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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 521619" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>I haven't watched enough Rabo Pro 12 to comment. Borlase to me has always been a very poor scrummager, but he got away with that by being part of a dominant Canterbury pack. When he was taken out of that pack I'm not surprised his woeful scrummaging technique was exposed. White is a good quality player - perhaps not the most dynamic prop, but generally does his core job very well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To help explain the competition format (or confuse you more?) here is pretty picture to explain the (rather silly in my opinion) format:</p><p><img src="http://files.allblacks.com/comms/itmcup-structure.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Basically you play every team in your division once, and 4/7 of the teams from the other division.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Ranfurly Shield is completely separate (as you suggest), but many still regard it as the greatest prize in New Zealand provincial rugby (as it has been around NZ Rugby for over 100 years). If a team wins the Ranfurly Shield there will often be a victory parade in the home town, which gives you an idea of how important the winning the Shield is! The Shield is contested in every <em>home </em>match for the holder (apart from playoff matches which don't count) - therefore holders can lose as many away matches as they want, as long as they keep winning at home!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 521619, member: 24910"] I haven't watched enough Rabo Pro 12 to comment. Borlase to me has always been a very poor scrummager, but he got away with that by being part of a dominant Canterbury pack. When he was taken out of that pack I'm not surprised his woeful scrummaging technique was exposed. White is a good quality player - perhaps not the most dynamic prop, but generally does his core job very well. To help explain the competition format (or confuse you more?) here is pretty picture to explain the (rather silly in my opinion) format: [IMG]http://files.allblacks.com/comms/itmcup-structure.jpg[/IMG] Basically you play every team in your division once, and 4/7 of the teams from the other division. The Ranfurly Shield is completely separate (as you suggest), but many still regard it as the greatest prize in New Zealand provincial rugby (as it has been around NZ Rugby for over 100 years). If a team wins the Ranfurly Shield there will often be a victory parade in the home town, which gives you an idea of how important the winning the Shield is! The Shield is contested in every [I]home [/I]match for the holder (apart from playoff matches which don't count) - therefore holders can lose as many away matches as they want, as long as they keep winning at home! [/QUOTE]
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