'Super Rugby' 2021
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@Derpus i dont like the idea of finals and then cross overs, i think we either have a Minor Premier as it were and then "Finals" that cross over
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@Kiwiwomble only issue with that is that means not very many games will be played. like 10 tops? Probably not enough.
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@Kiwiwomble i mean, the game is the end in itself - isn't it? I don't see why you wouldn't aim to have at least a 15 game season if possible.
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@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Derpus i dont like the idea of finals and then cross overs, i think we either have a Minor Premier as it were and then "Finals" that cross over
I'm not sure the non Finals teams would be pleased/able to survive on 4 home games.
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@KiwiMurph fair enough, just seems weird to have a "champion" and then go play more games...too many different comps
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@Kiwiwomble its a one off though. Makes sense to me.
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@Kiwiwomble and have the whole thing go to pants as soon as an errant covid diagnosis happens? Spread the risk.
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The Sydney Morning Herald can reveal a six-week competition – in which the five Australian teams will play each New Zealand franchise once – is set to be approved in the coming days. The two teams that finish at the top of the 10-team ladder will then square off in a trans- Ta$man Super Rugby final. Multiple sources have told the Herald the trans- Ta$man competition will kick off on May 15 – one week after the domestic deciders – and will finish in time for the Wallabies and All Blacks to begin preparations for inbound Test tours in July.So two different finals. It could get complicated unless the Ws and Ls from each countries competitions count towards the final places in the trans- Ta$man competition.
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@Machpants i think top oz v nz team makes the most sense, so its not a potential repeat.
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Machpants i think top oz v nz team makes the most sense, so its not a potential repeat.
They're all potential repeats, we are playing each other once. The wording says to me the correct way, top two teams. But I'll wait if they start down the slippery slope of watering down competition that fucked the original super rugby happens even before a full trans Ta$man League is set in 2022
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@Machpants said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Machpants i think top oz v nz team makes the most sense, so its not a potential repeat.
They're all potential repeats, we are playing each other once. The wording says to me the correct way, top two teams. But I'll wait if they start down the slippery slope of watering down competition that fucked the original super rugby happens even before a full trans Ta$man League is set in 2022
There's an argument to be made the 'correct' way for this 6 week comp is to have the top nz team vs the top aus team - cos then at least the best aussie team would have done better than the other 4 aussie teams vs a common opponent (nz teams) and vice versa for the best kiwi team having done better than the other 4 kiwi teams vs a common opponent (aus teams).
I'm not sure how you could justify the 2nd nz team making the final over the top aussie team (for example) when the 2nd kiwi team played 5 aussie sides and the top aussie team played 5 kiwi sides.
