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Super Rugby 2021

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    #122
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 40,989 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Decent first game for the super rugby aotearoa brand.
    Fast, skillful, playing away from contact, offloads and one side monstering the set piece....
    What we've come to expect from kiwi rugby


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    #123
    bayern
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭bayern


    how'd regan get on?


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    #124
    hahashake
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭hahashake


    https://youtu.be/GaB96NLVoFk

    Short highlights.


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    #125
    MaybeMaybe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭MaybeMaybe


    bayern wrote: »
    how'd regan get on?

    He was named in the starting XV


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    #126
    bayern
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭bayern


    MaybeMaybe wrote: »
    He was named in the starting XV

    and how'd he play?


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    #127
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 40,989 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    bayern wrote: »
    how'd regan get on?

    quite good i thought

    he got 65 mins, has a bit of a dog about him...
    lovely hands for link play, not afraid to set it out the back

    i think he did enough to challenge Selby-Rickit and Evans for a place in the 23 going forward.


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    #128
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,474 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    bayern wrote: »
    how'd regan get on?

    I learnt his dad is called Daithi and won 3 all Ireland medals for Offaly (fair play to the NZ comms). Other than a push and shove with Joe moody he didn’t really stand out in a well beaten pack. Didn’t disgrace himself though.


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    #129
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 40,989 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    https://www.msn.com/en-ie/sport/rugby-union/23-year-old-birr-man-regan-makes-super-rugby-debut-for-the-highlanders/ar-BB1e29KZ?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds


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    #130
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 40,989 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    lots of questions for clarke dermody after that game.

    destroyed in the scrum, our maul was toothless and messy and lineout defence was non existant


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    #131
    Sabre0001
    Registered Users Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Sabre0001


    Only saw the first half before sleep took me again. And on mute. The handbags at the start - there were 3/4 open palm slaps to the head and no further sanction. What was the ref's take on it?

    Taylor's try was lovely, though the full back didn't look like he really wanted to make a tackle. Thought there was some rustiness with knock-ons, but both teams looking to play. Classic NZ approach of going for tries rather than take pen kicks at goal opportunities too :D

    How did the new laws about kicking to regain possession at lineout work out? Edit: Thanks, sydthebeat - got my Super Rugbys mixed up :)

    🤪



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    #132
    hahashake
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭hahashake


    https://twitter.com/m_brosnan/status/1365193792769331202

    Handbags from Moody on Regan for those who missed it.

    Edit: Regan participated in a haka too! Will have to give it a rewatch as I only caught the 2nd half.


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    #133
    sydthebeat
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    Sabre0001 wrote: »
    Only saw the first half before sleep took me again. And on mute. The handbags at the start - there were 3/4 open palm slaps to the head and no further sanction. What was the ref's take on it?

    Taylor's try was lovely, though the full back didn't look like he really wanted to make a tackle. Thought there was some rustiness with knock-ons, but both teams looking to play. Classic NZ approach of going for tries rather than take pen kicks at goal opportunities too :D How did the new laws about kicking to regain possession at lineout work out?

    thats only in aussie rugby


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    #134
    TomsOnTheRoof
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    hahashake wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/m_brosnan/status/1365193792769331202

    Handbags from Moody on Regan for those who missed it.

    Edit: Regan participated in a haka too! Will have to give it a rewatch as I only caught the 2nd half.

    That's shameful from the officiating team. They shouldn't be within an arse's roar of another game after letting Moody away with that.


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    #135
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 5,960 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    TomsOnTheRoof wrote: »
    That's shameful from the officiating team. They shouldn't be within an arse's roar of another game after letting Moody away with that.

    It was nothing. As the coms said, handbags. If Regan had let go, Moody would have stopped slapping and pushing.


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    #136
    basill
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    If he can do a haka he can take a slap. I am sure he has had worse out on a Friday night in Offaly.


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    #137
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,331 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    Bizarre, that wasn't even a yellow? Ask me arse.


