Super Rugby - The Future
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The best Japanese company sides are good enough. I don't know how many good sides there are though?
How many sides would be competitive in a SR Div 1? Say be a decent chance of beating the Highlanders at a neutral venue?
How many would be good enough for a SR Div 2? Be a decent chance of beating the Force at a neutral venue?
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@Duluth said in Super Rugby - The Future:
The best Japanese company sides are good enough. I don't know how many good sides there are though?
How many sides would be competitive in a SR Div 1? Say be a decent chance of beating the Highlanders at a neutral venue?
How many would be good enough for a SR Div 2? Be a decent chance of beating the Force at a neutral venue?
With foreign players such as Ardie etc, I would say that many of the best sides could tip up the Landers. That for me, is probably the sticking point to make it work - we might need to give up a Giteau exception.
I haven't been watching much this year though, I have to admit so others might be able to give a better view on exactly how good / poor the J-league teams are.
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In all honesty unlike others who look to other sports, their comps and setups, and want to repeat that with rugby, I've always preferred the rugby structure.
Maybe it's because I'm not interested in most other sports (aside from on the Playstation) so I don't have that exposure and my other sport I follow is the bogan rugby and in most years the Warriors are bottom of the table so by July/August my interest has usually dropped.
@mariner4life Why do you league/basketball/Aussie fans not care?
But I don't know if there is an answer that will satisfy other than we do. I get annoyed when the Warriors have too many Australians, I get annoyed when the Pies have too many out of towners. Maybe, for me personally it was because we were in second division most of my younger years so only got to see our players at the ground? Maybe in general it's because the game in NZ was always traditionally based on provinces and we're stuck in our ways since pre the start of Super in 1996?
In all honesty, as much as I'll watch Super rugby these day and have a Stan subscription, if the NPC went the way of the Moa I think I'd probably only get it for the AB test season. To watch some Super now I'm often having to make a choice between going out to dinner/going away etc and watching the games. So a lot of my watching now is delayed or highlights.
I know the aim for NZR is to chase the young-uns, but it's the oldies who are funding the game these days with their Sky subscriptions. Tik tok views and other clicks that feed into hype doesn't actually sustain the sport (yes I'm taking a swipe at Warriors bandwagoners, and no I don't have problem with them getting on board, I just hope more stay around when the Warriors inevitably return to normal service - and yes I'm the world's biggest pessimist when it comes to the Warriors, they're The Walking Dead of sport). If they lose the oldies things are just going to get worse as they'll start losing TV viewers to go with the losses at the ground.
In saying all that I don't know what the answer is, I'm just rambling jibber jabbering while I procrastinate at work, I'm an NPC-stan yet lots on here are Super-stans, so someones going to be disappointed.
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There are a lot more problems in Australian rugby than trying to fill teams.
The structure is a mess they need to restructure their development and identification programs they are sub standard and disjointed.
Throwing NZ players at their SR teams will not help in the long run in fact it will make it worse, less spots for the young talent coming through to secure, opening the way for NRL and AFL to poach more players.
Putting more Kiwis in to the Australian teams is just a band aid that would eventually kill the pathways underneath.
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@Chris i dont think its "throwing NZ players" at them
I think it is setting things up so that these teams can attract sponsors and investors with the prospect of being able to bring in some talent...build some success...and build off that
There is a chicken and eggs situations going on...its bloody hard to convince players to play rugby when the only thing they can look forward too is getting smashed
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris i dont think its "throwing NZ players" at them
I think it is setting things up so that these teams can attract sponsors and investors with the prospect of being able to bring in some talent...build some success...and build off that
There is a chicken and eggs situations going on...its bloody hard to convince players to play rugby when the only thing they can look forward too is getting smashed
Being in the Cricket world at QLd state level we are always fighting especially AFL for the real athletes the tall ones with long levers.
AFL are offering contracts at 12 years old to secure them.
I talk to a lot of parents and players who are cross over code players.I hear a lot of what parents are saying about development and the structure of Rugby here in QLD.
Young players are looking further up the chain for career opportunities.
Parents of elite youngsters who I talked with and have discussed the opening up of NZ players to SR sides they hate the idea,Less contracts for their children to secure and they tell me it is dilluting the teams from being Australian.
It is what I hear, some players I coach have siblings and friends in the Qld Reds system they all seem to be on the same page.
As far as attracting players that comes down to how well Rugby is doing those things in their development structure which is poor.
If that is not fixed NZ will have 10 SR teams Australia none. -
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Young players are looking further up the chain for career opportunities.
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Putting more Kiwis in to the Australian teams is just a band aid that would eventually kill the pathways underneath.
and maybe thats another issues...its not the same problems throughout Aus, In Vic it seems the opposite, the young guys around the club are looking at their future and seeing losing as a reason not to try, no one seems to care if its a kiwi or a pom in the rebels...they just want to see their team win, they also dont seem to see a 25 year old pro as a threat to a development or youth team contract/opportunity
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Young players are looking further up the chain for career opportunities.
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Putting more Kiwis in to the Australian teams is just a band aid that would eventually kill the pathways underneath.
and maybe thats another issues...its not the same problems throughout Aus, In Vic it seems the opposite, the young guys around the club are looking at their future and seeing losing as a reason not to try, no one seems to care if its a kiwi or a pom in the rebels...they just want to see their team win, they also dont seem to see a 25 year old pro as a threat to a development or youth team contract/opportunity
Victoria not really being a Rugby state the mind set maybe different in Rugby circles.
But QLD is along with NSW the major Rugby states in Australia more depth when it is not pinched and have some development systems.
I would guess Rugby for an aspiring Victorian athlete would be a very last resort way behind AFL and Cricket and other sports as a choice so Victoria are having to import players due to its systems underneath the Rebels. I don't see that getting much better in time.Probably means the Rebels are doomed. -
@Nepia said in Super Rugby - The Future:
I'm an NPC-stan yet lots on here are Super-stans
i would very much like to revert to Provincial sides. The problem is the Super teams are 30 years old and are going nowhere.
Make the comp bigger, play it all year. 8 NZ sides, 5 Aussie ones, and two pacific ones. Play 20+ rounds and finals. -
@mariner4life I think I'd prefer two more NZ sides so both your Bay and my Bay make it so we can continue the battle of the bays. And I'm still not a fan of the 20+ rounds NRL style, but that's by the by.
I'll bottle the first person who suggests my Bay merge with the Poo or who posts an orange Vikings jesery.
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Make the comp bigger, play it all year. 8 NZ sides, 5 Aussie ones, and two pacific ones. Play 20+ rounds and finals.
Or expanding on @gt12 's suggestion
8 NZ sides
6 Aus sides plus 2 PI sides
8 Japanese company sidesA first divsion of 12
A second division of 12First division is always 4 from each region. Automatic promotion/relegation for a side from each region
Cross over games with the other teams from your region for a domestic competition
Each year there is a:
SR champ
SR 2nd Div Champ
A NZ region champ
An Aus region champ
A Japanese region champBottom end of the top division would be really interesting to avoid the drop
Yes there would be yoyo teams but you'd never lose contact with the other teams from your region. A team in the 2nd division could still win the regions competition
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@Nepia said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@mariner4life I think I'd prefer two more NZ sides so both your Bay and my Bay make it so we can continue the battle of the bays. And I'm still not a fan of the 20+ rounds NRL style, but that's by the by.
I'll bottle the first person who suggests my Bay merge with the Poo or who posts an orange Vikings jesery.
no mergers.
picking 8 would be hard, but they need to be fully professional (paid for by making any provincial comp below it fully amateur)
Obviously the existing 5, probably the two Bays on population alone. One of Harbour and Counties probably the other. -
@Duluth i don't hate that at all
Problem would be convincing Japan they even need us.
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@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Young players are looking further up the chain for career opportunities.
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Putting more Kiwis in to the Australian teams is just a band aid that would eventually kill the pathways underneath.
and maybe thats another issues...its not the same problems throughout Aus, In Vic it seems the opposite, the young guys around the club are looking at their future and seeing losing as a reason not to try, no one seems to care if its a kiwi or a pom in the rebels...they just want to see their team win, they also dont seem to see a 25 year old pro as a threat to a development or youth team contract/opportunity
Victoria not really being a Rugby state the mind set maybe different in Rugby circles.
But QLD is along with NSW the major Rugby states in Australia more depth when it is not pinched and have some development systems.
I would guess Rugby for an aspiring Victorian athlete would be a very last resort way behind AFL and Cricket and other sports as a choice so Victoria are having to import players due to its systems underneath the Rebels. I don't see that getting much better in time.Probably means the Rebels are doomed.isn;t that at least one of the things we're talking about? how to make aussie more competitive? QLD doesnt HAVE to bring in outside tallent if they can current provide through existing pathways....but in vic, if we want to attract more young people to play it...then i think we need to show them what success looks like for the rebels (or a new non bankrupt organisation)
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Duluth i don't hate that at all
Problem would be convincing Japan they even need us.
I think we provide interesting teams to play
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Young players are looking further up the chain for career opportunities.
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Putting more Kiwis in to the Australian teams is just a band aid that would eventually kill the pathways underneath.
and maybe thats another issues...its not the same problems throughout Aus, In Vic it seems the opposite, the young guys around the club are looking at their future and seeing losing as a reason not to try, no one seems to care if its a kiwi or a pom in the rebels...they just want to see their team win, they also dont seem to see a 25 year old pro as a threat to a development or youth team contract/opportunity
Victoria not really being a Rugby state the mind set maybe different in Rugby circles.
But QLD is along with NSW the major Rugby states in Australia more depth when it is not pinched and have some development systems.
I would guess Rugby for an aspiring Victorian athlete would be a very last resort way behind AFL and Cricket and other sports as a choice so Victoria are having to import players due to its systems underneath the Rebels. I don't see that getting much better in time.Probably means the Rebels are doomed.isn;t that at least one of the things we're talking about? how to make aussie more competitive? QLD doesnt HAVE to bring in outside tallent if they can current provide through existing pathways....but in vic, if we want to attract more young people to play it...then i think we need to show them what success looks like for the rebels (or a new non bankrupt organisation)
I think rugby is not going to be financial in Melbourne so it is fighting a lost cause.
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@Chris cool, you are allowed to think that and opinion is noted and i agree if nothing is going to change....but the discussion is literally about what would be needed to improve things
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@Duluth How do you get 6 Australian sides? they struggle to get 3 competitive sides.
I get that you are diluting the strength of the NZ sides but I think there would be some absolute hidings. The traditional Super bases would go in with so many advantages
Picking an additional 3 for NZ would be very difficult.
Ta$man, Taranaki, the two bays Counties, Harbour would all argue their case.
Northland as well.
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@dogmeat south island doesn't need another team. Northland are terrible. 15 people live in Taranaki and NP is a shithole. Harbour haven't been relevant since 1996.
there, solved.
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I probably shouldn't comment anyway. I lost interest a long time ago. Went from watching every game of every round even though I didn't really have a team I followed to - I can't remember the last time I watched a SR game Finals included. I only follow it through KP's tipping comp - as can be easily gleaned from my results.
It just seems a relatively low quality muddled comp. Expanded too far. Way too many lopsided games, predictable and boring.
