Hammett is no stranger to Super Rugby, having served an assistant at the Crusaders (2007-10) and head coach at the Hurricanes (2011-14) before taking up the Director of Rugby role at the Cardiff Blues (2014-15).

He also has 81 caps to his name at the Crusaders where he played from 1996-2003 and 29 for the All Blacks throughout a Test career spanning four years.

Hammett inherits a list of 34 players that includes 15 with Test experience and 10 of the Brave Blossoms squad that took the world by storm at the recent Rugby World Cup.

Playing in a South African Conference alongside the Bulls, Cheetahs and Stormers, the Sunwolves start with four home games (two in Singapore), providing local fans with every opportunity to embrace the team in their inaugural Super Rugby campaign.

The Sunwolves play each team in their group twice, teams in the other South African Conference (Jaguares, Kings, Lions, Sharks) once, the Australian Conference (Brumbies, Force, Rebels, Reds, Waratahs) once and will face the New Zealand sides in 2017.

The team will wear a red/orange primary strip that represents the rising sun while the grey alternate signifies the speed and fighting spirit of the wolf that is fiercely emblazoned across both jerseys.

The JRFU also unveiled the team's official website which contains further information and ticketing details.

Details for the Sunwolves' three home games in Singapore (v Cheetahs, Bulls, Stormers) will be released in due course.

2016 Sunwolves squad:

Ryuhei Arita - hooker

Timothy Bond - lock

Derek Carpenter - centre

Andrew Durutalo - loose forward

Ziun Gu - prop

Shohei Hirano - prop

Atsushi Hiwasa - scrumhalf

Shota Horie - hooker

Yoshiya Hosoda - loose forward

Keita Inagaki - prop

Daisuke Inoue - scrumhalf

Shinnosuke Kakinaga - prop

Takeshi Kizu - hooker

Yamamoto Koki - prop

Faatiga Lemalu - loose forward

Tomas Leonardi - loose forward

Amanaki Lotoahea - Wing

Shinya Makabe - lock

Paea Mifi Poseti - centre

Masataka Mikami - prop

Liaki Moli - lock

Tsuyoshi Murata - loose forward

Hitoshi Ono - lock

Tusi Pisi - flyhalf

Eddie Quirk - loose forward

Yusataka Sasakura - fullback

John Stewart - wing

Yu Tamura - centre

Harumichi Tatekawa - flyhalf

Riaan Viljoen - fullback

Akihito Yamada - wing

Ryohei Yamanaka - centre

Hajime Yama****a - fullback

Yuki Yatomi - scrumhalf
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Bookies odds out and I'm posting them here so I can point and laugh later.

Stormers at 11/1
Bulls at 14/1
Sharks at 14/1
Lions at 22/1
Cheetahs at 80/1
Southern Kings at 350/1

Odds on Super Rugby favorites...

Chiefs/Crusaders/Hurricanes at 6/1

Oh, and the Argentine franchise has better odds than any SA team at 10/1
 
DWPTA said:
For those who are bored and have a few bucks that you don't know what to do with.

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I would have hoped that whoever made that advert knew that the Golden Lions are a Currie Cup team. The Super Rugby franchise is now called the Lions. The Japanese team is simply called the Sunwolves, no Japan in the name.
 
greg0205 said:
Bookies odds out and I'm posting them here so I can point and laugh later.

Stormers at 11/1
Bulls at 14/1
Sharks at 14/1
Lions at 22/1
Cheetahs at 80/1
Southern Kings at 350/1

Odds on Super Rugby favorites...

Chiefs/Crusaders/Hurricanes at 6/1

Oh, and the Argentine franchise has better odds than any SA team at 10/1
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They're way more optimistic about the Bulls than I am.

And it makes a lot of sense that the 4th best team at the world cup should have better odds than any of our franchises.
 
Kaleb said:
Argentina's Super Rugby team Los Jaguares have launched their website including the Logo,teams schedule and player info. Now that I am living in Buenos Aires I am definitely going to attend the game against the Sharks (old home team)

http://www.jaguares.com.ar/
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Grim look and feel in the website. Regardless, it will be interesting to see how they perform.

What moved you to BA?

greg0205 said:
Bookies odds out and I'm posting them here so I can point and laugh later.

Stormers at 11/1
Bulls at 14/1
Sharks at 14/1
Lions at 22/1
Cheetahs at 80/1
Southern Kings at 350/1

Odds on Super Rugby favorites...

Chiefs/Crusaders/Hurricanes at 6/1

Oh, and the Argentine franchise has better odds than any SA team at 10/1
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Link? Just curious, who are you backing in this?
 
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