Super rugby weekend 2nd and 3rd May

The floors yours hoender....

gregbucks Wrote:

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> The floors yours hoender....


after you squire:D

Got stage fright, please go ahead....()

gregbucks Wrote:

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> Got stage fright, please go ahead....()


something like Chelsea then::

ok if you insist

Blues v Reds. The clash of the colours with only one winner here by a margin of around 10 and that's, yes you have guessed it, The Blues

Rebels v Sharks. Shock on the cards here.

Crusaders v Brumbies. The home side have their captain back so he will be in the refs ear they whole match thus the Crusaders to win

Chiefs v Lions. Oh dear I do feel sorry for the Lions in this one. Chiefs to roar home by at least 20 points

Warraths v Hurricanes. The Hurricanes have turned the corner and will be looking to cement their place on the top of NZ cConference.

Stormers v Highlanders. The Stormers will prevail justX(

Bulls v Cheetahs. Need I bother to comment. All I can say is please Cheetahs pomp them good and solid:D

Blues to win, but they can be unpredictable .... bet reds +8.5
Sharks may be good at home but they gonna find it much tougher on the road... bet rebels +5.5
Chiefs should put the lions away but they not as convincing as last season ... bet lions +16.5
Cruaders starting to peak... bet crusaders win
Tahs vs cans, can go either way.... bet canes +4.5
Highlanders another new zealand team peaking at the right time, away win against the stormers... bet highlanders +4.5
Bulls back fron australia, the cheetahs to upset them at loftus... bet cheetahs +5.5

Best bet: crusaders win
Value: highlanders outright or play safer on the handicap

What do you guy's think about the Super 18 in 2016 ?

Super Rugby from 2016

The Competition:

• Expanded competition to 18 teams from 2016 - South Africa 6th, Argentina, plus new team
• Shorter competition - from 21 weeks to 20 weeks
• All teams play one less match in a regular season - from 16 matches to 15
• Four conferences playing in two regional Groups - South Africa and Australasia
• The Australasia Group made up of two conferences - Australia (five teams) and New Zealand (five teams)
• South African Group made up of two conferences - South Africa 1 (three teams plus one from Argentina), and South Africa 2 (three teams plus the 18th team)
• Each team plays 15 regular season matches - eight home/seven away or vice versa every second year
• A total 135 regular season matches and seven Finals Series matches (compared to 120 and five)


The Finals Series ... eight contenders, three weeks:

• Playoff format features an eight-team knock-out Finals Series playing in a quarters, semis and final format
• Five teams qualify from the Australasia Group, three teams from the South Africa Group
• All four conference winners automatically advance to Finals Series
• The next three highest ranked teams in the Australasia Group and the next highest team in the South Africa Group, will make up the wildcard contenders, and also advance to the Finals Series

More opportunities for SA teams to knock the stuffing out of each other...

that would make it more interesting although I think that they should make it 16 teams divide them into two groups ( by means of a simple draw out of the hat) play home and away then the top 4 play cross over semis with the winners playing the final thus in order to win you play 16 matches,

The final will be played at a venue prescribed prior to the season kick off

Blues to prove to strong for the Reds.
Sharks gone off the boil Rebels at +5,5 looks a good bet and the outright win might not be far off the mark.
Chiefs by as many as they like especially with Jantjies taking over at flyhalf.
Crusaders fresh from their bye and on a good run should win.
Tahs to beat Canes but will be a close game and could swing either way.
Highlanders playing the worst side in the competition playing this weekend. 15/10 looks a good bet on the Highlanders to me and if you want to play it safe take the +4,5 on the Landers.
Bulls and Cheetahs game could also do down to the wire with the Bulls trip back I will take a chance and go with the Cheetahs at 5,5.

Enjoy the rugby. (tu)

Blues by 7, Sharks 11, Crusaders 3, Chiefs 21,Hurricanes 3, Highlanders 3 and Bulls 7.

shrek Wrote:

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> Blues to prove to strong for the Reds.
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what??? you ok :