Super Rugby 2024
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i can understand the Crusaders jump in position a hell of a lot easier than the Highlanders jumping 5 after beating...the force...at home....by 1 point....7-6...any other year and that would loose you points
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@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2024:
Haha Knowler has to be trolling here.
He wants clicks, eyeballs and controversy. Like damn near every journalist.
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@KiwiMurph not having Proctor in the frame at all is the biggest troll.
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Fair play to the organisers - second year with double digit increases in viewership ... but minimal increases in attendance.
NZ Rugby celebrates 'significant' increase in Super Rugby Pacific viewership | Newshub
The numbers aren't as encouraging when it comes to fan attendance.
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@nzzp Rome wasn't built in a day... I think a big thing they need to look at with scheduling, is who plays who when.
Example: Highlanders playing the Hurricanes at home on a long weekend... the sort of game that would get a good crowd if played when people are in town, but with students and others heading away, you lost about 30% of your crowd.
Reckon the classic example of good scheduling will be seen when the Highlanders probably get their best home crowd since the first game after COVID v the Chiefs.
The fact the Highlanders and Crusaders don't play each other home and away every year is borderline stupid... granted some may argue fairness, but I'd far rather play the Crusaders twice than Moana twice.
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what really?....baring and maybe including this year a crusaders game is a certain loss!
i agree with the other points though, try and schedule some games better to align with things like public holidays, try and do derby on Saturdays so people have time to travel there and back etc
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2024:
what really?....baring and maybe including this year a crusaders game is a certain loss!
i agree with the other points though, try and schedule some games better to align with things like public holidays, try and do derby on Saturdays so people have time to travel there and back etc
I'd rather lose to the Crusaders every year, but with a guaranteed home game, than getting a false record because we beat MP.
Rivalries are what makes competitions, but it is hard to build a rivalry without consistently playing them... Have been to 10/11 of our last home games against the Crusaders (darn COVID) and we've only won three of them, but the amount of joy you get from those wins, is so far clear of winning every year against MP etc.
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i'll get back too you after we play them
i use to complain the highlander never played in Melbourne, i think there was a 4-5 year gap...then we've played here the last few...and lost...and its not fun!
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harmon?
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@Kiwiwomble Nope. People will struggle to believe this stat with the amount of flack he gets.
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@Machpants id still love that, chance for revenge games or doing the double, just some obvious hype
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@Machpants said in Super Rugby 2024:
I'm sure next year with 11 teams, so no byes, we can do a full home and away
Wouldn't be so sure just yet.
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@Machpants said in Super Rugby 2024:
I'm sure next year with 11 teams, so no byes, we can do a full home and away
That would take 22 weeks (+3 for the finals)... seems unlikely. The current season is 15 weeks.
Super Rugby Pacific sees year-on-year viewership bump
