Southland Rugby
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@shark the last time they talked about demotiion (Northland, Ta$man, Counties) Southland were all but safe due to some arbitrary criteria....2 of those sides have proven even considering ditching them was wrong, Northland are plodding along, paying thier way...ditching Southland would kill thier schoolboy and club rugby further I expect.
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@taniwharugby Yup can't be easy for them as you Northland fans would know being in the same situation yourselves. Good luck to them I hope things can change as they had some decent sides going back a decade or so.
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@shark said in Southland Rugby:
@Kirwan said in Southland Rugby:
@Magpie_in_aus maybe the solution is to redistribute the teams along populations lines? Should Southland just become a heartland team?
The criteria being how many people in order to have a Div 1 team? 100,000 would see others such as Ta$man also demoted, and 16 sides from Greater Auckland.
Population would be one factor. Local club numbers, functioning pathways through the various levels, facilities, budgets, sponsorship would some others.
Personally, I’d prefer survival of the fittest. Bring back relegation and if you wanted a new team it has to play it’s way up like North Harbour did.
In that scenario, if Southland can’t stay up then so be it. Go back through history and previously strong team aren’t any more.
The rep system has to factor in changes in the community around teams.
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@shark said in Southland Rugby:
@Kirwan said in Southland Rugby:
@Magpie_in_aus maybe the solution is to redistribute the teams along populations lines? Should Southland just become a heartland team?
The criteria being how many people in order to have a Div 1 team? 100,000 would see others such as Ta$man also demoted, and 16 sides from Greater Auckland.
Ta$man's catchment - i.e. Nelson City, Marlborough, Ta$man District has a population of 150,000.
