'Super Rugby' 2021
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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$man League is set in 2022
There's an argument to be made the 'correct' way for this 6 week comp is to have the top nz team vs the top aus team - cos then at least the best aussie team would have done better than the other 4 aussie teams vs a common opponent (nz teams) and vice versa for the best kiwi team having done better than the other 4 kiwi teams vs a common opponent (aus teams).
I'm not sure how you could justify the 2nd nz team making the final over the top aussie team (for example) when the 2nd kiwi team played 5 aussie sides and the top aussie team played 5 kiwi sides.
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@KiwiMurph said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Machpants said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Machpants i think top oz v nz team makes the most sense, so its not a potential repeat.
They're all potential repeats, we are playing each other once. The wording says to me the correct way, top two teams. But I'll wait if they start down the slippery slope of watering down competition that fucked the original super rugby happens even before a full trans Ta$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.
That's a very good point
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Round One (May 14-15)
Crusaders v Brumbies; Western Force v Chiefs; Melbourne Rebels v Blues; Highlanders v Queensland Reds; NSW Waratahs v HurricanesRound Two (May 21-22)
Chiefs v Brumbies; Western Force v Highlanders; Hurricanes v Melbourne Rebels; Queensland Reds v Crusaders; Blues v NSW WaratahsRound Three - Super Round (May 28-29)
Blues v Brumbies; Hurricanes v Western Force; Melbourne Rebels v Highlanders; Queensland Reds v Chiefs; NSW Waratahs v CrusadersRound Four (June 4-5)
Brumbies v Hurricanes; Crusaders v Western Force; Chiefs v Melbourne Rebels, Queensland Reds v Blues; Highlanders v NSW WaratahsRound Five (June 11-12)
Brumbies v Highlanders; Blues v Western Force; Melbourne Rebels v Crusaders; Hurricanes v Queensland Reds; NSW Waratahs v ChiefsFinal (Saturday, June 19)
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Where is the ‘super round (
) held? Who get’s that possible cash bonanza?What is the deal for the finalist, ie top 2 or top each country.
From ABs website answers
Basically TBC and top two teams on pointsNZR and RA will announce kick-off times, dates and venues for Sky Super Rugby Trans- Ta$man as well as the process that will be used to select the location of the ‘Super Round’ in due course.
The Final will be played between the top two teams after the five weeks of matches on the combined competition ladder with the team who finished first earning home advantage for the decider.
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@Machpants said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Where is the ‘super round (
) held? Who get’s that possible cash bonanza?Would think there would be some revenue sharing agreement for that. It has to be one of Sydney, Auckland or Brisbane you'd think.
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@barbarian Brisbane would be great. Stadium and location is perfect.
The NRL one was fucking great.
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@mariner4life It also reads to me as a play to get Governments to pony up some $$$ to host it. Tourism magnet etc. QLD Government paid handsomely for the NRL Magic round.
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@barbarian said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@mariner4life It also reads to me as a play to get Governments to pony up some $$$ to host it. Tourism magnet etc. QLD Government paid handsomely for the NRL Magic round.
given the number of fans from all over that came, i would say it was money well spent
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I wonder if serious thought was given so that all teams play their away games consecutively to avoid multiple trans- Ta$man flights. A quick look shows that only the Brumbies and Force are doing that. I am sure the draw could have been adjusted to do that.
