Super Rugby 2020
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@Crucial said in Super Rugby 2020:
The other complication is stadia. To find somewhere suitable and setup for live TV that doesn't require bums on seats to make it viable to hire.
It is pretty hard to see a way out of this season for comps already underway like Super.
Let the Blues fans have some kind of moral victory to bitch about for years and give everyone a break until stuff settles.
If Super Rugby is cancelled though, does that mean we could stack the Sevens team for the Olympics (if that goes ahead)?
I know it's a specialist game these days, but plenty of time to train up. BB, DMac, Reiko....Why would Blues fans bitch about a health crisis? Crusaders are topping the conference, not us, anyway.
@Kirwan Yeah weird comment haha. Everyone's in the same boat here.
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Nah were in for the long run, a major point of flattening the curve is to give time - straight from the CE of our DHB, this is a marathon, not a sprint, think months, not weeks
@Machpants Surely Aura will protect the AB's schedule?
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@Stargazer I can't go cold turkey!
@Tim It sucks for the Jaguares and the Sunwolves (if they return to Japan), but I really hope they (SANZAAR/NZR/ARU/SARU etc) come up with an alternative, like NZ, SA and Aussie derbies. Probably no finals or an overall winner at the end, but hopefully entertaining games. It will be without crowds, but at least there will be plenty of people watching the games on tv, which will also be good for the broadcasters and sponsors.
The Súper Liga Americana de Rugby has also been suspended, so the Jaguares and Ceibos can maybe play each other. Only one opponent, but it's better than nothing.
In Japan, all sports seem to have been cancelled, so if the Sunwolves return to Japan, it's all over. If they stay in Australia, maybe they can continue playing against the Aussie teams. Considering most players are foreigners, they may prefer going home though. It wouldn't surprise me at all, if some of the NZ Sunwolves players were on the same plane to NZ as the Crusaders, to beat the deadline on Sunday.
Of course, all of that will be over as soon as players get positive test results or show symptoms.
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim Hoping it won't last that long, then.
I can't see how it won't. Isolation requires two weeks and then you'd need to see a decline in new cases to the point health authorities were confident everyone running around hugging each other again wouldn't simply let it go again. Especially as we get deeper into the colder months.
I think I'll cancel my Kayo subscription for the foreseeable future.
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim Hoping it won't last that long, then.
I can't see how it won't. Isolation requires two weeks and then you'd need to see a decline in new cases to the point health authorities were confident everyone running around hugging each other again wouldn't simply let it go again. Especially as we get deeper into the colder months.
I think I'll cancel my Kayo subscription for the foreseeable future.
@antipodean Yeah, you're probably right. :disappointed_face:
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim Hoping it won't last that long, then.
I can't see how it won't. Isolation requires two weeks and then you'd need to see a decline in new cases to the point health authorities were confident everyone running around hugging each other again wouldn't simply let it go again. Especially as we get deeper into the colder months.
I think I'll cancel my Kayo subscription for the foreseeable future.
@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Stargazer said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Tim Hoping it won't last that long, then.
I can't see how it won't. Isolation requires two weeks and then you'd need to see a decline in new cases to the point health authorities were confident everyone running around hugging each other again wouldn't simply let it go again. Especially as we get deeper into the colder months.
I think I'll cancel my Kayo subscription for the foreseeable future.
It is also dependent on other nations getting their shit together and containing the disease. Can't see that happening in 16 days
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The Highlanders players that are not in self-isolation will be playing club rugby this weekend, and the following weekend.
@Stargazer No, they won't. At the rate this is progressing, all sport of any nature that features any contact at all or even close interaction (within 1.5m of another person) will be cancelled before this weekend.
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https://www.superrugby.co.nz/news/vunipolas-eyeing-super-rugby/
Mako was born in Welly, come home son.
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https://www.superrugby.co.nz/news/vunipolas-eyeing-super-rugby/
Mako was born in Welly, come home son.
@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2020:
https://www.superrugby.co.nz/news/vunipolas-eyeing-super-rugby/
Mako was born in Welly, come home son.
They will take spots from up and coming ABs eligible players....
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12317561
One News has reported that NZR have created plans for their own 10-week competition, which would consist entirely of New Zealand teams, playing their games behind closed doors.
The teams would face each other twice, with two byes, and All Blacks would not be rested, given they would have already had a break due to the Super Rugby suspension.
The new competition – if it comes into being – would reportedly begin when the Highlanders' self-isolation period ends in two weeks.
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12317561
One News has reported that NZR have created plans for their own 10-week competition, which would consist entirely of New Zealand teams, playing their games behind closed doors.
The teams would face each other twice, with two byes, and All Blacks would not be rested, given they would have already had a break due to the Super Rugby suspension.
The new competition – if it comes into being – would reportedly begin when the Highlanders' self-isolation period ends in two weeks.
@Tim while I love the concept, in 2 weeks??
