Super Rugby - The Future
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal. -
Predictably Australian rugby social media is packed with "we can't win so we have to leave" posts. Oh and of course "we got dudded by the biased kiwi ref".
Australian rugby fans (as a collective, not individuals) are such fucking cats. It's almost unaustralian to want to quit because it's too hard (I'm talking sport, not work).
Of course they are followed by fantasy posts about national club competitions. I assume populated by semi-pro players as it would be the only way to keep the lights on. Enjoy your Wallaby tours to Spain and Germany.
Good luck getting all the ex-pat kiwis propping up your club comps to switch to supporting Eastwood over the Blues too.
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
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@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
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@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
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The rumour going around in Australia is 16 rd comp starting a week earlier.
Which would mean 16 games in the regular season each team would play 6 teams twice.
A 6 team play off series top 2 have a week off 3 to 6 play to meet the top 2 teams in the semi Finals.
That format is the preferred option of the SR commission apparantly.@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
The rumour going around in Australia is 16 rd comp starting a week earlier.
Which would mean 16 games in the regular season each team would play 6 teams twice.@Chris that doesn't add up, 16 rounds comes to 14 games with only 11 teams, as 1 team has to sit out each round, and then you have the 3 current bye rounds included to that...
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
If you have more than an 11 week regular season you have to have multiple byes with an 11 team comp in order for teams to play the same number of games.
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@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
If you have more than an 11 week regular season you have to have multiple byes with an 11 team comp in order for teams to play the same number of games.
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
If you have more than an 11 week regular season you have to have multiple byes with an 11 team comp in order for teams to play the same number of games.
Not if they do home and away, as it should be. To actually make a decent length comp. Play through the internationals, they do it in NH, great leveler for the over powerful teams. Or pause, as I think the premiership did this year
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@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
If you have more than an 11 week regular season you have to have multiple byes with an 11 team comp in order for teams to play the same number of games.
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
If you have more than an 11 week regular season you have to have multiple byes with an 11 team comp in order for teams to play the same number of games.
and that's why I have a real gripe with the Rebels getting dissolved by moronic ARU, 1 step forwards - 2 steps back...
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i thought there had been some very strong rumours going around that we would see the Jag's back if the rebels folded, i take it that was all hot air?
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i thought there had been some very strong rumours going around that we would see the Jag's back if the rebels folded, i take it that was all hot air?
2026 was the rumour. The team has to be recreated
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i thought there had been some very strong rumours going around that we would see the Jag's back if the rebels folded, i take it that was all hot air?
@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby - The Future:
i thought there had been some very strong rumours going around that we would see the Jag's back if the rebels folded, i take it that was all hot air?
The Jaguares are unlikely to ever return to the competition, especially without South Africa involved. I think it's a pipe dream or, at best, a 'we're exploring all options' sort of scenario that will never unfold once any sort of conversations are had.
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
If you have more than an 11 week regular season you have to have multiple byes with an 11 team comp in order for teams to play the same number of games.
Not if they do home and away, as it should be. To actually make a decent length comp. Play through the internationals, they do it in NH, great leveler for the over powerful teams. Or pause, as I think the premiership did this year
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
If you have more than an 11 week regular season you have to have multiple byes with an 11 team comp in order for teams to play the same number of games.
Not if they do home and away, as it should be. To actually make a decent length comp. Play through the internationals, they do it in NH, great leveler for the over powerful teams. Or pause, as I think the premiership did this year
If you have an 11 team comp with 20 games for each team (home and away) each team still has 2 byes because not every team can play every week.
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@ruggabee said in Super Rugby 2024:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2024:
every sporting competition has shit teams in it. What administrators aim for is that those teams have, in the eyes of their fans anyway, a chance to win on any given weekend, and that bad teams can develop in to good teams.
Rugby Union in the Pacific is basically Ice Hockey in North America. If we are to prevent it from dying out you only need to look at the NHL for a template.
Allowing free movements of players in the competition, regardless of nationality, moving away from national identity the Brumbies aren't an Australian team, they're a team from Canberra. Same thing with the Chiefs and Hamilton. The Australian talent pool will never be as good as the NZ talent pool for obvious reasons, how are the Australian teams ever supposed to get on the NZ level? Just look at the NHL example, it's the exact analogue, in the sense that you have two countries, one small that cares a lot about the sport (Canada/NZ) and a big country where the sport is very niche (US/Aus). In the NHL most teams are American and most players are Canadian. A Canadian team hasn't won in decades and yet Canadians are still crazy about it.
