Super Rugby 2024
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the new ownership model at the highlanders hasn't even made the social media channels yet article on their page if you go looking and obviously the stuff in the ODT/Stuff....hardly inspiring
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@Tim said in Super Rugby 2024:
Paddy Gower Has Issues: NZ Rugby 'incredibly open' to dramatic changes to Super Rugby player eligibility rules | Newshub
Mark Robinson says allowing NZ contracted players to play for Australian or Pasifika teams is a concept the competition "should be moving towards quite quickly".
looking forward to watching @Stargazer and @Dan54 bury their heads further into the sand on this one
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This is trying to solve the issue of too many aust SR sides by letting them attract NZ players. When NZ can't even support their 5 or 6 teams now
I hope NZ reject this until we have 6 competitive teams in the NZ conference. Work on strengthening the highlanders and MP first. Let aust sort themselves out using Aussie talent . Or reduce the number of teams
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@Crucial said in Super Rugby 2024:
@SouthernMann said in Super Rugby 2024:
We often complain about poor comms coming out of the teams we support. Here is an example of why. An advertisement for a comms lead for the Hurricanes and Wellington. A lot of weekend work. A bit of crisis management and org comms. Paying about 50k under what someone with the desired skillset may command in a Wellington comms role. https://www.seek.co.nz/job/68153720?type=standard#sol=51eec86c561218f76a490e26cc39de6489ef8920
Man, they certainly want everything for nothing.
No wonder the output to fans is low. There simply wouldn't be the time.
That salary for that workload surely wouldn't attract the experience you'd want.Pro sport only exists because fans exist. Fans that pay for merch/viewing/attendance/provide contacts to sponsors etc.
You'd think that comms and engagement would be the business area with the most easily traced relationship between investment (salaries etc) and targets.
However, if engagement isn't a KPI measure then maybe not.As a rugby nerd I'd love to have a role like this. I would just be silly to even look at it with the remuneration it is offering. Interestingly it is about the third time I have seen it advertised in the last few years. I'm not scoffing at the money and for plenty it would be considered a decent wage. It just doesn't reflect market rate. It smacks of arrogance, we are the Hurricanes and people want to work in rugby, so they'll take a shit wage.
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@kiwi_expat said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Tim said in Super Rugby 2024:
Paddy Gower Has Issues: NZ Rugby 'incredibly open' to dramatic changes to Super Rugby player eligibility rules | Newshub
Mark Robinson says allowing NZ contracted players to play for Australian or Pasifika teams is a concept the competition "should be moving towards quite quickly".
looking forward to watching @Stargazer and @Dan54 burying their heads further into the sand on this one
Hey, it's Paddy Gower.
I watched it and the story did twist and turn facts a bit.
I thought the junior playing numbers part didn't mention at all that the drop they were amazed about was measured over the COVID times. It is an issue that we have possibly lost a whole intake of kids but it was for reasons other than a lack of interest.
They did show that the attendance numbers for most games is down but marquee games still attract big numbers. Also showed that TV audiences are much higher than NRL (which was counter to the suggestion that everyone is flocking to league)
The point about fan engagement was well made and Mark Robinson said all the right things except tinged with a huge chunk of 'that's for the Super Rugby Commission to sort' while acknowledging the problems of dealing with the Aussies agenda.
There are definitely some issues around the health of the game and I don't buy into the (NZR) narrative that if we are talking about the problems that means we are engaged and care so the problem doesn't exist below the surface.
I also agree that we have seen examples of when we get it right people leap back on the bandwagon (eg Women's RWC)
Massively frustrating that we are dependent on the Convicts and them using grandad's ball and chain on our ideas. At some point in time we may just have to cut that cord and find another way. -
@Crucial said in Super Rugby 2024:
@SouthernMann said in Super Rugby 2024:
We often complain about poor comms coming out of the teams we support. Here is an example of why. An advertisement for a comms lead for the Hurricanes and Wellington. A lot of weekend work. A bit of crisis management and org comms. Paying about 50k under what someone with the desired skillset may command in a Wellington comms role. https://www.seek.co.nz/job/68153720?type=standard#sol=51eec86c561218f76a490e26cc39de6489ef8920
Man, they certainly want everything for nothing.
No wonder the output to fans is low. There simply wouldn't be the time.
That salary for that workload surely wouldn't attract the experience you'd want.Pro sport only exists because fans exist. Fans that pay for merch/viewing/attendance/provide contacts to sponsors etc.
You'd think that comms and engagement would be the business area with the most easily traced relationship between investment (salaries etc) and targets.
However, if engagement isn't a KPI measure then maybe not.its the type of thing id love to do if you'd won a bit of money on lotto, maybe not enough to sail away on a boat but if you needed something live off day to day after paying off the mortgage
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Crucial said in Super Rugby 2024:
@SouthernMann said in Super Rugby 2024:
We often complain about poor comms coming out of the teams we support. Here is an example of why. An advertisement for a comms lead for the Hurricanes and Wellington. A lot of weekend work. A bit of crisis management and org comms. Paying about 50k under what someone with the desired skillset may command in a Wellington comms role. https://www.seek.co.nz/job/68153720?type=standard#sol=51eec86c561218f76a490e26cc39de6489ef8920
Man, they certainly want everything for nothing.
No wonder the output to fans is low. There simply wouldn't be the time.
