Super Rugby 2024
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@LABCAT said in Super Rugby 2024:
Anyone know why most of the games are in Lautoka rather than Suva?
I do remember the commentators saying during one of the Drua home games that Lautoka was hotter and more humid than Suva so perhaps they are maximising their home advantage.
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Rookie class of 2024:
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@Canes4life Tavatavanawai being there is sorta funny
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@Higgins said in Super Rugby 2024:
I know I am getting a bit long in the tooth but what does Applied Performance Science mean in everyday terms that is easy for old buggers to understand?
I assume it is sports science? Like as in looking at player loads for injury prevention.
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Super Rugby finally has a dedicated board – well almost – and is about to go to market for a chief executive it wants to be the face of the competition. Now it just needs to “reignite the flame” and engage fans at the level required in the modern sporting environment. And the message from new Super Rugby Pacific chairman, and highly credentialed Kiwi marketeer, Kevin Malloy, New Zealand Rugby boss Mark Robinson and his Australian equivalent Phil Waugh after a fruitful day “whiteboarding” as the new board was that they have the basis for a competition that can soon return to its glory days. It was very much an upbeat and confident message being propagated by the trio of powerbrokers as they fronted the media at NZ Rugby HQ, with Malloy making it clear the blueprint for success lay very much around its ability to engage with and sustain the attention of its fans. -
A definite step in thew right direction
The first step was getting rid of the fool running Aussie rugby. Thats now been done
2nd step is to set up a new super rugby board with competent board members. Hopefully this will be done. one key step for this Board will be to find a competent CE.
Finally, the teams must be evened out in some way. One team always winning and weak Aussie teams is a disaster that will mean super rugby will slowly die. My view is Aust must reduce teams. And NZ must find a way to more fairly allocate player talent
The future could be great. A dedicated board is one key step
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Super Rugby’s Melbourne Rebels falls behind on tax bill, stadium fees
While the ATO is demanding its directors pay up, the club’s chairman, Paul Docherty, insists the team is financially viable.
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How about if there are significant injury breaks (30s) then the player has to go off, and they have to have two weeks off as a minimum stand-down period.
Even better, ban replacements altogether except for injury, with the same two week stand-down period.
Finals games would need something different ...
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@Tim I think injury breaks should be limited to 30s, after which the ref tells the player he must leave the field in the next 30 sec (serious injuries aside, as these are usually clear) as there is too much gamesmanship around this, tying laces, water breaks etc reckon it would reduce alot of the BS we see.
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@Tim said in Super Rugby 2024:
Finals games would need something different ...
not sure it would - if it's only one game in the season, I can't see people gaming it too much. What you're trying to achieve is changing body shape and aerobic focus over power. Or at least making power a risk - if the game speeds up, yo ucould be scuppered (see Bokke NZ last year over there... early injuries and they got run off their feet).
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