Okay so the first 5 weeks are done for the 2012 Super 15 Season and there's a couple of things that has grabbed my attention which are reflecting on the logs:
1. The Bulls have the second most points of all the teams and are 1 point behind the Stormers, but can only end up 4th if the logs remain the same.
2. The NZ log are the most competitive log so far and IMO will remain that way throughout, unless the Sharks start to show some grit and something horrible like an earthquake hit NZ again.
3. The 2 teams I thought would run away with this year's tournament, the Crusaders and the Blues, are not doing so well, even though one team has toured already and the other are going to tour now, I have reason to believe this will change for the better for them.
4. The Aussie log is being dominated by a South African coach, while the Reds are in serious trouble with their backs all with major injuries (who would've seen that one coming??)
5. The Sharks, Lions, Cheetahs, Waratahs and Rebels all show a lot of promise but seem to lack that final killer blow, with all of them staging great fightbacks but then come up short at the end.
My biggest concern at the moment is that the Combined Log doesn't show a fair reflection of how individual teams are doing and that their Conference log a predetermined factor is as to where they will end up.
For instance, if the Bulls and Stormers keep on going like they are as well as the top 3 NZ teams and the Crusaders starts winning more games, and then in the Aussie Conference they keep on beating each other with no clear team pulling away from the others, we could have the situation that based on points accumulated by the end of the Round Robin phase, that there should be 2 South African sides and 4 New Zealand sides as the top 6, but an Aussie team has to go through based on the points system. How fair is that??
1. The Bulls have the second most points of all the teams and are 1 point behind the Stormers, but can only end up 4th if the logs remain the same.
2. The NZ log are the most competitive log so far and IMO will remain that way throughout, unless the Sharks start to show some grit and something horrible like an earthquake hit NZ again.
3. The 2 teams I thought would run away with this year's tournament, the Crusaders and the Blues, are not doing so well, even though one team has toured already and the other are going to tour now, I have reason to believe this will change for the better for them.
4. The Aussie log is being dominated by a South African coach, while the Reds are in serious trouble with their backs all with major injuries (who would've seen that one coming??)
5. The Sharks, Lions, Cheetahs, Waratahs and Rebels all show a lot of promise but seem to lack that final killer blow, with all of them staging great fightbacks but then come up short at the end.
My biggest concern at the moment is that the Combined Log doesn't show a fair reflection of how individual teams are doing and that their Conference log a predetermined factor is as to where they will end up.
For instance, if the Bulls and Stormers keep on going like they are as well as the top 3 NZ teams and the Crusaders starts winning more games, and then in the Aussie Conference they keep on beating each other with no clear team pulling away from the others, we could have the situation that based on points accumulated by the end of the Round Robin phase, that there should be 2 South African sides and 4 New Zealand sides as the top 6, but an Aussie team has to go through based on the points system. How fair is that??
