'Super Rugby' 2021
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@barbarian said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Understandably, RA does not want to go through the same turmoil it experienced in 2017 when it culled the Force from Super Rugby.
Then they should stop trying to add shit teams. FFS.
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@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
if RA are so adamant they have five good team then lets run two separate comps and the top 2 teams from each can meet in a playoff series, see how the results and their finances go
That would be awesome.
Best rugby-wise for me.
Would be an 8 team NZ comp, 8 team Aus comp, 8 team Saf comp, 8 team South American comp (SLAR)
7 home an away games, plus local playoffs.
Top 2, or Top 1, from each meet in Super Rugby Champions League (in one location, say Perth, or rotating each year). SLAR teams would get smashed, I don't care as long as the comp is mathematically balanced and genuine. They would last 1 match and be knocked out.
In real world. Where money counts.
NZRU angling for 8 team Trans- Ta$man comp, hoping to join with Japan for a Pacific Champions League. -
@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@barbarian said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Understandably, RA does not want to go through the same turmoil it experienced in 2017 when it culled the Force from Super Rugby.
Then they should stop trying to add shit teams. FFS.
its also why i wouldnt be adverse to rebranding all the teams, this would be a new comp, lets remove the appearance of connections to the old one
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@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@barbarian said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Understandably, RA does not want to go through the same turmoil it experienced in 2017 when it culled the Force from Super Rugby.
Then they should stop trying to add shit teams. FFS.
its also why i wouldnt be adverse to rebranding all the teams, this would be a new comp, lets remove the appearance of connections to the old one
Nah, not for me. I like the old "rivalries". It keeps the banter going.
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@Snowy fair enough, i honestly dont think that would stop though, a lot of that came out of our old NPC rivalries so there would just be a natural progression, it would just be anther way to draw a line under it
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@Kiwiwomble Still plenty on here that are seriously NPC based with loyalties to teams.
It takes a long time to adopt a new team, it seems.
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@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble Still plenty on here that are seriously NPC based with loyalties to teams.
It takes a long time to adopt a new team, it seems.
not for @Nepia
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@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
enough, i honestly dont think that would stop though, a lot of that came out of our old NPC rivalries so there would just be a natural progression, it would just be anther way to draw a line under it
I dont really have any affiliation or 'love' for the Chiefs (who we were part of initially) or the Blues (who we are part of now) I support all NZ sides equally haha
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@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble Still plenty on here that are seriously NPC based with loyalties to teams.
It takes a long time to adopt a new team, it seems.
not for @Nepia
I should have said "franchise" @nepia is pretty solid about his NPC team. Which was what I was getting at.
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@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble Still plenty on here that are seriously NPC based with loyalties to teams.
It takes a long time to adopt a new team, it seems.
not for @Nepia
I should have said "franchise" @nepia is pretty solid about his NPC team. Which was what I was getting at.
i probably am too, think i would rather otago won than the highlanders,
i still like being able to trace that guy that went to the highschool and then that club and got the call up to the team
I love how Fumi tanaka and Horie rocked up in dunners with little other than Tony Brown saying it would be great for their rugby, picked a clb, played a whole clubs season...got picked for Otago, played a whole NPC season...then got super call ups
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@taniwharugby said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
enough, i honestly dont think that would stop though, a lot of that came out of our old NPC rivalries so there would just be a natural progression, it would just be anther way to draw a line under it
I dont really have any affiliation or 'love' for the Chiefs (who we were part of initially) or the Blues (who we are part of now) I support all NZ sides equally haha
bullshit!!! you were balls deep on teh Blues when they looked like winning the comp...
I've been following the Chiefs for what, 25 years now? That's long enough to get attached. Starting again would be retarded.
I've been a Bay supporter my whole life, but in reality only consciously about 10 years more than that.
The Chiefs are now as much a part of my supporter identity as any team.
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@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
i probably am too, think i would rather otago won than the highlanders
Yep. Auckland for me. I was at Eden park every weekend with my Dad as a kid. At the supporters club, knew the players, great memories. I like the Blues and I'm invested but it takes a shitload of time to get there.
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@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
bullshit!!! you were balls deep on teh Blues when they looked like winning the comp...
When was that? I bet you cant find posts of mine pumping them as my team...fluffybunny!
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@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Starting again would be retarded.
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@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
i probably am too, think i would rather otago won than the highlanders
Yep. Auckland for me. I was at Eden park every weekend with my Dad as a kid. At the supporters club, knew the players, great memories. I like the Blues and I'm invested but it takes a shitload of time to get there.
John leslie and paul cooke coached my highschool team (whilst playing for otago)...there was just better connection with the community then
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@taniwharugby said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
bullshit!!! you were balls deep on teh Blues when they looked like winning the comp...
When was that? I bet you cant find posts of mine pumping them as my team...fluffybunny!
I bet i could
if i could be bothered. which i can't.
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@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Starting again would be retarded.
wouldn't be the first time
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@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@taniwharugby said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
bullshit!!! you were balls deep on teh Blues when they looked like winning the comp...
When was that? I bet you cant find posts of mine pumping them as my team...fluffybunny!
I bet i could
if i could be bothered. which i can't.
pfft, I call bullshit on you, you fluffybunny!
The fact you cant be bothered checking means you know you are talking through a hole in your fluffbunny
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@taniwharugby said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@taniwharugby said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
bullshit!!! you were balls deep on teh Blues when they looked like winning the comp...
When was that? I bet you cant find posts of mine pumping them as my team...fluffybunny!
I bet i could
if i could be bothered. which i can't.
pfft, I call bullshit on you, you fluffybunny!
The fact you cant be bothered checking means you know you are talking through a hole in your fluffbunny
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@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@taniwharugby said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
enough, i honestly dont think that would stop though, a lot of that came out of our old NPC rivalries so there would just be a natural progression, it would just be anther way to draw a line under it
I dont really have any affiliation or 'love' for the Chiefs (who we were part of initially) or the Blues (who we are part of now) I support all NZ sides equally haha
bullshit!!! you were balls deep on teh Blues when they looked like winning the comp...
I've been following the Chiefs for what, 25 years now? That's long enough to get attached. Starting again would be retarded.
I've been a Bay supporter my whole life, but in reality only consciously about 10 years more than that.
The Chiefs are now as much a part of my supporter identity as any team.
So this.
What's the average age of posters here? I think if you are 40 you are probably young; we aren't a good sample to gauge attachendness to the Super franchises - most kids (certainly the ones I know) would support the Chiefs, Blues, Landers etc. plus perhaps the local province.
I also know a bunch of millenials who have taken the @Nepia option and support a team outside their area. My cousin was a pro footy player, born in Auckland, but rightly saw that supporting the Chiefs was the way forward (he was with us during the foster years too so it's not like he picked us up when we were great).
So, I don't see any reason to dump the current franchises.
