Un-Australian Activities 2019

[Scooter]

I don't care if Kearnsy says that the Jaguares shouldn't be in the competition. I enjoy watching the Jaguares as much as I enjoy watching the Crusaders and Hurricanes play (unless they are torching the Rebels - like the Crusaders did yesterday).

 

[Dan54]

The only reason KO games are played is for the potential revenue.

Personally I would prefer an EPL style where the top team just takes the honours. Honestly, who can deny 240 points differential when the next best is more than 100 points adrift as it stands and nearly 10 log points behind.

Couldn't agree more Ulrich, that is when you get best team from whole year winning as it should be.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Highlights:

 

[Dan54]

A pretty good game by the Canes, so have booked a home QF, WOB I can't be buggered looking, so if they win will they play C/Saders in semi? I hope so,would rather they played them get knocked out than risk them having to meet in final. no way do I want 2 NZ teams belting the living shit out of each other that close to test season!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Top four locked in but it's still possible for Brums to overtake Jags if they beat Reds & 'wolves tip Jags over.

Still eight teams with 30-36 points so less certain who'll make that cut.

1. Crusaders 58
2. Jaguares 46
3. Brumbies 43
4. Hurricanes 49
5. Bulls 36
6. Lions 35
7. Stormers 34
8. Rebels 34
9. Sharks 33
10. Chiefs 31
11. Highlanders 31
12. Waratahs 30

QF1 Crusaders v Rebels
QF2 Hurricanes v Bulls
& yes Dan, the winners play which has major implications for the makeup of AB v Argentina when TRC kicks off.

QF3 Jaguares v Stormers
QF4 Brumbies v Lions

Final Round:

Sat Jags v 'wolves
Sat 'canes v Loss Bleus
Sun Stormers v Sharks
Sun Bulls v Lions

Clan v 'tahs & Tribe v Rebs also potentially important re: who qualifies & in what order.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Bulls get Vermeulen, Specman & Gelant back:

Bulls: 15 Warrick Gelant , 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Johnny Kotze, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Handré Pollard (captain), 9 Andre Warner, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Hanro Liebenberg, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Jannes Kirsten, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Lizo Gqoboka. Substitutes: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Wiehahn Herbst, 19 Eli Snyman, 20 Ruan Steenkamp, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Manie Libbok, Divan Rossouw

https://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/vermeulen-returns-for-bulls-to-face-lions-20190612

Lions TBA

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Ronan O'Gara off to La Rochelle after Super Rugby:

https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/s...eave-crusaders-to-coach-la-rochelle-in-france

Disappointing but kinda inevitable that he'd want to add "HC" to his CV. Hopefully he's imparted enough knowledge during his time that his good work won't be lost.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Jaguares: 15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 13 Matías Orlando, 12 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias (captain), 11 Santiago Carreras, 10 Domingo Miotti, 9 Felipe Ezcurra, 8 Rodrigro Bruni, 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 6 Tomas Lezana, 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Enrique Pieretto, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro. Substitutes: 16 Santiago Socino, 17 Juan Pablo Zeiss, 18 Santiago Medrano, 19 Marcos Kremer, 20 Francisco Gorrisen, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 Juan Cruz Mallia, 23 Matias Moroni

Sunwolves: 15 Semisi Masirewa, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Josh Timu, 12 Timothy Lafaele, 11 Hosea Saumaki, 10 Hayden Parker, 9 Jamie Booth, 8 Ben Gunter, 7 Shuhei Matsuhashi, 6 Tyota Hasegawa, 5 Tom Rowe, 4 Mark Abbott, 3 Conan O’Donnell, 2 Nathan Vella, 1 Masakata Mikami. Substitutes: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Shogo Miuru, 18 Tamuka Asahara, 19 Yuya Odo, 20 Masakatsu Nishikawa, 21 Keisuke Uchida, 22 Takuya Yamasawa, 23 Jason Emery

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Hurricanes: 15 James Marshall, 14 Ben Lam, 13 Peter Umaga-Jensen, 12 Danny Toala, 11 Salesi Rayasi, 10 Jackson Garden-Bachop, 9 Richard Judd, 8 Gareth Evans, 7 Du’Plessis Kirifi, 6 Reed Prinsep, 5 Isaia Walker-Leawere, 4 Kane Le’aupepe, 3 Ross Geldenhuys, 2 Dane Coles (captain), 1 Fraser Armstrong. Substitutes: 16 Asafo Aumua, 17 Chris Eves, 18 Alex Fidow, 19 Liam Mitchell, 20 Ardie Savea, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Fletcher Smith, 23 Jonah Lowe

Blues: 15 Melani Nanai, 14 Caleb Clarke, 13 Tanielu Tele’a, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Otere Black, 9 Augustine Pulu, 8 Akira Ioane, 7 Blake Gibson (captain), 6 Dalton Papali’i, 5 Scott Scrafton, 4 Patrick Tuipulotu, 3 Marcel Renata, 2 James Parsons, 1 Alex Hodgman. Substitutes: 16 Leni Apisai, 17 Hisa Sasagi, 18 Lua Li, 19 Tom Robinson, 20 Josh Goodhue, 21 Jonathan Ruru, 22 Harry Plummer, 23 Ma’a Nonu

 

[Derpus]

