Super Rugby 2025

[nonpartizan]

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[Yeetyaah]

Chiefs now at even odds with the Blues to win the comp

[nonpartizan]

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[Machpants]

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

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/the-surprising-injury-count-ahead-of-round-one-of-the-super-rugby-pacific-season/7R5GM65QR5B2FML3E6RLDP6GRM/

[Kiwiwomble]

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

[Bovidae]

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.

[Kiwiwomble]

@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

[Yeetyaah]

@nonpartizan I used to always listen to The Breakdown on Spotify but they stopped putting it on there last year.

[nonpartizan]

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[Daffy Jaffy]

Classic appear to be teasing new heritage jerseys -
https://www.instagram.com/classicsportswearnz/

[Kiwiwomble]

@Daffy-Jaffy yeah, i just saw the highlanders one...not really sure what it was about, there not even a date like they often do...also, no chiefs one?

[Yeetyaah]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Super Rugby 2025:

Classic appear to be teasing new heritage jerseys -
https://www.instagram.com/classicsportswearnz/

Read the captions a little closer and you might figure out what they are. I've seen them all and there's a theme to them.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Yeetyaah oh shit, theyre marvel :face_vomiting:

so Highlanders are Hulk? blues spiderman, crusaders ironman and "watch this space" for canes?

[Landers92]

@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2025:

@Yeetyaah oh shit, theyre marvel :face_vomiting:

Embarrassing if so. Leave that to the NRL if that’s what it is. Would looks ridiculous if that theme was copied.

Here’s hoping it’s the 1996 jerseys

[Kiwiwomble]

@Landers92 plus the SA teams did it probably over a decade ago...you know...when marvel was big...rather than when its a bit of a joke

[Yeetyaah]

@Kiwiwomble yep thats it. Canes is Captain America, Chiefs have Black Panther.

[Yeetyaah]

Heritage jerseys are coming for the Chiefs at least as I've seen that one, not vintage jersey design related.

[Kiwiwomble]

couldnt they at least give the canes something like wolverine?...you know, yellow and black

may we got hulk because we had green for so long?....or completely random

[Yeetyaah]

@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2025:

couldnt they at least give the canes something like wolverine?...you know, yellow and black

Had the same thought, I guess the last Wolverine movie was R rated so not suitable? Idk.

[Kiwiwomble]

some AI fun :face_with_tears_of_joy: