Super Rugby 2025
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Nepia said in Super Rugby 2025:
I know I'm late to this discussion, but didn't the Blues pretty much get the same crowd average in Auckland last year as the Warriors?
The big crowds for the Warriors aren't due to the passionate fans, it's the bandwagoners who may or may not stay when things go south.
The difference is the Warriors missed the playoffs whereas the Blues were the best team in the comp
Super teams need to do a much better job of engaging their fanbases
The strong competitive start to Super Rugby this season is a good start
The Warriors do a lot in terms of fan engagement. They are big into social media in particular (or at least they used to be)
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Nepia said in Super Rugby 2025:
I know I'm late to this discussion, but didn't the Blues pretty much get the same crowd average in Auckland last year as the Warriors?
The big crowds for the Warriors aren't due to the passionate fans, it's the bandwagoners who may or may not stay when things go south.
The difference is the Warriors missed the playoffs whereas the Blues were the best team in the comp
Super teams need to do a much better job of engaging their fanbases
The strong competitive start to Super Rugby this season is a good start
I agree with that, but there are still passionate fans that are going to the games.
Also, we still don't know if 2024 was part of the 2023 success bump for the Warriors. If they have a crap year this year (and a look at their squad suggests they will) and the crowds hold then maybe we can say that. But the one dude I know who went regularly last year got cheap enough tickets that he was one of the people who didn't turn up to one of the sold out matches when something else came up.
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Round 5 home victories plus the Waratahs, instead of the Reds, there will be bit of a split in the table.
Although, this weekend has shown you can't pick winners easily.
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not a bad little comp really is it? Good, fun, open footy, and results are proving very unpredictable.
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Someone answered my question on Twitter, about all 5 NZ teams losing on one weekend
"Has only happened once before ... Round 12 - 2000, all 5 NZ teams lost.
However, as the Highlanders aren't playing ... 4 NZ teams have lost in the same round on 11 occasions.
Last time was in Round 4 - 2013."
But only 3 teams lost, so not a huge upset in and of itself
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@SouthernMann I didn't realise until the other night the Tahs 1st month of the comp would all occur in Sydney. Reds on the other hand with an icky schedule yesterday Christchurch, this week Brisbane and the following week Dunedin
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Yeah, some common sense and thought should go into the draw. Cue a Tui ad.
The Brumbies played both games in NZ on the same tour. There is no reason that the Reds couldn't have done the same. The Chiefs were originally going to have to go Fiji, NZ and then Tonga in two weeks.
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@Grooter said in Super Rugby 2025:
@SouthernMann I didn't realise until the other night the Tahs 1st month of the comp would all occur in Sydney. Reds on the other hand with an icky schedule yesterday Christchurch, this week Brisbane and the following week Dunedin
I'm guessing this is due to stadium availability with the NRL kicking off?
