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    The ladder

    I was a little concerned last night, when watching the reds vs tahs game, at the end, fox showed the ladder. It had the force in last place, with their one bonus point.

    All week I've been reading stories about how the bonus point is worth 4 points, and the Stormers topped the SA conference ladder in week one without playing a game......I thought the same courtesy would extend to the force.

    So I googles around a bit and discovered two very interesting things.
    1 it's really bloody hard to find a ladder on the Internet
    2 fox don't appear to have one at all (or at least I wasn't perceptive enough to find it)
    3 in every ladder I found the force are third with 5 points

    This causes me to wonder whether fox sports has been made aware of the 4 points thing, or is it something that snuck under the radar for everyone, not just the fans.

    One would think the major (read exclusive) broadcaster would have all this sorted out

    (if you want to put on the old conspiracy hat, you could argue they did it deliberately to make the force look worse) personally, I think it's good old-fashioned incompetence, but it'l be interesting to see the standings on the rugby club Thursday!

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    I know it's only week two, but you don't usually expect to see the Crusaders outside of the top 10!

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIGS20 View Post
    This causes me to wonder whether fox sports has been made aware of the 4 points thing, or is it something that snuck under the radar for everyone, not just the fans.
    The rules were changed, but they forgot to tell anyone I think there's another thread on it. FWIW Just finished updating TWF ladders (and then fixing TWF fixtures, tippings, results pages etc.) to reflect this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sheikh View Post
    I know it's only week two, but you don't usually expect to see the Crusaders outside of the top 10!
    Only because they decided to take a draw and split the points with the Canes...

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    The four points for a bye is nonsense, when you think how hard we played last week for 1 point, but alas it seems it is true.

    From Rugby365.com:

    Points will be awarded in all 2011 Super Rugby matches on the following basis:
    Win: Four points
    Draw: Two points
    Loss: One point for loss within seven points or less of the team that wins
    Loss: No points for loss of more than seven points
    Bonus points: One point for four tries or more
    Bye: Four points for every bye

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