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[2019 Super Rugby] Round 18 (14 & 15 June 2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 946904" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>hard to believe we have 4 NZ teams in the finals all of a sudden. </p><p>Hard to believe the Blues ended up last in NZ again after looking so much better early on. </p><p></p><p>I'm torn, my two fav teams the chiefs and highlanders snuck in and deserve too but at the same time this is a world cup year. Honestly I think having most of our players playing in the finals hampers the test side. It takes weeks off prep for the world cup and puts extra miles on the clock at a time when they could be resting ****les and preparing for the big show. I think you see it in the Aussie team each year, mostly only one team in the finals the majority of their players switch to test mode and IMO the wallabie team performs really well early on with players that have had a few weeks extra to test up and switch onto test mode. </p><p></p><p>People Bag the chiefs and even I had my doubts over Coopers coaching but it has to be said. To get the chiefs into the playoffs with Mckenzie gone, Retalick and Cane missing injured for extended periods as well as other key players like Moli, heck they lost an All Black Prop and huge asset in Kane Hames for the season before a shot was fired.</p><p></p><p>pretty amazing team effort, but if you can single one player out it would be Brad Weber. Captaining the team in the absence of Cane and Retalick and his individual form has been huge. I think hes the one guy if you took him out the team would have bombed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 946904, member: 43875"] hard to believe we have 4 NZ teams in the finals all of a sudden. Hard to believe the Blues ended up last in NZ again after looking so much better early on. I'm torn, my two fav teams the chiefs and highlanders snuck in and deserve too but at the same time this is a world cup year. Honestly I think having most of our players playing in the finals hampers the test side. It takes weeks off prep for the world cup and puts extra miles on the clock at a time when they could be resting ****les and preparing for the big show. I think you see it in the Aussie team each year, mostly only one team in the finals the majority of their players switch to test mode and IMO the wallabie team performs really well early on with players that have had a few weeks extra to test up and switch onto test mode. People Bag the chiefs and even I had my doubts over Coopers coaching but it has to be said. To get the chiefs into the playoffs with Mckenzie gone, Retalick and Cane missing injured for extended periods as well as other key players like Moli, heck they lost an All Black Prop and huge asset in Kane Hames for the season before a shot was fired. pretty amazing team effort, but if you can single one player out it would be Brad Weber. Captaining the team in the absence of Cane and Retalick and his individual form has been huge. I think hes the one guy if you took him out the team would have bombed. [/QUOTE]
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