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    #138
    Dubinusa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,134 ✭✭✭Dubinusa


    Is that lad from Drogheda playing for any of the Oz sides?


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    #139
    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Another great game so far this morning. The Rugby Pass subscription paying its way. So frustrating to see all the Sky branding all over the place and not a hint of rugby on Sky Sports.


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    #140
    icdg
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    It’s Sky NZ, they have absolutely no connection with Sky (Comcast), the name is coincidental.

    And be careful what you wish for! They are out of rugby now, but could be back in quickly if a report in the Times this week is to be believed.


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    #141
    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    icdg wrote: »
    It’s Sky NZ, they have absolutely no connection with Sky (Comcast), the name is coincidental.

    And be careful what you wish for! They are out of rugby now, but could be back in quickly if a report in the Times this week is to be believed.

    I just want a proper rugby channel. It's shambolic that it's spread across BT, Premier, Eir, TG4, S4C, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Virgin, Sky, Amazon and now RugbyPass. I'll very happily pay for a rugby channel, it's just the other stuff I don't need.

    Back to today, that conversion kick looked over, commentators said one of the officials said it hit the post but I didn't see that live or in any replays.


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    #142
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,474 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    Caranica wrote: »
    I just want a proper rugby channel. It's shambolic that it's spread across BT, Premier, Eir, TG4, S4C, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Virgin, Sky, Amazon and now RugbyPass. I'll very happily pay for a rugby channel, it's just the other stuff I don't need.

    Back to today, that conversion kick looked over, commentators said one of the officials said it hit the post but I didn't see that live or in any replays.

    Hit the post were the posts extended upwards.


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    #143
    hahashake
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭hahashake


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbpyBnnH1No

    Blues vs Hurricanes highlights


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    #144
    sydthebeat
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    Brumbies won 61 - 10 v the tahs.

    Two weeks in a row they have shipped record losses against their opponents

    Rob penny must be under fierce pressure of the sack now


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    #145
    basill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭basill


    Caranica wrote: »
    I just want a proper rugby channel. It's shambolic that it's spread across BT, Premier, Eir, TG4, S4C, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Virgin, Sky, Amazon and now RugbyPass. I'll very happily pay for a rugby channel, it's just the other stuff I don't need.

    Back to today, that conversion kick looked over, commentators said one of the officials said it hit the post but I didn't see that live or in any replays.


    I would say at this stage our only hope is the EU. It will take someone like them to bring in laws regarding digital rights management before it is all sorted out. And the reality is rugby is small fry. More likely they would open an investigation if soccer was seen as price gouging. But outside of the UK and Ireland I am not sure if the other EU countries get screwed over on soccer coverage. Anyway a solution won't be coming anytime soon.


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    #146
    hahashake
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭hahashake


    hahashake wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbpyBnnH1No

    Blues vs Hurricanes highlights

    Because they didn't include the full build-up in the highlights:
    https://twitter.com/brettruganalyst/status/1365607354197237761


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    #147
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,605 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Dubinusa wrote: »
    Is that lad from Drogheda playing for any of the Oz sides?

    Michael McDonald, in the western force squad this year, was with the waratahs last season.


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    #148
    hahashake
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭hahashake


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    Bizarre, that wasn't even a yellow? Ask me arse.

    FYI the ref said it should have been yellow:

    https://youtu.be/6Yemh2EaaG0?t=978


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    #149
    The Inbetween is mine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭The Inbetween is mine


    Squidgy Black wrote: »
    Michael McDonald, in the western force squad this year, was with the waratahs last season.

    Glad he left the Force, at lest there's, no more running down the wrong road ...


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    #150
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 40,989 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    The Inbetween is mine wrote: »
    Glad he left the Force, at lest there's, no more running down the wrong road ...

    giphy.gif


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    #151
    hahashake
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭hahashake


    Regan starting again for the Highlanders, and Fakatava/Ioane as the starting 9/10 combo.


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