'Super Rugby' 2021
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@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy ouch
We got sick of winning too, so just decided to stop.
for like ages too
You need time to "refresh" but we over did it.
damn snooze button
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@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@mariner4life said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy ouch
We got sick of winning too, so just decided to stop.
for like ages too
You need time to "refresh" but we over did it.
damn snooze button
Indeed. My snooze has 10 minutes not 17 years. Nice if it did though.
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@KiwiMurph said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
The Australian newspaper reporting a trans Ta$man comp in 2022 with 5 each from Aus & NZ.
Potentially with a Japanese team and a Pacific team to make a Super 12.
Hope not. Second rate Aussie teams bore me. NZ should stick with 5 NZ teams as their main competition. And Aust likewise
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@Winger said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@KiwiMurph said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
The Australian newspaper reporting a trans Ta$man comp in 2022 with 5 each from Aus & NZ.
Potentially with a Japanese team and a Pacific team to make a Super 12.
NZ should stick with 5 NZ teams as their main competition. And Aust likewise
Financially it's not sustainable for either.
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy Why not try and think of ways of improving the competition outside of forcing Aus to 'cut' teams - which i said from the beginning was never going to happen? or just moan a bunch, i guess.
oh, well, because YOU said it, i guess we better go along with it then
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy Why not try and think of ways of improving the competition outside of forcing Aus to 'cut' teams - which i said from the beginning was never going to happen? or just moan a bunch, i guess.
Look at an end goal. A genuinely competitive competition.
You are moaning just as much about having teams cut - so you can cut out those bullshit comments.
So what are your suggestions for making ALL of the Aus teams competitive?
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@mariner4life I was merely pointing out that it was never going to happen. I wasn't saying that it shouldnt happen because i think so.
IMO the only way to bring them up to speed is with patient investment at the base over many years. Likely decades. You could probably make them a little more immediately competitive by investing in player recruitment (i.e. tap Twiggy money) but i don't think a quick fix will have lasting effects.
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@Snowy i actually think thats the issue, nz rugby might at least be able to claim trying to achieve a genuinely competitive comp as the goal...but i dont think thats the end goal for RA, they was to grown/spread the sport and they believe more teams will achieve that
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
IMO the only way to bring them up to speed is with patient investment at the base over many years
so you mean the exact opposite of the ARU MO?
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@mariner4life Yeah, basically.
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@mariner4life Yeah, basically.
great, so for all you having a go at snowy, you haven't got much either except a pipe dream about the Force working this time because reasons.
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@mariner4life man - i never said they'd be good or succeed or anything else. I just said they won't 'cut' a team, specifically the Rebels. They will likely also not accept any comp that doesn't involve the Force if Twiggy is interested.
Sure, i don't think that cutting a team would necessarily benefit the other sides. I didn't say it would mean the Rebels or Force would get any better.
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy Nah i guess you can just skip the match against the Force if it bothers you so much.
@Derpus Well, all of the Force's matches, and the Rebel's. Probably some of the others too as they won't be as good with the really good players scattered around a giant country.
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Snowy Nah i guess you can just skip the match against the Force if it bothers you so much.
If only it were that simple. The reality is to make them remotely competitive means parasitically leaching from the good teams, lowering their overall competitiveness. That's the last thing anyone wants.
BTW history has shown @Snowy wouldn't be the only person not watching.
