Super Rugby 2024
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Duluth Tokyo would be good, think you would get crowds...but i also think we should be giving Japan a sniff of a super rugby team or entry into the RC
I think that Japan may work, but Tokyo itself would get saturated with that many games IMO.
I would say that three games in Tokyo, two in Kansai (Osaka), and 1 in Fukuoka would probably work OK.
If I were in charge, I'd have two games in Tokyo, two in Hong Kong, and two elsewhere (Singapore? Korea? US?).
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@canefan said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Duluth Tokyo would be good, think you would get crowds...but i also think we should be giving Japan a sniff of a super rugby team or entry into the RC
We gave them a SR team but they couldn't make it work....
don't think that was ever set up to succeed, maybe have the current champion of their domestic league play super rugby or something
fans celebrating are more likely to rock up the next season to see team they dont see every year
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@Yeetyaah said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Dan54 I'm rejoicing. He was poor IMO.
Ok didn't realise you were on a panel that had enough knowledge to judge refs. my apologies I not up to that standard of marking refs.
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@Dan54 said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Yeetyaah said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Super Rugby 2024:
Brendon Pickerell retires
Rejoice.
Don't ever rejoice when a good ref retires. Bloody hard to find them , and I hope he enjoys next step.
Does this retirement mean Mr. Bredin moves up one step in the pecking order?
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@Higgins said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Dan54 said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Yeetyaah said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Super Rugby 2024:
Brendon Pickerell retires
Rejoice.
Don't ever rejoice when a good ref retires. Bloody hard to find them , and I hope he enjoys next step.
Does this retirement mean Mr. Bredin moves up one step in the pecking order?
Fuck noooooo
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2024:
@canefan said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Duluth Tokyo would be good, think you would get crowds...but i also think we should be giving Japan a sniff of a super rugby team or entry into the RC
We gave them a SR team but they couldn't make it work....
don't think that was ever set up to succeed, maybe have the current champion of their domestic league play super rugby or something
fans celebrating are more likely to rock up the next season to see team they dont see every year
I tend to agree about the Japanese champion idea. Clearly the Sunwolves didn't strike the right chord
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@Higgins said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Dan54 said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Yeetyaah said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Super Rugby 2024:
Brendon Pickerell retires
Rejoice.
Don't ever rejoice when a good ref retires. Bloody hard to find them , and I hope he enjoys next step.
Does this retirement mean Mr. Bredin moves up one step in the pecking order?
Who is Mr Bredin. I assume if he does move up it will because he next best? Not sure he comes to my mind anyway. Lol mind you that neans nothing.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2024:
@canefan said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2024:
@Duluth Tokyo would be good, think you would get crowds...but i also think we should be giving Japan a sniff of a super rugby team or entry into the RC
We gave them a SR team but they couldn't make it work....
don't think that was ever set up to succeed, maybe have the current champion of their domestic league play super rugby or something
fans celebrating are more likely to rock up the next season to see team they dont see every year
The companies have the money and sign the best players - the Sunwolves were a bastard child that was never funded to sign the best players.
The opportunity was missed when they revamped the competition to put five or six of the teams in a Japanese Super rugby pool.
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Is this the best opening three rounds for Super Rugby in years?
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2024:
Is this the best opening three rounds for Super Rugby in years?
For sure Anti, 3 rounds in and only one undefeated team makes for a great comp! The hardest part is picking in tips etc, I persoanalyy love the fact that some of the Aussie teams are really putting hands up.
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2024:
Is this the best opening three rounds for Super Rugby in years?
With daylight 2nd
Footy is good, results are largely unpredictable. Just need thr punters and the media to recognise it really
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I went to a Sunwolves home game in Tokyo and the crowd was good and definitely into it. They were even doing a wolf howl, so I think the concept and team name worked well enough to create a following.
I think they just need more funding and perhaps a few marque international players, if they had been as competitive as the Jaguares they would probably still be around.
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@Dan54 said in Super Rugby 2024:
@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2024:
Is this the best opening three rounds for Super Rugby in years?
For sure Anti, 3 rounds in and only one undefeated team makes for a great comp! The hardest part is picking in tips etc, I persoanalyy love the fact that some of the Aussie teams are really putting hands up.
I want to love it, I should love it, and deep down I know it's good.
But I enjoyed watching them continually get flogged. Fuck 'em.
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@LABCAT said in Super Rugby 2024:
I went to a Sunwolves home game in Tokyo and the crowd was good and definitely into it. They were even doing a wolf howl, so I think the concept and team name worked well enough to create a following.
I think they just need more funding and perhaps a few marque international players, if they had been as competitive as the Jaguares they would probably still be around.
SANZAAR funded them first few years, once that deal ended JRU refused to take that place. Thus they got ditched
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This is what we want and need isn't it?
MP and Drua playing some good rugby, being more competitive and probably more importantly, some strong Aus teams!
Great to see and long may it continue.
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@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby 2024:
This is what we want and need isn't it?
MP and Drua playing some good rugby, being more competitive and probably more importantly, some strong Aus teams!
Great to see and long may it continue.
As long as it doesn't mean the NZ teams have become a bit shit.
