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Travel the other big factor - Drua at home are an entirely different prospect to Drua away. And the same probably goes for the Force to a lesser degree (in both directions). You could even say something similar about the Tahs, but that's less a home fortress (though they haven't lost there yet...

Look, I very nearly did, but two games against Moana and one against the Force means it's more 'in their hands' than most. Games against the Tahs and Drua also mean their remaining games are stacked on the bottom half of the table, despite being there themselves.

So we've hit the half way mark with every team having played 7 games (8 for the Force), this where the teams stand: From here, we can make some pretty good guesses about who will make the finals. Based on previous seasons I think it'll take at least 6 wins to get to 6th (but it won't...

Probably pretty good to be honest, there doesn't seem to be any pettiness in Japan about that. He might have to forgo the final month of his contract (or something like that) but the tahs/RA would make up some of the difference and he'd probably be up for it given he's coming home. Super Rugby...

Aren't worth $250m to them - smaller stadia, weaker dollar, (probably) cheaper tickets and a lack of government bidders for games will all reduce the value of a pool to NZ compared to Australia. The biggest take away from that comment from Kearns from mine is that NZ may never host a solo world...

The way big centres have dominated recently (Siakasini and Rabouliku the obvious ones) it makes plenty of sense. The mismatch is so hard to deal with at this level. Also might help ameliorate the defensive issues he has with his wide turning circle.

He's signed on from July (more or less the same deal as Aidan Ross did for the Reds), so he probably comes straight in for the Lions game and gets a chance to build into the team over the off season (assuming the tahs have booked much in for it). He could also end up with the Wallabies, but I...

I believe RA's return on the world cup is locked at $100 million, anything beyond that goes to World Rugby. How much the tournament makes as a whole doesn't directly impact our bottom line.

That was very pretty from Grealy off the back of excellent build up

2 from Adamson in 17 minutes is diabolical from a replacement 7. Both were bad misses too, one for a try another for a big break from Ardie.

Jeez, it's a good thing the Blues had Beauden Barrett out there, they wouldn't have stood a chance without him. I imagine the Blues fans must love him.

Clarke, Tele'a, Naholo and Love may as well be watching on the sidelines. All that strike power and barely a chance between them in the first 40.

Is defending mauls also woke DEI nonsense?

Patty T might have wrecked his shoulder there, right arm is hanging pretty limp

Drua's season is slipping away from them here, if they lose this they're pretty much cooked. I can't see anyone making the top 6 without at least 6 wins and the Drua could reliably get there off the back of their remaining home games (tahs, Reds, Blues, Force), but only if they get this win...

Blues or Highlanders getting up doesn't necessarily help them too much. A Highlanders win would put them a point behind the tahs, or ahead on PD if it's a BP win. A blues win is less of an immediate issue but they'd have to be worried about them going on a late season tear to push for the...

tahs rapidly decaying points difference is going to hurt them if they can pull in enough wins in the back half of the season to stay finals competitive. Seems very unlikely though, I think the 6 is going to cut off around 30 points, which for the tahs is 3 wins and a bp and I'm not sure where...

Oh absolutely, half way through last year they basically gave up on the previous one and went all in on getting the Rebels players. Might have worked better if they had a stable coaching team but to change all that over at the same time is nuts. Will be interesting to see how many of the one...

Moana were very slow to start and the tahs made the most of some of their early errors, so it was mostly in their hands to reverse it. Beyond that the tahs just don't have much in the pack, particularly once Bell's off and they go to the bench. It's partially a player ability issue, but it's...

This is significantly worse than the Cane's loss I think, none of the injury chaos to justify it.