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Super 14 2010
- Thread starter Somerset
- Start date
Somerset
Cricketer Of The Year
Haha, d'oh - I didn't pick up on it either and then used it myself to reply.And yes, before some smart**** comes in, I know there's XV players in a rugby team...
Crusaders
Waratahs
Sharks
Blues
Reds
Cheetahs
Stormers
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
No. Bulls in 2002 went winless.
age_master
Hall of Fame Member
Dissapointing. Resting a few key players i could understand but pretty much everyone is not in the spirit of the game.
ripper868
International Coach
Think the bulls have earned the right to do it tbh, You win enough that the final game of the season doesnt matter, why not rest your stars ahead of the semi-finals...Other teams would do the exact same thing imo. If A full strength bulls was named and the likes of Matfield, Steyn or du Preez got injured the coach would be executed for risking them in a 'nothing' game.
It's still a pretty solid 2nd XV though.
It's still a pretty solid 2nd XV though.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
fyi on allblacks.com Springboks coach claims NZ rugby has stagnated over the past 5 years. Don't know why he wants to take a shot at us...surely the NZ coaches will just use this as motivation.
Sorry slightly off topic...
De Villiers claims that New Zealand rugby is lagging | allblacks.com - official site of the All Blacks
Sorry slightly off topic...
De Villiers claims that New Zealand rugby is lagging | allblacks.com - official site of the All Blacks
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Very varied though. No place-kicker for example.
Think this year's schedule played into their hands as well, seven home matches and tour matches in Bloemfontein, Perth and Hamilton.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
And the Tahs did what the Bulls did back in 2002. Ended up losing their last game of the season (96!-19) and in their home S/F when the big boys came back, the Brumbies put 50 on them.
ripper868
International Coach
Reds 
:explode:
topsy turvy game that, good atmosphere and a decent turnout considering the top line players that are out (Horwill, Daley, S. Faingaa, Weeks, Braid, A.Faingaa, Davies, Simmons.)
Good things for next year hopefully. regretting the Palu try at the start of the season and the Loss to the Sharks in South Africa
:explode: topsy turvy game that, good atmosphere and a decent turnout considering the top line players that are out (Horwill, Daley, S. Faingaa, Weeks, Braid, A.Faingaa, Davies, Simmons.)
Good things for next year hopefully. regretting the Palu try at the start of the season and the Loss to the Sharks in South Africa
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Selective quoting of predictions ftw.
(Let's gloss over the fact that none of us had a ****Ing clue about the Reds. Think Athlai actually got closest overall despite picking the Bulls in sixth.)
Somerset
Cricketer Of The Year
To be fair I did comment that I rated the Cheetahs a better chance after their first game of the season so I somewhat backtracked on my initial prediction.Selective quoting of predictions ftw.
(Let's gloss over the fact that none of us had a ****Ing clue about the Reds. Think Athlai actually got closest overall despite picking the Bulls in sixth.)
It should also be noted that you managed to pick three of the four semi finalists, while Athlai and myself had just two in our pre-season top four (Athlai having the Tahs and Bulls at 5th and 6th though).