Super Rugby 2025
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So, I thought with this new centralised body to run Super that marketing etc was all going to be better than it has been previously?
But, I didn't even know the comp was starting until reading threads on here this week. I'm more avid a fan than most so how are the general public hearing about the comp?
Maybe it's just an Aussie thing and it was more heavily promoted in NZ?
@Nepia All over social media and national news/rasdio have been reporting on it for a few weeks. Could have been promoted more but there’s definitely been an effort made.
If you don’t use social media or watch sports news/radio(not saying you don’t)then I guess you’d struggle to find out these days. Their main push was socials. The new way of the world.
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@MiketheSnow said in Super Rugby 2025:
Very entertaining matches
Lovely skills, great set plays
Tackling optional
I only saw the highlights, but yeah some of the tries were pretty soft. Am sure there was plenty of decent goal line defence throughout the game, but the teams didn't seem to have to work very hard to score when in 10 metres.
Or maybe I'm just accustomed to 6N rugby
@MajorRage said in Super Rugby 2025:
@MiketheSnow said in Super Rugby 2025:
Very entertaining matches
Lovely skills, great set plays
Tackling optional
I only saw the highlights, but yeah some of the tries were pretty soft. Am sure there was plenty of decent goal line defence throughout the game, but the teams didn't seem to have to work very hard to score when in 10 metres.
Or maybe I'm just accustomed to 6N rugby
It's round 1 after a shorter preseason this year. A bit of perspective please.
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https://mumbrella.com.au/super-rugby-picks-lead-creative-agency-ahead-of-2025-season-864405
The Super Rugby Pacific, New Zealand Rugby, and Rugby Australia have appointed Game Creative as their lead creative agency as they prepare to enter the 2025 rugby union season. This is the first of several new business wins for the agency since its launch in August last year, following founder Dan Beaumont’s departure from The Royals in July. Hitting the ground running, Game Creative has already developed and launched the 2025 campaign, ‘The Power of the Pacific’, which champions the energy, culture, and unique spirit that makes rugby union the most powerful sporting code across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. -
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@nonpartizan said in Super Rugby 2025:
Oh, one question, is super rugby merch easily available in Auckland/Wellington? Like you can easily get a Blues/Canes hat or something basic without going to some niche shop way off the beaten path?
Rebel Sport will do those, relevant to the area, so yep. There used to be a shop on main street in Welly, but not sure anymore. Auckland main streets are dead and full of shit, avoid.
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@nonpartizan said in Super Rugby 2025:
Oh, one question, is super rugby merch easily available in Auckland/Wellington? Like you can easily get a Blues/Canes hat or something basic without going to some niche shop way off the beaten path?
Rebel Sport will do those, relevant to the area, so yep. There used to be a shop on main street in Welly, but not sure anymore. Auckland main streets are dead and full of shit, avoid.
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@nonpartizan said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby 2025:
@nonpartizan said in Super Rugby 2025:
Oh, one question, is super rugby merch easily available in Auckland/Wellington? Like you can easily get a Blues/Canes hat or something basic without going to some niche shop way off the beaten path?
Rebel Sport will do those, relevant to the area, so yep. There used to be a shop on main street in Welly, but not sure anymore. Auckland main streets are dead and full of shit, avoid.
Thank you.
AKL and WLG
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@nonpartizan said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby 2025:
@nonpartizan said in Super Rugby 2025:
Oh, one question, is super rugby merch easily available in Auckland/Wellington? Like you can easily get a Blues/Canes hat or something basic without going to some niche shop way off the beaten path?
Rebel Sport will do those, relevant to the area, so yep. There used to be a shop on main street in Welly, but not sure anymore. Auckland main streets are dead and full of shit, avoid.
Thank you.
AKL and WLG
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Injuries pretty bad, I guess it maybe hard to tell as this is the first time we've had this clarity. You've got to add those left out from niggles (eg proctor) and as yet unconfirmed injuries (eg Higgins)
n total, 62 players were unavailable for selection in the Super Rugby Pacific’s opening round – with 43 of those being across the six New Zealand-based teams. The Crusaders were dealing with the most absentees, with 13 sidelined
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i'd love someone to go back and actually look at what its been like in previous seasons, if im honest i cant remember a time when we havent started a season without a few injuries....so thinking it is just the fact i wouldnt have looked at other teams before so where as i felt we were always unlucky...everyone might have been int he same boat
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One criticism of the refs is that there seemed to be a lot of crooked lineout throws let go when the opposition did compete.
I was disappointed that the Chiefs didn't compete more, as it forces the hooker to nail their throw.
@Bovidae i noticed that as well and started to get shitty about it...then we did a few crooked ones and thought...at least hes being consistent and then decided it probably had little to no effect on the game so would rather play on than pull it back
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@nonpartizan I used to always listen to The Breakdown on Spotify but they stopped putting it on there last year.
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Classic appear to be teasing new heritage jerseys -
https://www.instagram.com/classicsportswearnz/
