Super Rugby 2018

Hmm, not the result the Bulls would've wanted. That being said, I don't know the makeup of the two sides. Was one of them their first choice team or were they top players split amongst the two sides?
 
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Hmm, not the result the Bulls would've wanted. That being said, I don't know the makeup of the two sides. Was one of them their first choice team or were they top players split amongst the two sides?
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from previous posts it seemed like no names on both sides for all... i actually don't see the point of playing warm ups if you are going to play players that won't even set foot on field during the actual campaign.
 
The Sunwolves has named a co-captaincy, Willie Britz and Yutaka Nagare (Suntory’s captain).

Nagare has never played a Super Rugby game, but they did pull him in late last season into the extended training squad. The only surprise here is Britz being named above Michael Leitch. As I understand, the national players will be rested, and they also have a shortened Top League season in 2018 and no Top League season at all in 2019.
 
https://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/sa-referee-added-to-super-rugby-panel-20180129

SA referee added to Super Rugby panel

2018 Super Rugby referee panel:

Federico Anselmi (Argentina, 8 VSR matches)

Nic Berry (Australia, 10)

Nick Briant (New Zealand, 41)

Mike Fraser (New Zealand, 40)

Angus Gardner (Australia, 47)

Will Houston (Australia, 9)

AJ Jacobs (South Africa, 0)

Glen Jackson (New Zealand, 65)

Shuhei Kubo (Japan, 8)

Jamie Nutbrown (New Zealand, 8)

Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand, 24)

Jaco Peyper (South Africa, 82)

Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand, 12)

Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa, 8)

Egon Seconds (South Africa, 4)

Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa, 28)

Paul Williams (New Zealand, 11)

Brief profile of AJ Jacobs:

- Born in Kimberley and a teacher by trade, Jacobs started refereeing while still a player, officiating high school matches.

-Joined the Griffons referees' society in 2010, progressed through the ranks and was promoted to the SA Rugby premier panel late last year.

- Made his first class debut in 2015 in a provincial match between Border and the Valke, and had his first taste of Currie Cup Premier Division action later that year when he refereed the match between the Free State Cheetahs and Griquas in Bloemfontein.
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https://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/no-end-in-sight-to-nz-player-drain-20180129

No end in sight to NZ player drain

Cape Town - Seta Tamanivalu and Charlie Ngatai are reported to be the next two high-profile New Zealand players linked with moves abroad.

According to the New Zealand Herald website, the duo have both been linked with a switch to the French Top 14.

Tamanivalu, now playing for the Crusaders and capped three times by the All Blacks, is said to be moving to Bordeaux after falling down the pecking order of wings in New Zealand.

Ngatai, a star in the centres for the Chiefs, is set to join Lyon, with Sonny Bill Williams, Ryan Crotty and Anton Lienert-Brown - among others - all ahead of him at international level.
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https://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/hurricanes-to-lose-coach-after-super-rugby-20180130

Hurricanes to lose coach after Super Rugby

Cape Town - English club Northampton Saints have announced that current Hurricanes head coach Chris Boyd will be their new director of rugby from August this year.

The 59-year-old Kiwi has agreed a three-year deal at Franklin's Gardens.

Boyd has coached the Wellington-based Hurricanes since the 2015 campaign, guiding the New Zealand franchise to their first-ever Super Rugby title the following year. He also has experience with South African franchise Sharks - working as an assistant coach in Durban from 2009 to 2010 - and coached the ‘Baby Blacks’, New Zealand’s under-20 side, between 2011 and 2014.

Boyd was also an assistant coach during Tonga’s 2011 Rugby World Cup campaign when the pacific island nation famously beat France - the eventual losing finalists - for the first time.

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Boyd’s Super Rugby record now stands at 43-11 in three seasons and, impressively, his side did not concede a single try in the 2016 play-offs. They made the semi-finals again in 2017, but with the call then coming from Northampton, Boyd admits he is relishing taking on a new challenge at Franklin’s Gardens.
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https://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/lions-name-strong-super-rugby-squad-20180130

Lions name strong Super Rugby squad

Johannesburg - The Lions named a strong Super Rugby squad that includes 12 Springboks as they look to go one better than their appearances in the finals in the last two years.