That salary for that workload surely wouldn't attract the experience you'd want.Pro sport only exists because fans exist. Fans that pay for merch/viewing/attendance/provide contacts to sponsors etc.
You'd think that comms and engagement would be the business area with the most easily traced relationship between investment (salaries etc) and targets.
However, if engagement isn't a KPI measure then maybe not.its the type of thing id love to do if you'd won a bit of money on lotto, maybe not enough to sail away on a boat but if you needed something live off day to day after paying off the mortgage
Have you read the JD though. Seems like two jobs blended into one. One is the media manager/fire fighter/keep to the strategy, then there's the 'fun' stuff of SM engagement. Either of which is probably a full time role if done well.
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@Crucial no, wasn't serious enough to actually read it, just would be cool to be involved if money wasn't a factor, briefly considered trying to get a admin/reception job at the local whiskey distillery just because it could be fun to be involved...but you know...mortgage
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Sanzaar has been forced to put out a statement “to clear up any misunderstanding” about the window for the Rugby Championship after Rugby Australia chair Hamish McLennan claimed it could move to March-April from its current place of August-September on the calendar.
McLennan, who is currently chair of Sanzaar, told a NZME podcast that Australia was open to moving it to earlier in the year in support of South Africa, but that NZ Rugby was in opposition.
“It’s going to land on NZ Rugby’s doorstep, and they’ve got to decide what they’re going to do,” he said.
However, within hours Sanzaar shot down that suggestion, noting that despite the claims of its own chair a deal to keep the Rugby Championship in place had already been signed earlier this year.“Sanzaar can reiterate that until 2026 the existing mini-tour match schedule is locked in.
“Furthermore, the Rugby Championship window will not change from 2026 with the national unions working on competition models for the August/September window to ensure maximum high performance and commercial outcomes.
“Sanzaar is part of World Rugby’s working programme that is exploring the potential creation of a global calendar, and review of playing windows, as part of the Games’ work on the wider Regulation 9 (player availability) review.
“The Sanzaar Executive Committee has agreed the Rugby Championship has to fit into the existing sanctioned World Rugby playing windows for international rugby matches.
“Sanzaar apologises for any confusion on the Rugby Championship playing schedule.”I think it's fair to assume you can also forget about Super Rugby being moved.
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@Machpants An Australian trying to be an obnoxious American. Classic case.
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@Tim said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Machpants An Australian trying to be an obnoxious American. Classic case.
Is there a factory for these guys over there?
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@kiwi_expat said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Tim said in Super Rugby 2024:
Paddy Gower Has Issues: NZ Rugby 'incredibly open' to dramatic changes to Super Rugby player eligibility rules | Newshub
Mark Robinson says allowing NZ contracted players to play for Australian or Pasifika teams is a concept the competition "should be moving towards quite quickly".
looking forward to watching @Stargazer and @Dan54 burying their heads further into the sand on this one
Not burying my head, it's a shit idea. and one that will cause problems etc. Bottom line is if Aussie want to let thir players play anywhere in world and play for Wallabies, why the f*** are their and needing NZ to prop up their teams? Why don't we just call it what it will be, NZ super rugby comp with a couple of teams based in Aussie?
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby 2024:
Sanzaar has been forced to put out a statement “to clear up any misunderstanding” about the window for the Rugby Championship after Rugby Australia chair Hamish McLennan claimed it could move to March-April from its current place of August-September on the calendar.
McLennan, who is currently chair of Sanzaar, told a NZME podcast that Australia was open to moving it to earlier in the year in support of South Africa, but that NZ Rugby was in opposition.
“It’s going to land on NZ Rugby’s doorstep, and they’ve got to decide what they’re going to do,” he said.
However, within hours Sanzaar shot down that suggestion, noting that despite the claims of its own chair a deal to keep the Rugby Championship in place had already been signed earlier this year.“Sanzaar can reiterate that until 2026 the existing mini-tour match schedule is locked in.
“Furthermore, the Rugby Championship window will not change from 2026 with the national unions working on competition models for the August/September window to ensure maximum high performance and commercial outcomes.
“Sanzaar is part of World Rugby’s working programme that is exploring the potential creation of a global calendar, and review of playing windows, as part of the Games’ work on the wider Regulation 9 (player availability) review.
“The Sanzaar Executive Committee has agreed the Rugby Championship has to fit into the existing sanctioned World Rugby playing windows for international rugby matches.
“Sanzaar apologises for any confusion on the Rugby Championship playing schedule.”I think it's fair to assume you can also forget about Super Rugby being moved.
Does Hamish ever stop and think before he spouts off in the press? It never stops!
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@Tim Maybe, the way the WR Nations Championship - in the current state of negotiations (we don't know where they are at) is taking shape doesn't affect the window that the Rugby Championship will be played, and therefore also not when SR will be played?
Or there are special clauses in the SANZAAR agreement about TRC/Super Rugby, that allow for a change when the WR Nations Championship does result in changes in the playing window in 2026?
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Rugby's 'crossroads': Hansen fears for future of game if changes not made
World Cup-winning coach says the NRL is a better product to watch at the moment.
“There’s no dispute that Super Rugby has to change. It’s pretty predictable and still stuck where it was four or five years ago. You go through the quarter-finals and it wasn’t that exciting as you knew who was going to win. Some of the ideas that have been floated by New Zealand Rugby and Australia are quite good ones, so let’s hope people are more flexible enough and more open enough to hear those ideas and maybe put them in place.
