Moana v Rebels - Sat 29th

[KevinO]

Rebels cannot afford to drop another game, having dropped to second last its not a good look for coaches who all got resigned.

 

[Dctarget]

Kevin goes with the thicc bench:
Naarm Rebels Match Day 23 vs Moana Pasifika

1. Matt Gibbon

2. Alex Mafi

3. Sam Talakai

4. Angelo Smith

5. Trevor Hosea

6. Josh Kemeny

7. Brad Wilkin

8. Vaiolini Ekuasi

9. Ryan Louwrens

10. Carter Gordon

11. Monty Ioane

12. David Feliuai

13. Reece Hodge

14. Lachie Anderson

15. Andrew Kellaway

16. Jordan Uelese

17. Cabous Eloff

18. Pone Faamausili

19. Tim Cardall

20. Tamati Ioane

21. James Tuttle

22. Joe Pincus

23. Lukas Ripley

 

[Wallaby Man]

Pretty solid team. With that front row coming on, if we can keep it fairly close it might be an advantage Rebels can take.

 

[Highlander35]

Cardall & Ioane off the bench... interesting.

 

[Rebel man]

Rebels to win

 

[Dismal Pillock]

FFS. There might be 200 people at this game.

 

[Wallaby Man]

Never thought it was possible but Moana crowds make the Rebels crowds look like the SuperBowl.

 

[Scooter]

How did Mafi get held up after a dominant rolling maul?

 

[Highlander35]

How did Mafi get held up after a dominant rolling maul?

Angus

 

[Adam84]

Moana should be disbanded and re-raised in Western Sydney, or actually play more games in Samoa/Tonga.
NZ Rugby has butchered the delivery of this team

 

[Scooter]

Inevitable yellow card.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Moana should be disbanded and re-raised in Western Sydney

Would people in Sydney give more of a shit than people in Auckland about some new rugby union team that has nothing to do with them?

 

[Wilson]

That was a bit too easy

 

[Wilson]

Would people in Sydney give more of a shit than people in Auckland about some new rugby union team that has nothing to do with them?

Even if they gave the same amount of a shit you'd be hoping for 4x the crowd off the back of population dynamics alone.

 

[Scooter]

Would people in Sydney give more of a shit than people in Auckland about some new rugby union team that has nothing to do with them?

They need to play games in Samoa and Tonga like the Drua are in Fiji.

 

[Wilson]

Moana playing way too many minutes a man down in this half, could get ugly in the last 20.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Even if they gave the same amount of a shit you'd be hoping for 4x the crowd off the back of population dynamics alone.

Does it work like that though? Look at Japan, world class players littered throughout teams, population of 120 million..... and yet still playing in front of no one at utterly empty rec centres.

 

[Adam84]

Would people in Sydney give more of a shit than people in Auckland about some new rugby union team that has nothing to do with them?

I think Moana Pasifika is a good concept, poorly executed.
I think people in Western Sydney could give more of a shit than Auckland, if the team was delivered properly and marketed to the Pasifika population in Western Sydney. It couldn't do any worse then the 300 people at Mt Smart stadium.

Currently the team is a failure and i wouldn't be surprised to see World Rugby review their funding of this team, i don't think they ever intended to simply fund NZ 6th Super Rugby team.

 

[Wilson]

Does it work like that though? Look at Japan, world class players littered throughout teams, population of 120 million..... and yet still playing in front of no one at utterly empty rec centres.

In this case I think it does, we've seen the crowds Tonga and Samoa have gotten in NRL in Sydney and it wouldn't take much to capitalize on that. Admittedly Auckland has seen similar crowds, but Moana is unlikely to be seen as a fake Australian side in the way it very much is seen as a fake New Zealand side right now. Not sure the outcome would be amazing though, just better than this.

More games in the pacific are clearly the ideal, but the infrastructure concerns are still pretty significant.

 

[qwerty51]

I think Moana Pasifika is a good concept, poorly executed.
I think people in Western Sydney could give more of a shit than Auckland, if the team was delivered properly and marketed to the Pasifika population in Western Sydney. It couldn't do any worse then the 300 people at Mt Smart stadium.

Currently the team is a failure and i wouldn't be surprised to see World Rugby review their funding of this team, i don't think they ever intended to simply fund NZ 6th Super Rugby team.

It's just a product of everything wrong with the comp. It needs a complete revamp and restart.