Super Rugby News
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@Chris-B. said in Super Rugby News:
@Nepia Nothing surprises me with you thieving c#nts!
In fairness, Cooper should have a pretty reasonable warchest to spend with Cruden, TKB, Lowe, Rennie and Keane all leaving.
Who's got Alex Nankivell's signature? Hopefully Leon's been in his ear not to sign anything while he's in enemy territory!
I thought you Ta$man-ians would be happy with the Chiefs taking in players and coaches that the Crusaders overlook for Fijian/Australian imports ;).
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Settle down guys Tony Veitch is hardly the most reliable of sources.
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@African-Monkey said in Super Rugby News:
Settle down guys Tony Veitch is hardly the most reliable of sources.
I thought he usually gets the good oil from the lads?
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@Bones He thinks he does.
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@African-Monkey Probably when he's out on the large with them.
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@KiwiMurph makes sense tbh. Results and uncertainty would make it a mutual decision surely?
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SARU to announce on 7 July which of their two Super Rugby teams will be axed.
SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY UNION HAVE CALLED A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING FOR NEXT MONTH TO CONFIRM WHICH TWO SOUTH AFRICAN FRANCHISES WILL BE AXED FROM THE 2018 SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION.
The meeting will take place in Cape Town on July 7, where the current six South African franchises will be trimmed down to just four.
The General Meeting has the constitutional responsibility for "determining the SA teams to participate in Super Rugby,"
Jurie Roux, CEO of SA Rugby, said the Special General Meeting would decide on a proposal from the Executive Council which, in turn, would have received a recommendation on the participants from the Franchise Committee, whose membership is representatives of the Super Rugby teams.
The proposal will also be debated by the non-franchise committee – comprising the CEOs of the 14 provincial rugby unions – before reaching the Special General Meeting.
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@Number-10 so SA seem to be charging ahead with culling 2 teams, yet Aussie appear to be dithering and probably end up fighting to keep thiers...
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@taniwharugby Yeah, if the Aussies keep all 5 teams, a Super 16 schedule would be a logistical nightmare. I assume Sanzaar will have some sort of emergency plan for when we end up with 16 franchises, but you'd get a horror schedule, with big differences between the different conferences and, possibly, more travel than now.
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Former Hawke's Bay halfback Michael Ruru has re-signed with the Western Force for two more years.
All these Rebels and Force signings that have been announced recently make me wonder what happens to these players if their club is cut from Super Rugby. Is there an out-clause that will be invoked, guaranteeing them a redundancy pay-out? Will they be transferred to other SR teams (and possibly get very little game time as a result)?
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@Stargazer Maybe they will cut the Brumbies?
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@Sapetyvi The ARU has already stated a few months ago that the club to be cut will be either the Rebels or the Force, and not the Brumbies. That's about the only decision they've made in this mess. But who knows, they may backtrack on that earlier decision and not cut a club at all.
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@Stargazer Was a bit cheeky that comment, but in all honesty it seems very odd that both Rebels and Force are signing players on a daily basis.
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I guess they have to continue on as if they will be there next year, not wanting to wait about...although if one has empty slots, surely they will fill them from the franchise that is kicked.
I'd be very surprised if those that have signed dont have an out clause with a small payout, although maybe they are signing with ARU, so they will then be sent to the other team if thiers gets culled?
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Still a rumour and I'm not sure how reliable the Daily Telegraph is in this respect:
Wallabies prop Toby Smith set to sign for Hurricanes
Replacing Uhila?
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@Stargazer That's a link trying to get us to sign up to the Daily Telegraph!
