Official Super Rugby 2016 Thread

Mephisto_Helix said:
Going to be a super tighty I reckon but think the Lions will edge it. Come weekend entertainment, come.
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As I have already said, the Lions has the advantage at the scrums and the lineouts on paper. They only need to retain the ball as much as possible and that is where they will apply their work rate in order to advance the ball through their backline. However, the Hurricanes has matched and outplayed the Lions once already this year, when the Lions was superior on paper. Ackermann has work to do, at least he has his #1 props this time around which will resolve the issue at the scrum they had in their previous meeting with the Hurricanes.

Westpac stadium, like Newlands, draw the wind in a swirling motion. A strong wind will give the Hurricanes an upper hand as they are trained to play in these 'home' conditions, they know how to kick and control the ball. The lions, well, they will need to play with some unpredictability and trust that the ball will go their way.

It is a hard call; it is too hard to say which team has the better players. I will say this, Beauden is above Elton. A close game may even come down to which team is capable enough to add the conversions and turn the penalties into points.
 
Some head to head stats between Barrett and Jantjies. Makes for some interesting reading

Comparing the two also makes for interesting reading - with Barrett (208) slightly ahead of Jantjies (187) on the points scoring stakes, but Jantjies in return slightly more accurate in the goal-kicking category with 73.7 percent (70 out of 95) over Barrett's 69.6 percent (71 out of 102).

Barrett versus Jantjies
Minutes played: 1303 v 1088
Conversions: 48 v 44
Drop-goals: One v two
Penalties: 23 v 26
Tries: Eight v three
Points: 208 v 187
Carries: 119 v 88
Clean breaks: 17 v 7
Defenders beaten: 25 v 22
Meters run: 784 v 346
Offloads: Nine v 18
Try assists: Nine v 16
Tackles made: 93 v 70
Missed tackles: 25 v 32
Kicks from hand: 184 v 110
Handling errors: 23 v 16
Knock-ons: 23 v 16
Penalties conceded: Nine v three
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Quite striking the relatively low goal kicking success rate. In what could be a tight game, a missed kick could be the difference between winning and losing and with conditions expected to be unfavourable to the kickers, they're going to need to be more accurate than ever.
 
Crikey, wasn't aware of this?! :eek: :wtf:

Cape Town - Lions skipper Warren Whiteley has revealed he survived an attempted hijacking by gun-wielding men earlier in the season.

Whiteley was on Thursday declared fit to lead the Lions in Saturday’s Super Rugby final against the Hurricanes in Wellington.

He missed last weekend’s semi-final against the Highlanders with a calf injury.

Ahead of Saturday’s final, Whiteley has opened up about an incident which occurred the day before the Lions’ regular season match against the ‘Canes in Johannesburg on April 30 - a game the Kiwis won 50-17.

According to SuperSport.com, Whiteley had just left the captain’s practice at Ellis Park and was on his way home a day before the match when he was accosted at a traffic light by gun-wielding hijackers.

“They didn’t take my car,” he said. “But they took my wallet and phone. They never wanted my kitbag full of kit, they threw that back into the car.”

A shaken Whiteley went home and told team management of the incident, and while no member of the team has spoken in interviews about it, or used it as an excuse for their worst result of the season a day later, it likely played a part in the heavy defeat.

But the Lions rebounded and subsequently reached their first Super Rugby final in the professional era.
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... Ja, me too.

At least the game will be over by 11h30, so one can celebrate for the rest of the day and night. If we lose I'm blaming the ANC. :p
 
I'd be a lot more nervous if I didn't have election results to keep me distracted. Think they (the nerves) will hit tomorrow morning though.
 
Arthur said:
Remember 1993!
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Why do so many, like commentators, say that the Lions have never won this competition? Is the Super10 not considered as part of this competition history or what's the deal? From what I understand there were 3 seasons of Super10 before SANZAR was formed (and rugby union declared professional), so maybe that's it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Rugby#Super_10
 
faniedry said:
Why do so many, like commentators, say that the Lions have never won this competition? Is the Super10 not considered as part of this competition history or what's the deal? From what I understand there were 3 seasons of Super10 before SANZAR was formed (and rugby union declared professional), so maybe that's it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Rugby#Super_10
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Yep, and EP was there!!! :p
 
Arthur said:
Remember 1993!
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Jirre, and looking at some of the stats, let's forget 2010 :p

Team records

Single match

Highest score: 96 points – Crusaders defeated Waratahs 96–19, 2002
Lowest score: 0 points – Reds defeated Hurricanes 11–0, 1999; Brumbies defeated Bulls 15–0, 1999; Sharks defeated Bulls 29–0, 1999; Brumbies defeated Cats 64–0, 2000; Highlanders defeated Bulls 23–0, 2005; Blues defeated Brumbies 17–0, 2006; Brumbies defeated Reds 36–0, 2007; Crusaders defeated Western Force 53–0, 2008; Crusaders defeated Stormers 22–0, 2009; Highlanders defeated Crusaders 6–0, 2010; Stormers defeated Highlanders 33 – 0, 2011; Waratahs defeated Rebels 43–0, Crusaders defeated Bulls 27–0; Brumbies defeated Reds 29–0, 2015; Sharks defeated Kings 53-0, 2016; Hurricanes defeated Sharks 41-0, 2016
Highest combined score: 137 points – Chiefs defeated Lions 72–65, 2010
Lowest combined score: 6 points – Highlanders defeated Crusaders 6–0, 2009
Highest winning margin: 89 points – Bulls defeated Reds 92–3, 2007
Highest score away: 72 points – Chiefs defeated Lions 72–65, 2010; Waratahs defeated Southern Kings 72–10, 2013
Most tries in a match by one team: 14 by Crusaders (v Waratahs), 2002
Most tries in a match by both teams: 18 by Lions and Chiefs, 2010

Season or streak

Most consecutive wins: 15 wins – Crusaders, 2002/03
Most consecutive losses in a season: 13 losses – Lions, 2010
Most consecutive losses: 17 losses – Lions, 15 May 2009 to 12 March 2011
Most tries in a season: 71 tries – Crusaders, 2005
Fewest tries in a season: 13 tries – Lions, 2007
Most wins in a season: 14 wins – Stormers, 2012 regular season and Hurricanes, 2015 regular season
Fewest wins in a season: 0 wins – Bulls, 2002, Lions, 2010 regular season
Fewest losses in a season: 0 losses – Blues, 1997 and Crusaders, 2002
Most wins in a row at home: 26 wins – Crusaders 2004–06
Most points conceded in a season: 585 – Lions, 2010
Largest points difference conceded in a season: 315 – Lions, 2010
 
faniedry said:
Highest combined score: 137 points – Chiefs defeated Lions 72–65, 2010
Highest score away: 72 points – Chiefs defeated Lions 72–65, 2010; Waratahs defeated Southern Kings 72–10, 2013
Most tries in a match by both teams: 18 by Lions and Chiefs, 2010
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who can remember this game? probably the one of the most ridiculous games of rugby I've ever witnessed!

[video=youtube;MYMB_0OkGl0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYMB_0OkGl0[/video]

And to think the half time score was Lions 25 - 27 Chiefs!
 
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