The key difference here though is the club fanatical support. The US Fans support their team first and foremost and don't have too much care factor for the make up of the team. It's the same as the Premier League up here.
I just can't see Australians supporting Australian teams full of Kiwis. I think it would end up with mainly a NZ expat crowd. Perhaps it already is this way in some areas, but can you imagine any support at all from the Sydney money men of a Tahs team full of Kiwis?
Kearns/Waugh and co would never ever let that happens. They'd rather a shit box losing Tahs team full of Aussies over a succesful one full of expats.
@MajorRage said in Super Rugby - The Future:
I just can't see Australians supporting Australian teams full of Kiwis.
um that kind of already happens, they just adopt them as dopey country cousins.
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@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
If you have more than an 11 week regular season you have to have multiple byes with an 11 team comp in order for teams to play the same number of games.
Not if they do home and away, as it should be. To actually make a decent length comp. Play through the internationals, they do it in NH, great leveler for the over powerful teams. Or pause, as I think the premiership did this year
If you have an 11 team comp with 20 games for each team (home and away) each team still has 2 byes because not every team can play every week.
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
If you have more than an 11 week regular season you have to have multiple byes with an 11 team comp in order for teams to play the same number of games.
Not if they do home and away, as it should be. To actually make a decent length comp. Play through the internationals, they do it in NH, great leveler for the over powerful teams. Or pause, as I think the premiership did this year
If you have an 11 team comp with 20 games for each team (home and away) each team still has 2 byes because not every team can play every week.
Yup that's what I am after, not wasting weeks
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@ruggabee said in Super Rugby 2024:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2024:
every sporting competition has shit teams in it. What administrators aim for is that those teams have, in the eyes of their fans anyway, a chance to win on any given weekend, and that bad teams can develop in to good teams.
Rugby Union in the Pacific is basically Ice Hockey in North America. If we are to prevent it from dying out you only need to look at the NHL for a template.
Allowing free movements of players in the competition, regardless of nationality, moving away from national identity the Brumbies aren't an Australian team, they're a team from Canberra. Same thing with the Chiefs and Hamilton. The Australian talent pool will never be as good as the NZ talent pool for obvious reasons, how are the Australian teams ever supposed to get on the NZ level? Just look at the NHL example, it's the exact analogue, in the sense that you have two countries, one small that cares a lot about the sport (Canada/NZ) and a big country where the sport is very niche (US/Aus). In the NHL most teams are American and most players are Canadian. A Canadian team hasn't won in decades and yet Canadians are still crazy about it.
The key difference here though is the club fanatical support. The US Fans support their team first and foremost and don't have too much care factor for the make up of the team. It's the same as the Premier League up here.
I just can't see Australians supporting Australian teams full of Kiwis. I think it would end up with mainly a NZ expat crowd. Perhaps it already is this way in some areas, but can you imagine any support at all from the Sydney money men of a Tahs team full of Kiwis?
Kearns/Waugh and co would never ever let that happens. They'd rather a shit box losing Tahs team full of Aussies over a succesful one full of expats.
@MajorRage said in Super Rugby - The Future:
I just can't see Australians supporting Australian teams full of Kiwis.
i dont think most aussie care when talking about the club game, theyre far more passionate about their club teams than kiwis are IMO and just want them to win, when you see how popular League and AFL are when one has a small international game and the other none at all
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@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Chris so is that an 18 round regular season if you factor in 2 byes?
It would have to be to make it work, not locked in the preferred version so I hear probably will end up being tweaked maybe to 5 teams played twice to pull back the weeks they can fit in.
They are keen to start the comp a week earlier than normal.Why do you need byes with 11 teams, fuck that. Not required, rotate if required
The byes aren't in addition to the forced bye.
With an 11 team league every team with have at least one bye every 11 weeks.
That's enough
If you have more than an 11 week regular season you have to have multiple byes with an 11 team comp in order for teams to play the same number of games.
Not if they do home and away, as it should be. To actually make a decent length comp. Play through the internationals, they do it in NH, great leveler for the over powerful teams. Or pause, as I think the premiership did this year
If you have an 11 team comp with 20 games for each team (home and away) each team still has 2 byes because not every team can play every week.
@KiwiMurph I think if you have a season this long we should go straight into the semis.
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A comp based on continents would be interesting, Europe could divide into 2 or 3, and N America could be competitive...
@nostrildamus said in Super Rugby - The Future:
A comp based on continents would be interesting, Europe could divide into 2 or 3, and N America could be competitive...
Then you'd need a 7s type end with cup, plate etc. to keep the interest when inevitably there's three NZ teams and the Brumbies in the semis.
