Ex-Ireland U20s lock handed first Super Rugby Pacific start with Reds

But any half decent journo makes a living between the lines 😉

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Brett McKay 1 hour ago

Their lineout is of concern Cantab, certainly. Two lost v CHI last week, NINE lost v FOR at home the week before. Sort that out and they’ll remove a lot of that vulnerability..

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NB 2 hours ago

It’s a real tough pack with huge ball-carrying potential if Taniela finds his mojo again.

NB 2 hours ago

I’ll keep monitoring it for sure JD.

NB 2 hours ago

Hi Harry.

LAR-Munster was great wasn’t it? Piece on that later this week. Jean Kleyn makes big diff!

The Reds obv have to set up their maul off lineout, and that didn’t work v the Force. It functioned ok v the Chiefs but the maul was stifled instead! Cannot have one without the other and that’s the besetting problem for the Reds atm.

NB 2 hours ago

I felt there was big change when Lynagh replaced HMP, and not for the better…

NB 2 hours ago

Intelligence is the most important aspect of warfare Ed!

NB 2 hours ago

There was plenty of stuff GP didn’t want revealed atm JD!

NB 2 hours ago

I don’t know whether Gregor was in the frame of not ED. Faz seems pretty confident with Ireland appointments everywhere, and I suspect the squad selection will follow the same theme.

NB 2 hours ago

I liked what I saw from Munster Ed and I’d back them to to make a strong showing v. UBB. Topic of later article this week!

Having Kleyn back behind Oli Jager makes huge diff to set-piece while releasing Tadhg Berine to play the 4/6 hybrid role he is so good at.

That pack will really test UBB.

How Scott Barrett performs in Super Rugby Pacific is not a big deal

JW 2 hours ago

How can you be interested in this article GP.

How Scott Barrett performs in Super Rugby Pacific is not a big deal

JW 2 hours ago

This article reads as though it’s from someone without “anything meaningful to talk about.”

The one random interesting point that you always trying to look for when talking to someone behaving like this (you’re always trying to move on politely while using someone else as the focus of you’re observation), is the idea of which player is likely to have the required miles in his legs, Ardiea Savea, or Scott Barrett?

Personally I had always assumed it would be Scott Barrett, so I’d say to someone else in the group “there’s no way Ardie can continue playing as long as Scott with the amount of miles he puts on his legs, or the number of South Africans greatest locks he’s dumped on there arse hahahaha (you get the picture)!”, and Ardie is an extreme workhorse, but it was also the fact he’d been a key figure, for both the All Blacks and Hurricanes, for longer than Scott, but maybe it was Barrett that because the starter first?

While I’d be on the topic of whos been number one for longer, and played more minutes, I’d bring up that Barrett was the lock that had the more dynamic performances around the park, and I’d actually think those would be far easier for him to pull of when playing as a blindside flanker, as he.. you know.. well lets just say I can remember a game were both were thought to be ‘must’ starters in the side..

How Scott Barrett performs in Super Rugby Pacific is not a big deal

GP 2 hours ago

Interesting article. I have no doubt Scott Barrett is playing well , but I believe we will see him rise in prominence in the second half of the Super Comp for the Crusaders. Hamish so on the money about Sam Whitelock. He had a fierce commitment to the Crusaders. He showed that in 2023 , playing the Final against the Chiefs after being under a injury cloud in the lead up. He played as well for the Crusaders as he did for the All Blacks.He remained the spiritual leader even after Scott assumed the role.

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fl 3 hours ago

“There have of course been Lions bolters who have gone on to be great players”

Have there been bolters to this extent though? As in, players who were test starters for the Lions before being test starters for their respective countries? I’m pretty sure there hasn’t been any in the professional era.

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OJohn 4 hours ago

Rugby Australia indicate next Wallabies coach could double dip

It just makes so much sense to have all the Australian, Australian Super Rugby coaches involved, not only to save money but to have them all on the same page. Larkham could be attack coach, McKellar can be maul coach. Kiss can be head coach.

We don’t want kiwi Cron on the inside trying to sabotage the Wallabies nor do we want some hopeless Pom like Lancaster doing the same.

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SC 4 hours ago

How Scott Barrett performs in Super Rugby Pacific is not a big deal

In 2023, both Savea and Barrett performed at a world class level in their respective position. However, neither Barrett nor Savea played to the same high level in 2024 as they did the previous season.

So it’s bizarre that Hamish champions Savea as the new captain after Savea is coming off a pretty underwhelming 2024. Just as Barrett will never go down in All Black lore as the same calibre of lock as Whitelock or Retallick, Savea is never going to be put on the same pedestal as McCaw, Kaino, or Read.