Super Rugby News
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I thought the whole purpose of cutting the additional teams was to shore up the bank account which would allow for:
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Improved quality in the remaining teams in that the best players from the cut teams would still find a home in one of the remaining teams
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The removal of two franchises and all it's staff would allow the top up the remaining staff from the other franchises in order to keep them from leaving our shores.
Finding these two teams a home in Europe undermines the above, and to my mind only serves to rearrange the deck chairs on S.S. SARU. I'm not saying that the two unions need to be shut down - Free State has produced and despite it's poor Super Rugby results, continue to produce Springboks (Which then get lured to bigger unions). The Cheetahs and Kings franchises should top out at Vodacom Cup & Currie Cup level, and feed neighbouring SR Unions.
They should not be reallocated into a tournament that is (Almost) on par with Super Rugby, otherwise what would be the point?
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@PN I reckon quite a few of the European based SA players would be interested in playing for a SA team in Europe.
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@taniwharugby How many local chaps from the remaining SR Franchises would jump ship and join the Cheetahs and Kings if this meant that they were seen as "Local" and therefore are still eligible for Bok Duty (and earn Euros)?
May actually drain from the "Bigger" SR franchises and blow up in SARU's face?
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Reds v Brumbies.
Best part was the fog hiding half the field. Brumbies now get to host a final after losing more matches than they won.
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Bloemfontein is going to be a scheduling nightmare it's a city with no internation flights. Johannesburg is a 4 hour drive and a ~3 hour connection.
Port Elizabeth is an even longer connection.
Getting the Euros is smart, but it's a half assed attempt.
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Jags 15 - 0 up over Tahs. Go the Yellows!
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@Tim said in Super Rugby News:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11888050
Although having SBW available for Bledisloe would be a good thing, this would make a complete joke of the judicial system (again), if this is true (we can't check whether it's true, because the judicial decision about SBW has not been published, as far as I can tell):
Sonny Bill Williams' four-match suspension for his hit on Anthony Watson in Wellington will see him miss the Blues' final match in Tokyo, but with two pre-season games for Counties Manukau factored in he will be free to return for the first Bledisloe Cup showdown in Sydney on August 19..
See also the World Rugby Regulation 17.19.10:
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Mitchell Drummond, Mitchell Hunt and George Bridge have re-signed with the Crusaders! Hunt & Bridge for two years and Drummond for three years.
http://crusaders.co.nz/news/1127-flatmates-re-sign-for-bnz-crusaders
