Final verdict on the Currie Cup

I think we need to make a distinction here. A more adventurous attacking game by the South African sides would not be the same as their New Zealand counterparts. The game is approached much differently in New Zealand. The Mitre 10 is more useful for them than the Currie Cup is to us as a stepping stone to Super Rugby. 

This was a good Curry Cup final.

I was there in 97, had a drink with Gary Pagel and Dirk Hanekom in the Players Pub ahead of the match. They just returned from injuries and played much earlier for one of the lower tier teams.

Free State very nearly won that match. 

if you're not enjoying the Currie Cuo

Crash goes the spell check fiend rooitwitterBUG.  Hahahahahahahahaha it was inevitable!

Cant comment as i have no t as yet watched the final which i taped. 

Face facts rooitwit specializes in shooting himself in both hooves!

Beenz, a Donkey is a noble steed.

Draad a donkey is fine but a jackass is not!. Ou rooitwvtterbug is a jackass of the two legged version!

Must say one will seldom encounter a finer unintended comic than rooitwit.

I think we are talking about a Satyr now. 

Nope Rooi

We simnply need to do away with SR and play in NH competitions.

Better money, new oppositon, less player drain, keeps NH based payers in the mix for selection and will be much easier to watch form a time of day perspective.

And also...this is a big one...no competitions decided by jet lag! Players need one rest day after travel and are good to go.

Jsut generally playing against a larger mix of countries will be much nicer. Currently it's crap Oz teams and godly Kiwi teams. Hardly any games are tough to call.

From a fans perspective, for me, playing in the NH leagues ticks a lot of positive boxes.

Yeah, it's odd.

But if that's the only downside then i'll take it. The season now ends in Novemeber and kicks off again in Feb...so it's not such a huge adjustment anyway.

Temperatures, now that i think of it...going from one weekend in frosty Europe to a highveld summer game, will probably replace jet lag as being a concerning external factor that might influence games.

I'm not adverse to seeing a three minute water break halfway through each half either.

Still, not difficult to beat travelling halfway laterally around the world for a game.

Any other cons you can think of?

"Just to add, Plum, I don't have any problem with the time of day of Super Rugby games. It's actually one of the big attractions . . . waking up on a Saturday morning and having wall to wall rugby games starting around 8 or 9am right through to 7pm.

Fair points.

There's also the DSTV vs Sky aspect of this.

Right now, rugby is keeping DSTV going.

Not sure if you know, but for one season of an origianl series, DSTV or Mnet spend in the region of R350 to R550 million. That's for one series of some shitty show.

What they spend on rugby for what they get in return is a cash cow if ever there was one. Both in revenue and in minutes/hours of entertainment it's a winner all the way.

are you little chaps claiming you've won this argument because I typed "cuo" instead of "cup"?

Yes rooitwi t of course i have won the argument because i warned you many times that your spell check fiend activities would come back to bite you when you made a mistake and they did. Bwahahahahahahahahhaahha - its like taking candy from a baby!

Finally, as a self-respecting South African rugby supporter, as much as I like to beat English, French and Irish teams, it's the Kiwi teams I want to beat more than anyone else. No getting away from that. 

Somebody has hacked rooitwi ts account!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!