'Super Rugby' 2021
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@barbarian you mean they want the simple and obvious solution? funny that.
could also be complete bullshit.
Been saying since the start it's the only thing that makes sense. And Im all on board a points based finals series, no handicaps. Personally don't even like finals series - should just be a table like European soccer. There's almost never an upset in the finals.
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@barbarian you mean they want the simple and obvious solution? funny that.
could also be complete bullshit.
Been saying since the start it's the only thing that makes sense. And Im all on board a points based finals series, no handicaps. Personally don't even like finals series - should just be a table like European soccer. There's almost never an upset in the finals.
i like that too, but the two things that make that work are playing every team home and away and also playing several games at the same time....so there is the suspense if two or three teams in the running
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@Kiwiwomble Dont see why playing every team home and away wouldnt work for a TT. Too many games?
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@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Higgins purely on population base
Yep. Any sixth NZ team would simply have to be based in the Auckland region in order to draw any sort of crowd. Taranaki doesn't have a stadium or population base and, BOP lacks a decent ground and HB has a reasonable ground but again probably not the population base. You could argue the Highlanders lack a population base as well, but they have a stadium which helps draw numbers plus a history.
Moot points though as we simply don't have the depth to sustain another franchise. The obligatory 'who missed the SR squads' thread has year on year become more and more pathetic.
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@Rapido said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
My other concern, linked to the first in some ways. ARU seem welded to having single professional team representing each of NSW and Qld. This makes no sense in a post-SR world. Sydney and Brisbane need to be the backbone of their competition supplying multiple teams each.
Australia are just working from their desires and limitations backwards. They don't have enough teams or players (without resorting to a double round robin format - boring) and need to manufacture more domestic rugby by including other countries.
I don't see any desire from other nations to carve off another full month where half the elite playing group will continue to play and the others will be resting.
Moving the SR finals to three weeks already had a lot of resistance for this very reason.
Laughable proposal.
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@rotated Maybe they are also considering the legal implications of trying to cut out SA and Argentina entirely without consent, and trying to balance this with the need to have more domestic content. They've had some recent Court experience which tends to leave one scarred.
It would be nice to see someone else taken to the cleaners after acting like mugs for once.
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by surplus they mean NPC players that dont get a super contract? would have that many that would be a huge improvement for them? i kind of feel real NPC stars that miss out on a super contract is still "newsworthy" so cant be that common
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@KiwiMurph Convincing New Zealand to sanction its players playing in Australia will be a tough ask, but NZR is already funnelling players to Japan as a way of coping with the overseas player drain. It has been happening in an unofficial capacity for a number of years, with the likes of Taniela Tupou, Pete Samu and Sekope Kepu moving to Australia in search of opportunities.
So where's the benefit?
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@antipodean presumably the theoretical benefit would be a more competitive comp.
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sounds like rugby's version of cuckolding to me
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@Stargazer When was the last time Australia poached an NZ schoolboy? i can point to several in the last few years where NZ have poached Australian schoolboys.
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@Derpus not disputing, actual question, who?
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@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Derpus not disputing, actual question, who?
At a guess he'll name Lomax.
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Is it poaching if the player leaves to pursue a dream?
"I wanted to play for the All Blacks, that was the main thing," Lomax said. "And it was about representing my family, getting back to New Zealand.
"I tried to picture myself playing for the Wallabies and wondering what it would feel like. It probably didn't feel right, to be honest. And I'm happy with how it's going so far."
Why Tyrel Lomax chose a life for the All Blacks instead of Wallabies
The Canberra junior was back in the capital just weeks after making his Test debut for New Zealand, admitting he always had a desire for the All Blacks.
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@antipodean Haha, Lomax was born and raised in NZ, so a Kiwi who moved to Australia. Not a poach.
