Tom Lynagh is back via for the bench for the Reds’ visit to take on the ladder-leading Hurricanes on Saturday. HMP starts again at 10.
Tahs welcome Kellaway onto right wing for injured Potter against Brumbies in Canberra. 6-2 bench split. Sapsford, Feliuai return.
No Lomax for the Force. Pick and stick from Cron for Chiefs showdown.
@89_Rugby@BMcSport@SuperRugby Thought it was interesting Jack spoke about wanting fans to engage more with playing NZ teams. Harder for the casual fan to engage when they don’t even know where or who they represent. Lack of geographical connection to the detriment of genuine tribalism etc
Great coup for the AUS Rugby scene...
@bmcsport got right into the @SuperRugby weeds with CEO Jack Mesley, for a wide-ranging chat that covers off everything from Law Variations to fan engagement
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@kinson88 my inside line question/request for subject to dive into. The Australian Rugby Foundation tight five program! Any details? How’s it going to work? What are doing exactly?
Big game for Larkham’s understrength Brumbies in Fiji. They’re missing several Wallabies.
Win this and they’ll be chuffed, lose and that’s two in a row they’ll have dropped.
Kick off seconds away.
@mrchrisnico "Grant said several nations, including Australia, New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga, were live hopes of winning this year’s Rugby League World Cup, while only South Africa and the All Blacks were realistically in contention to scoop the rugby version in 2027."
Just heard on an Irish rugby podcast that Australia were forced to side with the NZRU at the recent world rugby meetings
Phil Waugh was going to go in with an open-mind, but the NZRU threatened the Aussies that they'd dump Super Rugby for an NPC with All Blacks if didn't side
@haribaldijones@brumby_fan@CudmoreJock@Proggie76 Surely you are not suggesting that a commentator should be held to the same standard as the coach of a national team when it comes to referee discussions? Nuance matters.
Not really. If folks want to be banned, fined, and forever blamed for an entire societal trait (losing badly) then they can follow a path Rassie revoked and has been entirely opposite on since. That path has been discredited, punished, and castigated. So, WTF are folks who said they were against it, now embracing it?
I hate to lose but for this to work over a century our ancestors had to learn to “lose well” (ask not “who did this to us;” ask “how could we have done better” + “who can we copy”) accept loss + admit they better team on day, so we hand our not-⚽️ game to our kids in better shape
@kinson88@Fanga9@tomdecent@StanSportRugby One for the mailbag this week - The Bledisloe has been scheduled at 3pm AEST/5pm NZT - a direct clash with the AFL Grand Final - assume this is a NZRU decision - what’s doing?
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