Super Rugby 2020
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This recent article suggests that NZR have been forward-thinking and are not just about the here and now by taking WR cash handouts.
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@Steven-Harris Does Auckland not have any liability with the Eden Park debt?
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@Steven-Harris haha if only I had time for that. The industry I’m in is at record breaking level so it’s been work work work unfortunately. I’m actually looking forward to club rugby more than super rugby. Would love to see super rugby players play club rugby.
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@hydro11 said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Steven-Harris said in Super Rugby 2020:
Chatted to a contact a Sky Sport this morning,
Sky is hoping If we are at a level 1 lockdown by June 1st , there will be a super rugby comp up and running within 2-3 weeks involving the 5 NZ super rugby teams and depending on the circumstances in Australia in and around border crossing , it could possibly involve the Australian teams...
If all this happens, a Mitre 10 Cup competition will go ahead..
If the Super Rugby comp does not go ahead ,nor does Mitre 10cup rugby..
Much will depend on how Covid 19 plays out.Honestly, I think that would be a really poor decision from Sky/NZRU. If it is safe to play Mitre 10 Cup, they should do so. Of course you can't afford/don't want to lose money right now. However, Mitre 10 would be a lot more popular if All Blacks were playing in it and it was the only rugby on.
If it is safe to play, they have to give the fans something. Otherwise people should just switch off.
They seems to be basing their assumptions about viewing figures and costs on the pre-COVID 19 world. If M10 Cup is the only rugby played in NZ this year (i.e. no SR or test matches due to travel restrictions), then why wouldn't the M10 cup see a big uptick in viewing figures and revenue (at least domestically)?
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@Bovidae It's heartening to hear that. After three decades of supporting Australian rugby electing to leave SANZAAR and throwing our lot in with a Trans Ta$man setup would be tying a millstone around the neck of New Zealand rugby.
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I would like to see an NZ Super-6 this year. 5x current franchises plus get a best of the rest/PI team going.
Can't for the life of me see why the hell they want to have just five teams, therefore meaning one bye per round. Three games per week is a clearly better product to sell.If the Aussies can get their 4 teams, plus the Force, plus maybe the Fijian Drua or Sunwolves to make up their 6. Each country can play their Super-6 with a cross-over 1v2 semi into a grand final for the newly minted Triple-T (Trans Ta$man Trophy). That would be the extent of playing games with Austraya.
As for the NPC - the Chiefs region had a sort of round robin with the teams from within their region this year (I think this year). Going forward - maybe this has to be the answer for everyone (minimises travel, reduce costs, replicates what happens at schoolboy level)
Blues region - Northland, Harbour, Auckland (could the Akld union be split into East & West for this?)
Chiefs - Counties, Waikato, BOP, Taranaki
Hurricanes - Manawatu, Hawkes Bay, Wellington (can WGTN be split North/South)
South Island - Ta$man, Canterbury, Otago, Southland
Quarters between 1 & 2 from across the pools (randomly drawn, but in such a way you wouldn't play a team from your pool in quarters)
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@westcoastie said in Super Rugby 2020:
I would like to see an NZ Super-6 this year. 5x current franchises plus get a best of the rest/PI team going.
Can't for the life of me see why the hell they want to have just five teams, therefore meaning one bye per round. Three games per week is a clearly better product to sell.If the Aussies can get their 4 teams, plus the Force, plus maybe the Fijian Drua or Sunwolves to make up their 6. Each country can play their Super-6 with a cross-over 1v2 semi into a grand final for the newly minted Triple-T (Trans Ta$man Trophy). That would be the extent of playing games with Austraya.
As for the NPC - the Chiefs region had a sort of round robin with the teams from within their region this year (I think this year). Going forward - maybe this has to be the answer for everyone (minimises travel, reduce costs, replicates what happens at schoolboy level)
Blues region - Northland, Harbour, Auckland (could the Akld union be split into East & West for this?)
Chiefs - Counties, Waikato, BOP, Taranaki
Hurricanes - Manawatu, Hawkes Bay, Wellington (can WGTN be split North/South)
South Island - Ta$man, Canterbury, Otago, Southland
Quarters between 1 & 2 from across the pools (randomly drawn, but in such a way you wouldn't play a team from your pool in quarters)
Semis & Final.Best of the rest will get destroyed. Plus you have to pay all the players and set everything up. The players will probably want byes and won't be able to play 10 weeks of derbies in a row.
I don't really have an interest in just playing local teams for the NPC. It might minimise costs but it will also minimise interest.
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@westcoastie said in Super Rugby 2020:
Blues region - Northland, Harbour, Auckland (could the Akld union be split into East & West for this?)
they split Auckland in age group level for inter-franchise stuff already I think...and used to for the likes of Roller Mills
As much as I'd love to return to the glory days of NPC, I think NZR have come too far and let it wither away to the point they cant go back to itbeing the main comp in NZ, or really any more important of one than it is currently
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim a 4 team semi final for a 5 team comp seems overkill but I suppose it's all about squeezing games/revenue in.
the least they could do is have a 4/5 playoff to get into the semis
ps - stink if you're the 5th team. IT woulda been the Blues for ages ... hopefully not this year
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As Marshall would say: BOOMFAH - https://www.allblacks.com/news/investec-super-rugby-aotearoa-gets-the-green-light/
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@nzzp said in Super Rugby 2020:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim a 4 team semi final for a 5 team comp seems overkill but I suppose it's all about squeezing games/revenue in.
the least they could do is have a 4/5 playoff to get into the semis
ps - stink if you're the 5th team. IT woulda been the Blues for ages ... hopefully not this year
Yeah unlucky for canes fans.
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@Bones said in Super Rugby 2020:
@nzzp said in Super Rugby 2020:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim a 4 team semi final for a 5 team comp seems overkill but I suppose it's all about squeezing games/revenue in.
the least they could do is have a 4/5 playoff to get into the semis
ps - stink if you're the 5th team. IT woulda been the Blues for ages ... hopefully not this year
Yeah unlucky for canes fans.
AHEM
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@Machpants said in Super Rugby 2020:
Nope but no way the landers are anything but roadkill this year. We'll be a happy 3rd or 4th
If it starts again it'll be funny to watch JMac and Jackson do the other side of their Jekyll and Hyde act. Oh hello 5th!
