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t’s been one heck of year. And with Super Rugby starting on the indecently early date of 31 January next year – smack bang in the middle of what used to be cricket season – it’s time to pull up stumps for a few weeks and refresh.
But not before recapping what caught the eye in 2020 – good and bad.
The World Cup in Japan obviously dominated the year and provided some outstanding highlights, not the least the way the Japanese public embraced both the event itself and their own team.
A first-ever quarter-finals appearance was the minimum they deserved, the side exhibiting a huge personality blended with some exhilarating attacking play and a surprisingly powerful scrum.
My personal World Cup highlight was the night it all came together in their final pool match, less than 24 hours after Typhoon Hagibis had swept through Yokohama, when there were genuine fears about a game being held at all.
A group of hardy volunteers spent a rough night under the stands so that they could get started early in the morning to restore the ground to playable condition and not stymie their side’s clean sweep of pool A.
I couldn’t tell you how many games of rugby I’ve seen in my lifetime, but I know I’ve never been at one with such an exuberant atmosphere and where the sense of anticipation was matched by the outcome: Japan’s brilliant first half stunned Scotland and sent the nation into raptures.
It’s interesting to note how rugby administrators in Japan oversee a game there that is in a far more tenuous state than in Australia, yet none of this prevents fans and media getting behind their team without the feeling need to complain and argue.
Other highlights from the World Cup? Siya Kolisi’s life story taking a detour from an impoverished township upbringing to World Cup-winning captain, Cheslin Kolbe proving that there’s still a place in the modern game for the little bloke, England’s near-perfect performance against the All Blacks, and Uruguay, admittedly advantaged by fixturing, ambushing Fiji in Kamaishi for a historic upset victory.
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Super Rugby was again dominated by the Crusaders – nothing new there – but the big story in 2019 was the coming of age of the Jaguares.
Entering their eighth year in the competition, the time was right for them to perform with more consistency. They didn’t disappoint, emerging atop a hellishly competitive South African conference to make a determined push for the title that only fell short at the last hurdle.
Another stunning highlight came in Suva, which never fails to deliver in terms of thrilling rugby played in front of a raucous, appreciative crowd.
Down 20-0 to the Crusaders, the Chiefs, needing to mount a late run to make the play-offs, found the magic to win, quite brilliantly, 40-27, in the process reminding everyone that at its best Super Rugby offers rugby of the highest order.
The Sunwolves vs Rebels live online curtailed my NRC viewing this year, Sunwolves vs Rebels live onlinewatching Tasman march through New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup – genuine 15-man rugby built off a strong forward foundation, pace on the outsides and all players keen and willing to back up and put themselves in the play at every opportunity.
Yes, Scott Barrett was sent off and the Wallabies played half the match with a man advantage, but this was already their night, and while it was disappointing that the side regressed in Japan, there was enough promise shown here for fans to believe that under a more cohesive and aware coaching structure, helmed by Dave Rennie,Super Rugby Sunwolves v Rebels live
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