'Super Rugby' 2021
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@akan004 said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Machpants said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Basically from picking Barrett as a 6 on, NZR has been a cluster fuck.Agreed. The only thing I will give them credit for is the retention of our top players. We have manage to sign most of top guys till the next RWC. Covid may have helped a little though.
Fixed that fir you.
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@Winger said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
With the hope that Aust can by then have 5 teams that are strong enough to compete with the NZ teams
With no hope of judging how much they've improved or need to improve?
No. That doesn't make sense.
But by all means, let's have another season of 2 games a week for fans and 2 or 3 rounds of the same fixtures. That won't get
@Winger said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
boring
at all.
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@Yeetyaah said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
So we're all saying that we don't want all 5 Super AU teams but we want the China Lions. Just kiss and make up and have a 10 team comp with Australia and be done with it.
spot on, 18 rounds, 2 byes, 4 team playoff over 2 weeks. Done!
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@Yeetyaah said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
So we're all saying that we don't want all 5 Super AU teams but we want the China Lions. Just kiss and make up and have a 10 team comp with Australia and be done with it.
Yeah that kind of sums up the breakdown between the two unions nicely.
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kirwan Oh man. After a decade of saying the Force don't cut it they are the next in line to join SRAo? what a fucking farce.
Needs a healthy dose of humilty from both unions to repair this working relationship. Both unions need each other to be strong to keep the money rolling in.
I'm hoping this is just a misguided negotiating tactic to make out like we have other options.
The simple answer is five teams per country in a trans Ta$man competition with no guaranteed finals in either country. Top two teams host the semis, final in the top team's country.
RA can put their money where their mouths are, and we can have decent, short competition without too much bloat.
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@Bovidae Good bet. To be honest - it's looking more and more likely that we are done for. No TV deal, no confirmed competition, no major sponsor and our finances in a very big hole. Next year could see administration.
Makes sense for Twiggy but for NZRU?
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@Kirwan said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
The simple answer is five teams per country in a trans Ta$man competition with no guaranteed finals in either country. Top two teams host the semis, final in the top team's country.
that has always been a sticking point and made a farce of the current (or most recent Super Rugby) format.
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@taniwharugby said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kirwan said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
The simple answer is five teams per country in a trans Ta$man competition with no guaranteed finals in either country. Top two teams host the semis, final in the top team's country.
that has always been a sticking point and made a farce of the current (or most recent Super Rugby) format.
To me it makes the finals a rare thing to have locally for your team, and should encourage crowds. Split up the TV revenue fairly and you are golden.
With all this animosity between the unions, beating the trans Ta$man teams should be fun for both sets of fans. With all this uncertainty over the health of the game they should get their fingers out of their arses and get it done.
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@Kirwan said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
What. The. Fuck
So we started a war with the Aussies because they have a couple of crap teams and now we are going to add three even shitter teams?
Was this just a ploy to steal the force all along?NZRU needs a new CEO. This one is a fucking dud.
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@Bones said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
"If NZR are serious they'll issue a licence… now or never."Well I guess that's the end of them.
Probably.
NZR are doubling down on the "mystery meeting".
Brent Impey:
“I’m chairman of Sanzaar and there has not been a Sanzaar board meeting since August 4,” said Impey in reference to the leaked minutes from a CEOs meeting on September 17 that appeared to show NZR had agreed to the December 12 conclusion. “The notes that have been published are not board minutes and have got a fundamental error in them as far as we’re concerned that says the six-week draw was agreed by all. I can tell you it wasn’t. We know that and Rugby Australia and Sanzaar know that because we kept telling them right up until the time they announced the draw. “The notes also quite clearly refer to an impasse and there are many emails that prove this. So our position has never changed. Having said that, our focus is trying to get this TRC issue sorted and we’re not going to bother to engage in tit-for-tat on so-called notes which weren’t minutes and weren’t board minutes either.
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