24th May 2020, 07:02 AM
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Starting up Super Rugby
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Originally Posted by kiwiz
Still no Super Rugby but NZ teams will play domestic series from 13 June
Our five Super Rugby teams - Blues,,Chiefs,,Hurricanes,,Crusaders & Highlanders will play each other home & away over 10 weeks,,with two matches every weekend in the 'Super Rugby Aotearoa’ tournament.
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It'll be really interesting if one round-robin of Super Rugby Aotearoa is played in empty stadiums and one is played with crowds to see what the psychological home advantage of a home crowd is. It'll be interesting to see how teams have changed in fitness and cohesion. Australia may have a similar domestic round-robin.
I had to look up "Aotearoa" which turns out to mean "New Zealand" in Maori. I found out that the Maori word for "Australia" is "Ahitereiria", although I figure that there are some unprintable names the Maori use when they play against Aussie teams.
Stay well everyone.
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