2024 Super Rugby Pacific – Final Preview
By James Rodbourn Last week I provided roughly 1000 stats that showed the prevalence of home playoff wins in Super Rugby. So naturally at least one of the home teams[…]
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2024 Super Rugby Pacific – Semi Final 2 Preview
By James Rodburn Semi-Final 2 – Hurricanes (1st) vs Chiefs (4th) When: Saturday, 15th June. 4:35pm NZ time. Where: Sky Stadium, Wellington TAB odds: Hurricanes 1.60 (-3.5), Chiefs 2.25 (+3.5).[…]
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2024 Super Rugby Pacific – Semi Final 1 Preview
By James Rodburn Despite our collective optimism, the first week of the Super Rugby Pacific playoffs failed to produce anything really resembling an upset or even a close finish. A[…]
2024 Super Rugby Pacific – Quarter Final Previews
By James Rodburn After 15 rounds the business end of Super Rugby Pacific has arrived, and oddities resulting from the competition format aside (after 4 months we’ve only lost 4[…]
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After the Final
By Benji Crossley The laments of a loser on the drive home from Hamilton last night. My takes as an unashamed Chiefs fan on last night’s final. Tamaiti Williams has[…]
Hurricanes v Western Force
By Aiden McLaughlin Round three of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman kicked off in Napier this evening with the Hurricanes and Force doing battle at McLean Park. Although this weekend’s fixtures[…]
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Chiefs v Hurricanes in Brief
The tradition of New Zealand referees letting the All Black captain get away with all sorts of stuff at domestic level predates Richie McCaw. And it is alive and well[…]
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The Competitiveness of New Zealand Super Rugby Matches
By James Rodbourn As we get set to embark on the Super Rugby Aotearoa competition, a lot of talk has been around the supposed fiercely competitive nature of New Zealand Super[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 15 February
You get the feeling Baby Grace will have plenty of White Ferns aunties looking after her. Over the top KFC sponsorship and product placement isn’t confined to Australian cricket. Everton[…]