Jaguares: 15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 13 Matías Orlando, 12 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias (captain), 11 Santiago Carreras, 10 Domingo Miotti, 9 Felipe Ezcurra, 8 Rodrigro Bruni, 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 6 Tomas Lezana, 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Enrique Pieretto, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro. Substitutes: 16 Santiago Socino, 17 Juan Pablo Zeiss, 18 Santiago Medrano, 19 Marcos Kremer, 20 Francisco Gorrisen, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 Juan Cruz Mallia, 23 Matias Moroni

Sunwolves TBA

So Jaguares are almost certain to finish 2nd. Tough luck for the Brumbies.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Stormers: 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Seabelo Senatla, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Josh Stander, 9 Jano Vermaak1, 8 Jaco Coetzee, 7 Johan du Toit, 6 Ernst van Rhyn, 5 Chris van Zyl, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff (captain). Substitutes: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 David Meihuizen, 20 Chris Massyn, 21 Justin Phillips, 22 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 23 Dan Kriel

Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 S'bu Nkosi, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Louis Schreuder (captain), 8 Daniel du Preez, 7 Tyler Paul, 6 Jacques Vermeulen, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Ruben van Heerden, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Kerron van Vuuren, 1 Tendai Mtawarira. Substitutes: 16 Cullen Collopy, 17 Mzamo Majola, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Gideon Koegelenberg, 20 Luke Stringer, 21 Cameron Wright, 22 Jeremy Ward, 23 Rhyno Smith.

 

[Slim 293]

Sharks now into the finals........ Rebels move down another position on the ladder.

 

[Dan54]

Geez 4 NZ teams in the finals? C'mon you other teams, although I obviously pleased with how well teams have gone, we need our AB players to be starting to think about Tests not kicking shit out of each other in finals!!
And I promise next year I won't even consider the Blues as a chance, they really are pretty average at times as shown yesterday, they have changed Coaches etc enough times to realise there is a big problem up there somewhere.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Highlights:

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

QF1 Crusaders v Highlanders 17:35 AEST Friday
QF3 Jaguares v Chiefs 08:05 Saturday - Tribe left Auckland last night *
QF2 Hurricanes v Bulls 17:35 Saturday
QF4 Brumbies v Sharks 20:05 Saturday

SF1 winners of QF1 & 2
SF2 winners of QF3 & 4

* Tribe have never lost in BA. Should they win on Saturday they'll then have to travel either back to NZ or on to SA then if they win that their Final could be in any of NZ, SA or Straya. Tough road to Glory, that.

EDIT: Tribe SF would be SA or Straya, Final NZ or SA. But still a shitload of air miles.

 

[zer0]

I'm firmly on the Jaguares el bañdwaganós for the postseason.

I'm also hoping that the Bulls or, more likely, Crusaders absolutely prison shame the Hurricanes because f*ck those guys for risking front line All Blacks to beat up the blind, wheelchair bound, cripple kid in a dead rubber.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ I thought it especially cruel that they let the blind, wheelchair bound, cripple kid get out to a 24-5 lead before putting 24 on them unanswered.......

I didn't see the game & can't really tell from the highlights but was it really a night you'd expect to see 48 points scored at one end & only five at t'other?

 

[Dan54]

^ I thought it especially cruel that they let the blind, wheelchair bound, cripple kid get out to a 24-5 lead before putting 24 on them unanswered...

I didn't see the game & can't really tell from the highlights but was it really a night you'd expect to see 48 points scored at one end & only five at t'other?

Na mate, weather had nothing to do with it, Blues got ahead, didn't know what to do so the canes took them. Ok TJ and Ardie coming on sure settled the kids, but Umaga-Jensen etc had good games, young Toala stopped being overawed by the big names against them and got stuck in! Have to say blues are f***en rubbish at times, the loss was inexcusable!!!

 

[Finsbury Girl]

QF1 Crusaders v Highlanders 17:35 AEST Friday
QF3 Jaguares v Chiefs 08:05 Saturday - Tribe left Auckland last night *
QF2 Hurricanes v Bulls 17:35 Saturday
QF4 Brumbies v Sharks 20:05 Saturday

SF1 winners of QF1 & 2
SF2 winners of QF3 & 4

* Tribe have never lost in BA. Should they win on Saturday they'll then have to travel either back to NZ or on to SA then if they win that their Final could be in any of NZ, SA or Straya. Tough road to Glory, that.

EDIT: Tribe SF would be SA or Straya, Final NZ or SA. But still a shitload of air miles.

I would not be surprised if the mighty moo loo men pull it off. Waikato are one of my 3 NZ teams (the others are HB and the mighty Wairarapa Bush) so I'll be cheering the boys on.

 

[Dan54]

I would not be surprised if the mighty moo loo men pull it off. Waikato are one of my 3 NZ teams (the others are HB and the mighty Wairarapa Bush) so I'll be cheering the boys on.

I like you FG, think Chiefs are actually capable of an upset they way they going at moment, full of players who got that ITM cup mentality of f*** it lets give it a go, backed up with 3-4 real good players. Saying that Jags are a bloody good team and deserve to win their way to final O think.
I can accept HB as a team to support (thinking of maybe settling there when I go home) but you realise that Wairarapa Bush boys are in the same comp as the Mighty Nua, so WOB and I may not be able to speak to you during Heartland Championship,. Geez Wairarapa is where I born too in Carterton!