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Lions 2018 Super Rugby squad:

Jacobie Adriaanse, Cyle Brink, Robbie Coetzee, Andries Coetzee, Ruan Combrinck, Ross Cronjé, Ashlon Davids, Hacjivah Dayimani, Ruan Dreyer, Aphiwe Dyanti, Willie Engelbrecht, Lourens Erasmus, Andries Ferreira, Corne Fourie, Rhyno Herbst, Rohan Janse van Rensburg, Marco Jansen van Vuren, Elton Jantjies, Johannes Jonker, Jaco Kriel, Robert Kruger, Sylvian Mahuza, Lionel Mapoe, Malcolm Marx, Len Massyn, Christiaan Meyer, Howard Mnisi, Franco Mostert, Marvin Orie, Shaun Reynolds, Marnus Schoeman, Sti Sithole, Courtnall Skosan, Dillon Smith, Kwagga Smith, Dylan Smith, Madosh Tambwe, Jacques van Rooyen, Harold Vorster, Warren Whiteley (captain)
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https://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/super-rugby-rugby-championship-to-adopt-new-laws-20180201

Super Rugby, Rugby Championship to adopt new laws

Cape Town - Super Rugby and the Rugby Championship will this season adopt the law amendments that were announced by World Rugby in July 2017 prior to the start of the 2017/2018 northern hemisphere season.

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The amendments relate to the scrum (Law 20), tackle (Law 15) and ruck (Law 16) and are aimed at making the game simpler to play and referee as well as further promoting player welfare.

The amendments are:

1. Scrum: Law 20.5 and 20.6 (d) and Law 20.8 (b) Striking after the throw-in

No signal from referee. The scrum-half must throw the ball in straight but is allowed to align their shoulder on the middle line of the scrum, therefore allowing them to stand a shoulder width towards their own side of the middle line.

Once the ball touches the ground in the tunnel, any front-row player may use either foot to try to win possession of the ball. One player from the team who put the ball in must strike for the ball.

Rationale: To promote scrum stability, a fair contest for possession while also giving the advantage to the team throwing in (non-offending team).

What we will see: every team MUST hook the ball as part of the scrum-feed. If they don’t, expect to see some Free Kicks against the feeding team.
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2. Scrum: Law 20.9 (b) Handling in the scrum - exception

The number eight shall be allowed to pick the ball from the feet of the second-rows.

Rationale: To promote continuity.

What we will see: this will help teams under pressure when going backwards.
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3. Tackle: Law 15.4 (c)

The tackler must get up before playing the ball and then can only play from their own side of the tackle “gate”.

Rationale: To make the tackle/ruck simpler for players and referees and more consistent with the rest of that law.

What we will see: cleaner ball at the back of the tackle and all players having to comply with the “gate” at the tackle.
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4. Ruck: Law 16

A ruck commences when at least one player is on their feet and over the ball which is on the ground (tackled player, tackler). At this point the offside lines are created. Players on their feet may use their hands to pick up the ball as long as this is immediate. As soon as an opposition player arrives, no hands can be used.

Rationale: To make the ruck simpler for players and referees.

What we will see: team in possession will send a support player in fast, in order to then clear the ball with an offside line now in operation (will force the defenders to get back onside quickly!). The first defender can still arrive and have an immediate go at the ball – so they can still win a quick turnover.
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5. Ruck: Law 16.4: Other ruck offences

A player must not kick the ball out of a ruck. The player can only hook it in a backwards motion.

Rationale: To promote player welfare and to make it consistent with scrum law.

