'Super Rugby' 2021
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They will chose the 2022 expansion teams at the end of the year right? Those franchises could start setting up their squads next year and maybe play the Development teams of the NZ franchise teams. Twiggy may set up his comp again if Covid allows also.
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@Winger said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Machpants said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Winger said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
But the ideal new competition would only have 8 teams. 5 from NZ and three from Aussie. With a focus on ensuring all teams have a chance of winning.
Then we should only have 4 NZ teams, because at least one of the NZ teams is utter shit every year.
Except this year as one example. The Chiefs even managed to beat the Crusaders
Highway robbery was that hatchet job by the ref
@ACT-Crusader a bit like Whitelock being far off his feet vs the Hurricanes in the semi final last year?
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Thought this was funny tho
"Hammered from pillar to pillar, another pillar and finally the post.The semi-crazed antics of this board and administration have left the august organisation friendless, bobbing along hopelessly in a sea of hostility.
Here's a shortlist of people, countries and organisations that hate New Zealand Rugby at the moment: Australia, South Africa, Bill Beaumont, Bryan Williams, the Players' Association, Pacific Nations, Sanzaar, the Home Nations and Derek.
They still have a good friend at Sky but even they must be wondering if this game of alienating everyone is a sound long-term content strategy."
NZH paywall
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Thought this was funny tho
"Hammered from pillar to pillar, another pillar and finally the post.The semi-crazed antics of this board and administration have left the august organisation friendless, bobbing along hopelessly in a sea of hostility.
Here's a shortlist of people, countries and organisations that hate New Zealand Rugby at the moment: Australia, South Africa, Bill Beaumont, Bryan Williams, the Players' Association, Pacific Nations, Sanzaar, the Home Nations and Derek.
They still have a good friend at Sky but even they must be wondering if this game of alienating everyone is a sound long-term content strategy."
NZH paywall
@Machpants question is, who likes NZR at the moment?
Players don't, fans are marginal, William Webb Ellis doesn't
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I hope they go to Oz, they can dilute their teams not ours. And AR can be responsible for the bills. Cos a team not based in Fiji (etc) is nothing more than another SR team in our comp.
This pisses me off tho "the All Blacks and Super Rugby teams continue to be heavily reliant on players of Pasifika heritage" yes we have a ton off players, born in NZ, of Pacific heritage. But they are kiwi born and trained, mostly. We rely less on that than Samoa and Tonga rely on NZ born and trained players.
@Machpants hell no - RA can't afford it's own teams let alone yours.
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@Machpants hell no - RA can't afford it's own teams let alone yours.
@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Machpants hell no - RA can't afford it's own teams let alone yours.
Neither can we, that's the point!
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Change of subject here, are the Super squads going to be announced at the end of the month like every other year? Or as we haven't had the fixtures confirmed yet, will it be later?
@Yeetyaah Good question! You'd think that most of the players have already been signed, but the exact number of spots in the squads may depend on the competition format/length. This may affect the signing of players for a few spots that possibly haven't been filled, yet. And that may mean a lot of insecurity for the players hoping to get those last spots, who may be tempted to sign elsewhere (Japan, MLR) if it takes too long as their livelihood is at stake.
Anyway, I don't think the squads will be named at the end of this month. I'd expect them to wait until the end of Mitre 10 Cup.
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I sent all the Super teams a DM on Instagram asking when the Super squads would be named and the Highlanders replied and said all squads will be named in early December after the Mitre 10 Cup.
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I sent all the Super teams a DM on Instagram asking when the Super squads would be named and the Highlanders replied and said all squads will be named in early December after the Mitre 10 Cup.
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@Yeetyaah said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
I sent all the Super teams a DM on Instagram asking when the Super squads would be named and the Highlanders replied and said all squads will be named in early December after the Mitre 10 Cup.
A Thursday?
@Crucial Friday is the new Thursday
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Haha well we knew this was coming.
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im over it, give them what they want, if what NZR say is correct in that SRA isn't sustainable long term, we might need to swallow our pride, the reality for the Landers for example is we very rarely thrash anyone and for teams as good as the Saders...they get to blood some young guys against the Force
