Super Rugby 2018

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corndog04
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Starts this weekend with the SA teams (and jags), everyone else next weekend. I'm going for the Hurricanes again this year as they have still have the most Barretts.

For those that don't know, all games available for replay on WatchESPN app on your mobile device or smart TV.

I'll be in Australia at the end of March and am trying to decide between seeing the Rebels and Hurricanes in Melbourne or catching an AFL match instead. Tough choice!
rugger74
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Thanks for the heads up.
corndog04
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I wound up attending the Hurricanes in Rebels on Friday night in Melbourne. It was a great atmosphere with about 16k in attendance; as it was a long Easter weekend there was a pretty heavy contingent of travelling kiwis so I didn't feel too out of place rooting for the Hurricanes. Close match in the first half but the Hurricanes blew it open in the 2nd. I had great seats, and after following the All Blacks and Hurricanes remotely for a couple of years now it was awesome seeing some of these guys up close and in person.

It's got a long way to go, but I'm really hopeful that MLR will take off and be able to offer a similar experience in a few years.
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That's amazing!!! I'd love to do that.

For fun, take a look at the Utah Warriors' Facebook page. They had an official attendance of 9156 at their inaugural exhibition game against Glendale!!! A few months ago, I was agog at Houston's 5200 attendance for their inaugural game! I'm very interested in their attendance for their match against Ontario (who tied Houston and lost to NYC) this Friday. It will be streamed on YouTube.
FrickinFracker
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Tony Ridnell wrote a GREAT opinion piece about MLR this last weekend. I'll try to find a link
FrickinFracker
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https://blog.ridnell.com/2018/04/01/major-league-rugby-usmlr-what-a-weekend-standards-are-high-and-the-world-is-watching/
TexAg15
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This is an MLR thread now. I think it'll be a really fun competition. Glendale will win it easily, Houston and Utah will fight for second and third, NOLA and SD for fourth and fifth, Seattle sixth, and Austin might not even finish the season.

Go SabreCats
FrickinFracker
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let's start an MLR thread. It's close enough to kickoff!
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I saw the score to the Hurricanes v Sharks match, so I'm going to have to go back and watch it. I never would have expected the Sharks to be doing so well this season.
purplehayes
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Frick- keep a CLOSE eye on the last 2 minutes...
FrickinFracker
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Wow! That was incredible. All in extra time. TJ Perinara is such a good SH.
corndog04
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Just watched the replay, that was awesome!
corndog04
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ESPN+ went live and with it no new SANZAR matches will be available on ESPN3/watchESPN

ESPN+ has free 30 day trial and then either $4.99/month or $49.99/year. I'll likely buy the year to catch MLR, super rugby, and the rugby championship. Unfortunately non-native Roku app yet, but I'm sure it is coming.
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