What we will see: the elimination of what is a very negative play to interfere with the attacking team’s ball at ruck time.
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The law amendments will now join the scheduled global law trial programme, completing a total package of 11 aspects of law.
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Lol, rugby's been played for the last 170 years and still rules and regulations change from season to season. Must be the most regulated sport on the planet??? What a monumental FU IMHO!!
 
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Lol, rugby's been played for the last 170 years and still rules and regulations change from season to season.
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The same way people bitched about McCaw…

Must be the most regulated sport on the planet??? What a monumental FU IMHO!!
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I appreciate the law amendments to standardise the ruleset amongst those in authority. These law changes in particular rewards momentum and the pace the game is played at, limiting the re-sets, stoppages and gives clarity on when it is a tackle or a ruck.

The Kiwis have a better take on the changes,

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby...endments-set-for-first-outings-in-super-rugby

it has also proven in the Northern Hemisphere, where it has been practised since July 2017, to have cleaner set-pieces and phases.

I still say that the rolling maul needs attention and that the current 'maul' laws are not practised in-game. They need to clear up the obstructions created in the rolling maul and I still see, at times, the ball carried inside the maul which seems to go unnoticed by any person in authority, also illegal cleanouts by both team.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
I appreciate the law amendments to standardise the ruleset amongst those in authority. These law changes in particular rewards momentum and the pace the game is played at, limiting the re-sets, stoppages and gives clarity on when it is a tackle or a ruck.

The Kiwis have a better take on the changes,

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby...endments-set-for-first-outings-in-super-rugby

it has also proven in the Northern Hemisphere, where it has been practised since July 2017, to have cleaner set-pieces and phases.

I still say that the rolling maul needs attention and that the current 'maul' laws are not practised in-game. They need to clear up the obstructions created in the rolling maul and I still see, at times, the ball carried inside the maul which seems to go unnoticed by any person in authority, also illegal cleanouts by both team.
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New rules are implemented to counter old rules, that's the round and round going on in rugby. It's ridiculous...
 
I remember when I played, it was ball right down the middle charna or the ref would strip his moer :crylaugh: They need to stop farking with the rules every damn year.
 
Sharks vs Racing match to be streamed on Sharks FB page. Not being shown anywhere else so hop onto that tomorrow at 10am if you're a Sharks fan ;)
 
Ooooh, I always like watching our teams perform against these top European clubs. It gives one a good indication of the state of SA rugby.
 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby...fs-in-preseason-super-rugby-clash-in-te-kuiti

Blues take down Chiefs in preseason Super Rugby clash in Te Kuiti

No competition points up for grabs of course, but a decent-looking Blues side have got one up on neighbours the Chiefs in the teams' first Super Rugby preseason game of the year in Te Kuiti on Friday afternoon.

Cobwebs blown and mouths parched in sunny 25-degree skies, it was the visitors – having spent the last few days in camp in the Waikato who ran out convincing 45-19 winners, in a match played across four 20-minute quarters and without All Blacks and some other senior players.

With only one playoffs appearance in the past decade, the Blues are always in need of some early-season momentum, and Tana Umaga's third year as coach has at least started off on a decent note, with the look of a well-drilled side on show. On the other hand, new Chiefs coach Colin Cooper will sure have work to do, having seen his players in action for the first time.
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby...eat-Crusaders-in-Super-Rugby-pre-season-match

Hurricanes blow away Crusaders in Super Rugby pre-season match in Greymouth

A 43-22 scoreline makes for cheerful reading if you are Hurricanes fan.

If you are looking at the digits from a Crusaders' perspective, don't worry too much. The Crusaders coach Scott Robertson was just glad to get through this without any injuries, and was happy to blood 18 newcomers at Greymouth's Rugby Park on Friday night. Not surprisingly, Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd was also pleased. No injuries, and a win to boot.

This was a fixture heaving with multiple line breaks from both sides, the odd heavy shot by fired-up defenders and a try to Julian Savea – a man who might have jotted down in his New Year's resolutions list that he wanted to give the All Blacks selectors reason to keep penning his name in their notebooks during Super Rugby.
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