TRANS-TASMAN Super Rugby 2021 - ITS AUNZ!
- Torquemada 1420
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Scores like this will soon have many switching off.
So this competition is demonstrating why a permanent trans Tasman comp is a bad idea. The Aussie sides are shite and can’t compete.
Super Rugby Aotearoa is a top quality, internationally saleable competition. This isn’t worth paying money for.
Super Rugby Aotearoa is a top quality, internationally saleable competition. This isn’t worth paying money for.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
Impulse purchase regret ??
This is a makey-up tournament to fill time. Boring as hell really and not a good advert if you are trying to sell pay-TV subscriptions.
I will watch the Chiefs games with interest and have the other games on (it is rugby after all) but the comp itself can suck a fat one.
I will watch the Chiefs games with interest and have the other games on (it is rugby after all) but the comp itself can suck a fat one.
I drink and I forget things.
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Yup. It's sh*te. Roll on Mitre.Enzedder wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 7:02 pm This is a makey-up tournament to fill time. Boring as hell really and not a good advert if you are trying to sell pay-TV subscriptions.
I will watch the Chiefs games with interest and have the other games on (it is rugby after all) but the comp itself can suck a fat one.
- Certain Navigator
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Disagree. The format means the Aussie teams were always going to struggle (this year), but just like the SAs in 2019 — their soup teams are crap but they have some dynamic players (e.g., Bell, Hosea, Valentini, Gordon, O'Connor, Wright) who can do the business at international level. That makes it interesting.Enzedder wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 7:02 pm This is a makey-up tournament to fill time. Boring as hell really and not a good advert if you are trying to sell pay-TV subscriptions.
I will watch the Chiefs games with interest and have the other games on (it is rugby after all) but the comp itself can suck a fat one.
Training games for internationals doesn’t make a tournament.Certain Navigator wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 8:01 amDisagree. The format means the Aussie teams were always going to struggle (this year), but just like the SAs in 2019 — their soup teams are crap but they have some dynamic players (e.g., Bell, Hosea, Valentini, Gordon, O'Connor, Wright) who can do the business at international level. That makes it interesting.Enzedder wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 7:02 pm This is a makey-up tournament to fill time. Boring as hell really and not a good advert if you are trying to sell pay-TV subscriptions.
I will watch the Chiefs games with interest and have the other games on (it is rugby after all) but the comp itself can suck a fat one.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
Anyone else finding these matches against Aussie sides a tough watch?
If I hadn't watched the NZ series first I may be able to tolerate them... but the NZ sides though winning all the games seem to have been dragged down to a lower form of rugby intensity...
If I hadn't watched the NZ series first I may be able to tolerate them... but the NZ sides though winning all the games seem to have been dragged down to a lower form of rugby intensity...
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I'm grateful the whole gig is only going to cost me $60 or so. I'm too lazy to cancel my sky sub and spark it up again for the All Blacks.
I think most people had the idea this was where a trans tasman comp was headed. I suppose we can be grateful NZR by design or complete accident gave separation to a local only format and then the mixed format.
There must be quite a few subscribers thinking they've paid for a meal but been served a plate heaped with fresh shit, but been asked for patience in waiting for the shit to taste good eventually.
Always understood the Aussie insistence in maintaining stretched resources with 4+1 teams and their reasons for that, but this clearly isn't working or sustainable.
Just over two weeks in and everyone is switched off and wondering which of the Kiwi teams will get the home final because they didn't drop any bonus points.
I think most people had the idea this was where a trans tasman comp was headed. I suppose we can be grateful NZR by design or complete accident gave separation to a local only format and then the mixed format.
There must be quite a few subscribers thinking they've paid for a meal but been served a plate heaped with fresh shit, but been asked for patience in waiting for the shit to taste good eventually.
Always understood the Aussie insistence in maintaining stretched resources with 4+1 teams and their reasons for that, but this clearly isn't working or sustainable.
Just over two weeks in and everyone is switched off and wondering which of the Kiwi teams will get the home final because they didn't drop any bonus points.
Balls, I missed this. Will watch highlights later.
I reckon he’s the most complete Fullback currently running around in NZ. All the others have a flaw or two. Sullivan seems to have it all on a cool head. Too soon for AB selection though and with the WC only a couple of years away he’s gonna have to wait.
What I like about the Aussies commentators + Merhts is that they have a positive attitude about the game, no complaining about ref decisions, forward passes etc. Just talking about what’s good about the game. Kiwi comms on the other hand, especially Ian Smith, feck me, it’s like a funeral.
Hard to stay interested in the comp. Chiefs dropped a point in the first round and that will be a killer I reckon.
I also think we could well lose more than that tonight against the Reds in Townsville.
Blues will cruise this game
I also think we could well lose more than that tonight against the Reds in Townsville.
Blues will cruise this game
I drink and I forget things.