NPC - news, injuries etc
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@Crucial said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
I like the single table structure but NOT the prospect of an uneven draw where everyone doesn't play everyone. That is the worst aspect of Super Rugby when it went to the conference system and why people turned off it.
The 'less strong' provinces in particular have ebbs and flows in their strength through the years and some will get a hard draw in the very year they peak. Vice versa an average team could get into finals due to a favourable draw in comparison to rivals.I thought the 2 divisions was a great set up. Unsure why it has been changed. Although it is the NZRU so am not surprised
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harbourrugby:
PRE-SEASON FIXTURE: Game of 3 Halves
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Tomorrow night the QBE North Harbour Wider Training Group will play a pre-season fixture in a game of three halves against over the bridge rivals, Auckland, and Japanese touring side, Honda HEAT. .
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Monday 27th May 2019.
📍 East Coast Bays, Windsor Park
⏰ 6:00pm Game 1 (North Harbour v Honda)
⏰ 6:55pm Game 2 (North Harbour v Auckland)
⏰ 7:50pm Game 3 (Auckland v Honda) -
F*ck them! Really great if you can't live in your home province and go to games!
New Zealand Rugby will ask Sky TV to consider a domestic competition where some games aren’t shown live. The radical shift is being driven by a survey of 2500 fans around the shape of the Mitre 10 Cup as NZR prepares to go the broadcast market after the existing deals expires this year. Sky is in the box seat but they are no longer the only option, with Spark keen to increase its sports coverage. NZR’s head of participation and development, Steve Lancaster, told me on Radio Sport that the survey showed fans like the Mitre Cup, its format and the fact it’s a national competition. “But it doesn’t take a lot to figure out that crowds have declined at matches over recent years.” One reason for that is Sky’s saturation coverage - something NZR now wants to reconsider. “One thing we are considering and are putting to them (the fans surveyed) is ‘are the times of days and days of the week this competition is played something that is impacting your decision as to whether you want to go along and watch’? “What we are hearing is more afternoon games would be positive and more games on the weekend. “If you put more games on the weekend you will have two games at the same time potentially, which is a consideration for the broadcaster who likes to broadcast every game live. “But, equally, if every game is not broadcast live there might be more incentive for people to get along and watch it themselves.” This potential shift in the broadcast agreement comes at a time when Lancaster is considering a raft of potential innovations in an effort to rejuvenate the game for fans and players.
Live NPC matches may be axed in TV deal
New Zealand Rugby will ask Sky TV to consider a domestic competition where some games aren’t shown live.
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@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
F*ck them! Really great if you can't live in your home province and go to games!
New Zealand Rugby will ask Sky TV to consider a domestic competition where some games aren’t shown live. The radical shift is being driven by a survey of 2500 fans around the shape of the Mitre 10 Cup as NZR prepares to go the broadcast market after the existing deals expires this year. Sky is in the box seat but they are no longer the only option, with Spark keen to increase its sports coverage. NZR’s head of participation and development, Steve Lancaster, told me on Radio Sport that the survey showed fans like the Mitre Cup, its format and the fact it’s a national competition. “But it doesn’t take a lot to figure out that crowds have declined at matches over recent years.” One reason for that is Sky’s saturation coverage - something NZR now wants to reconsider. “One thing we are considering and are putting to them (the fans surveyed) is ‘are the times of days and days of the week this competition is played something that is impacting your decision as to whether you want to go along and watch’? “What we are hearing is more afternoon games would be positive and more games on the weekend. “If you put more games on the weekend you will have two games at the same time potentially, which is a consideration for the broadcaster who likes to broadcast every game live. “But, equally, if every game is not broadcast live there might be more incentive for people to get along and watch it themselves.” This potential shift in the broadcast agreement comes at a time when Lancaster is considering a raft of potential innovations in an effort to rejuvenate the game for fans and players.
Live NPC matches may be axed in TV deal
New Zealand Rugby will ask Sky TV to consider a domestic competition where some games aren’t shown live.
I'm not as passionate about the NPC as you, Stargazer so I don't really care.
One thing that I do think is that if not showing them live, gets more people to the matches, then that is a good thing. I don't believe that would end up being the case though.
I just think it would slowly dissolve into itself and become not worth carrying on with
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@Hooroo yeah I dont think it will increase crowds by enough...even to do 'black outs' like I believe some other sports do in the town/city where the game it.
Thing is, this review (about attendance numbers) is about 10 years too late!
I go to every home game anyway, but I dont get to many away games, and I certainly aint gonna be paying $600+ for return flights (plus accomodation, food, tickets etc) to Invercargill to watch Northland play Southland.
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@taniwharugby said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Hooroo yeah I dont think it will increase crowds by enough...even to do 'black outs' like I believe some other sports do in the town/city where the game it.
Thing is, this review is about 10 years too late!
I go to every home game anyway, but I dont get to many away games, and I certainly aint gonna be paying $600+ for return flights (plus accomodation, food, tickets etc) to Invercargill to watch Northland play Southland.
Certainly not to watch NPC! Maybe for a feed of Mutton pies and Bluff Oysters! That would be worth it
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@Hooroo ha I dunno, $620 (I just checked, some flights for reasonable times were over $700) to fly down for the weekend is a bit extravagant, given I could get to Brisbane for about the same...although if I choose to drive to Auckland, it alters costs (at least to Aus) considerably.
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@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
I think non-televised games should be livestreamed online.
With just one static camera? There would be no advantage for SkyTV or the like to attend and set up a broadcast just to livestream an NPC match
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The article talks about the possibility of some games not being broadcast live. It doesn't mention games not being broadcast at all.
So I guess they would expect people to avoid the result and watch delayed coverage.
I doubt this happens because there is less value to the broadcasters. So NZR would have to sell the rights for less
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@Duluth It's a doubly whammy for Sky, too, I think. If they are televising fewer games because they're moved to the afternoon (to attract bigger crowds), they also miss out on income from tv advertising. Also, even the afternoon games that will be televised will be watched by fewer people than games that are televised in the evening.
