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Super Rugby Pacific

Rugby Pass Podcast: Is There Life After Super Rugby?

Captain Hurricane

It’s the biggest week of the Super Rugby calendar and Scotty has eloped to Rio to report on the Olympics along with every other sports broadcaster in New Zealand, leaving the podcast in the hands of Rugby Pass editor Hayden Donnell. He is joined by writers Calum Henderson and Madeleine Chapman for a muddled conversation about why it’s maybe better if the Hurricanes don’t win and a contemplation of life after Super Rugby.

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Tommy B 15 minutes ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

I think a bit unfair on Sela, NB. The kid’s only 20. He looks bigger this year and will get bigger still, next. To hold his end up comfortably against Toulon’s starting pack is some achievement.

Are we getting a bit blase about 20 year old starting props?



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SB 28 minutes ago
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Counties did the same last year, lost loads in a row then went on a winning streak too.

It’s not an attitude, it’s an agreement between LNR and FFR. You replied to my comment specifically quoting me saying “It was mostly Kiwi pundits who were criticising”, I can add other Kiwis too if you like.



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cw 28 minutes ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

I would love your logic to be proven true! The powder is certainly dry - query whether it is intentional…

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Tommy B 31 minutes ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Was the 14 point loss due to a meteorite shower, then?

In my view, England blew up in the two games in NZ because they’d been playing not stop for about 13 months.



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JW 36 minutes ago
Five bold possible debutants for the All Blacks in 2026

They were still playing well when loosing but yeah he look uninterested for about a month and then something finally clicked.

About the French attitude? I don’t know what you want to hear, it’s a poor attitude, from memory your other post was nothing more than naming a kiwi rugby figure that mentioned it. Everyone thinks the same thing, you could name any new zealander. You could also name anyone who’s not a kiwi, I thought you would be referring to real articles about the topic, not reports of someones opinion. Basically I don’t care about what someone like Mil’s thinks, I was referring to those that care about rugby being just as critical of it as kiwis were.



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cw 43 minutes ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Is the Argentina game a better measure of England’s defence - because for me what the stats show is the ABs were rudderless for large chunks of the game - with lots of ineffective time with the ball.

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JD 55 minutes ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Yeah, we all know the “Japies” couldn’t possibly have won the 2007 RWC without Eddie Jones, and Rassie would be totally lost without Tony Brown. Hell, everybody knows that the South Africans know nothing about rugby.

What utter arrogance on the part of whoever it was that composed this first class, gold plated, export quality drivel.



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GP 1 hour ago
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I agree with you. Duane Monkley should have been an All Black . He was way better than Barry. I always had a lot of time for Paul Henderson , fine 7. But gto think Mark Carter was an AB. The now overseas, Tom Christie , Crusaders player and Canterbury captain similar. His efforts captaining Canterbury this year and earlier for Crusaders was amazing. How guys like Monkley and Tom Christie never made the AB’s and you see some that do beggars belief.

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GP 1 hour ago
Five bold possible debutants for the All Blacks in 2026

Great to see Canterbury and Crusaders loose forward Corey Kellow on the list. He was in scintillating form until his injury half way through the NPC for Canterbury. But like all the players in our group re Ethan Blackadder, Tom Christie, ( now overseas ) etc, he has a phenomenal work rate. He is on the come back trail from injury and will be a real one to watch again in 2026.

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cw 1 hour ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Yes it is this type of thinking the ABs need to get through what will be the biggest challenge for them since the 2011 WC - the tour of SA.

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Koro Teeps 2 hours ago
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Agree

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PMcD 2 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

I am quietly impressed by what he is doing at Leicester.

Whilst Cheika did an outstanding job last year to turn things around and left some very good foundations behind, Parling had no pre-season (to work with the players) a lot of player exits and he’s integrated lots of new players and got them playing some decent stuff.



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PMcD 2 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Given how strong SA are up front, I would be tempted to try 7|1 against them. If you don’t contain their forwards you are likely going to lose the game regardless, so this is the only time I think it’s worth rolling the dice on.

Then you can have all of them to withstand the 80 min onslaught from the Boks.



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cw 3 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Like it - especially against teams like England and Argentina that rely now on speed and intensity. Against the Boks, I lean more to a power based impact scrum - note the Boks have Louw, Snyman / Lood, du Toit on the tighthead side impact - truly massive. For me this is why they crush most opposition in the second half including NZ, Ireland and France. So Newell / Tosi, Tuipulotu, Vaa’i / Barrett and Holland need to be on the field at the same time to match this. This devolves to:

Williams



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cw 3 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Absolutely agree - the selection changes made no sense. Why change a centre pairing that would have worried the opposition - and first time in a long while too that the AB centres have done presented an attacking threat.

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cw 3 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Agree!

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Hammer Head 3 hours ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

Yeah. Coming from you. Nobody ever fears the boks. Year in and year out.

Too many old players. Not enough young players. And none of the newcomers have enough test experience. Rinse and repeat.



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PMcD 3 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

As individuals, that’s a fair shout but as front row scrummaging units - I’m still not convinced they have the right balance at the moment.

I think there’s more work to find their best combinations.



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Hammer Head 3 hours ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

I look forward to you being wrong, again, for another straight year.

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