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What this weekends rugby has made blatantly clear is that SA teams simply cannot compete, simultaneously, in 2 comps as challenging as the URC and Investec Champions cup!!

The attrition rates in the Sharks and Stormers fixtures will have a significant impact, one that will be felt for at least the next 6 months. Absolute, unmitigated disaster!!

The SA franchises don't have the budgets to build squads of the size and quality of their European rivals. Period.
 
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Guess Im stuck then on watching Youtube highlights. I don't want Frikkie at my door.

Noticed a number of live EPL games cross my YouTube "time line" ( ? ) recently - maybe I should show interest in Rugby, and then Rugby games that are shown luve, might pop up as well. Maybe I should try if some time, before I clear my watch history, and reset my preferences. This on YouTube Premium.
 
Manie Libbock had a bit of a mare of a match, culminating in the sort of hit that ends careers. Shocking!! I hope he is alright... stretchered off the field and on oxygen, rushed to hospital I believe...
 
Absolute shocker. Except for Cameron. The man is a beast.

Some questionable calls though. I'm not happy the TMO keeps intervening with anything Bulls but when Saints scored that controversial try quiet. It left a bad taste in my mouth to be honest.

That said Ai Willie is nie meer wat hy was nie.
 
Not looking good for the URC teams. Union Bordeaux Bègles gave Ulster a whipping also.
 
I knew it was going to be a difficult match for The Sharks but damn it's a slaughter.
 
Can someone please explain to me why there is URC and this investec cup?
 
Can someone please explain to me why there is URC and this investec cup?
If you end in the top 8 of URC you get rewarded with a place in the champions cup. It's the best of the best. So you end up playing URC and champions cup simultaneously.

It's challenging. Puts the squad depth under huge scrutiny. Now the saffas don't have the budgets to build squads with the depth and quality of the French. The budgetary differentials are vast.

We on a hiding to nothing.
 
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