Super Rugby Aupiki 2023
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@Dan54 said in Super Rugby Aupiki 2023:
@Crucial said in Super Rugby Aupiki 2023:
@Dan54 BTW none of this profit/loss stuff is really where I am coming from.
My comment is just as much directed at NZR as it is any franchise.
I just think that the launch game of the top women's comp in the country deserves better than Levin Domain. Whether that is achieved though better scheduling (eg swap around with the match at FBS) or supporting the franchise then it would be a better look.
Yep fair enough, just I believe saying it disrespecting taking the game to grassroots areas is wrong. The game doesn't belong to the big cities!
Didn't say that it does. The status and 'grandeur' of the location is in the big centres though. Ask players about where they get excited to play at and it will usually be the big grounds. Ask the public where important games are played and they will say the same.
I have no problem with a game in Levin. Just not the opener for the comp.Just out of interest why is WRFU showing match revenue for the Hurricanes? Wouldn't they show the Lions match figures?
I thought I was looking at Canes AR but you are correct. The WRFU AR does not include the Canes now. EDIT: Of course it will contain portion relevant to shares in Canes
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I wouldn't be surprised if Amy Rule is one of several NZ players, who'll move to Oz to play Super-W after Super Rugby Aupiki.
Edit: Not as many as I expected.
Martha Mataele will join her husband in Perth to play for the Western Force women's team.
I don't think Sam Curtis (Reds) is in one of the Aupiki squads.Australian Super W teams confirmed for 2023 season
The Australian clubs have confirmed their squads for the 2023 Super W season.
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@Stargazer I think we will see a number of players take advantage of the NRLW expansion as well.
They are looking a up to 20 weeks commitment so non BFs that would rather earn money than press their cases in FPC would be candidates. Quite a number of dual coders around.Will be interesting where this ends up. Will NZR be happy to continue to put money in pockets of League players not that fussed about being BFs by allowing them in Aupiki squads? How much would a call like that weaken the quality of the comp as they are building it? Would also weaken FPC further.
The comps are unlikely to overlap so technically you could play both.Edit: we have already seen Langi Veainu pull out of the Chiefs Manawa. I don't know why but she is a known dual code player having played for Warriors in NRLW previously and for the national side.
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A lesson already learned this year is that starting Aupiki and SR at the same time means that you can lose eyes/coverage on one comp to the expense of the other.
Aupiki has really drifted to the background as the press all concentrates on the start of SR.
Something to think about for the future? Maybe NZR comms team need to not leave it up to chance? -
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@Bovidae said in Super Rugby Aupiki 2023:
Aupiki has the Sat afternoon Sky slot to themselves, but the media could also play its part. Stuff could do a similar preview for each SRA team.
I had been expecting those previews, even if they were penned as fluff pieces by NZR.
It's been nearly 2 weeks since a competition press release.As I said, lessons learned. Understand that they don't want to divert attention from SR but don't think they have found the right balance
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Just watched Aotearoa Rugby Pod and it’s a bit of a shame that when they discussed Aupiki (which was good length coverage) they guys had so many facts wrong about players. Both Hall and Parsons didn’t even know that Renee Wickliffe not only has a new name but has retired. They seemed to have done their research from the original squad announcements last year with no updates.
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@Crucial said in Super Rugby Aupiki 2023:
Interesting that all previews and TAB aren’t ranking the Poua too highly. I think they could surprise.
Yeah, I'd rate them ahead of Matatū, and maybe even the Blues.
It will be a tough game for the Chiefs Manawa in Levin.
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Much of the preview talk understandably focuses on names from BFs and previous years but there has been quite an influx of league and touch players that add real unknowns in to the mix. It is a very changing scene at the moment and there could be some surprises.
Players that have had the game almost to themselves for years now have some real competition.
I think all four teams are quite even and the difference will be game management/tactics.
Tahs showed against the Blues early that an organised team will negate their firepower. It took the Blues about 15 minutes to even get into the other half. Errors are starting to have bigger consequences too so error rates, decision making and handling could be real factors in who ends up where.
The saving grace for teams is that they all get a finals game so the RR is almost training. Then it's a two match streak. -
A good initiative to improve the depth.
https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/spotlight-on-womens-rugby-for-waitomo-chiefs-manawa-home-game
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@Bovidae said in Super Rugby Aupiki 2023:
@Crucial Olive is now listed in the Chiefs Manawa squad profiles (ignore the details).
https://www.chiefs.co.nz/chiefs-squad-player/olive-watherston
born in 1970? She's looking good for 52/53 years...
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@nostrildamus Laziness to just type in the same default DOB for a number of players.
