'Super Rugby' 2021
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Good post. After reading 2 days of this thread I was going to make the same point. NZR already have a 5-yr deal with their broadcast partner while RA doesn't have a deal post-Super AU. From RA's perspective more teams (hopefully) equals more money but it won't be as simple as that. The leverage will be with the broadcaster, and I assume Foxtel is still the only option.
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Expanding on Australia's idea of a southern hemisphere champion of champions competition here are some ideas.
- Countries/regions put forward one or two teams
- Two Tiers
- Intermingle with regular season comp rather than at end
- Qualify by position in previous year
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If NZ go without OZ we need more teams. A stronger NPC based competition is never going to happen so:
- Split Blues in Half - North Auckland team and a Auckland City team
- The proposed Pacific themed team based in Manukau, Mt Smart, or Pukekohe
- Chiefs
- Tauranga based team, maybe the China Lions team is expanded
- A Lower North Island Team, pretty much Central Vikings with Taranaki too
- Hurricanes
- Highlanders
- Crusaders
- Possibly a Ta$man based team too.
We need to expand the NZ comp slightly to make it less intense and an opportunity for more kiwi players
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If NZ go without OZ we need more teams. A stronger NPC based competition is never going to happen so:
- Split Blues in Half - North Auckland team and a Auckland City team
- The proposed Pacific themed team based in Manukau, Mt Smart, or Pukekohe
- Chiefs
- Tauranga based team, maybe the China Lions team is expanded
- A Lower North Island Team, pretty much Central Vikings with Taranaki too
- Hurricanes
- Highlanders
- Crusaders
- Possibly a Ta$man based team too.
We need to expand the NZ comp slightly to make it less intense and an opportunity for more kiwi players
@mikedogz said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
If NZ go without OZ we need more teams. A stronger NPC based competition is never going to happen so:
- Split Blues in Half - North Auckland team and a Auckland City team
- The proposed Pacific themed team based in Manukau, Mt Smart, or Pukekohe
- Chiefs
- Tauranga based team, maybe the China Lions team is expanded
- A Lower North Island Team, pretty much Central Vikings with Taranaki too
- Hurricanes
- Highlanders
- Crusaders
- Possibly a Ta$man based team too.
We need to expand the NZ comp slightly to make it less intense and an opportunity for more kiwi players
Chiefs=Waikato and canes=Wellington?
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Aussie can barely field 3 competitive teams, let alone 5
@canefan said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Aussie can barely field 3 competitive teams, let alone 5
It's a bit presumptuous to go to a broadcaster saying you've got a competition without asking the participants...
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@mikedogz said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
If NZ go without OZ we need more teams. A stronger NPC based competition is never going to happen so:
- Split Blues in Half - North Auckland team and a Auckland City team
- The proposed Pacific themed team based in Manukau, Mt Smart, or Pukekohe
- Chiefs
- Tauranga based team, maybe the China Lions team is expanded
- A Lower North Island Team, pretty much Central Vikings with Taranaki too
- Hurricanes
- Highlanders
- Crusaders
- Possibly a Ta$man based team too.
We need to expand the NZ comp slightly to make it less intense and an opportunity for more kiwi players
Chiefs=Waikato and canes=Wellington?
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@Bovidae But isn't the NZ deal based on Super Rugby going ahead as planned?
Surely that figure will be renegotiated down based on what NZRU can deliver?
@barbarian said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Bovidae But isn't the NZ deal based on Super Rugby going ahead as planned?
Surely that figure will be renegotiated down based on what NZRU can deliver?
Yes, this is a fair point.
At this point 2021 wont be delivered as promised.
Although, the biased nz comp fan in me hopes it may be more valuable. If things turn out more local. (But not a bigger deal, they were stretched hard).
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@Bovidae But isn't the NZ deal based on Super Rugby going ahead as planned?
Surely that figure will be renegotiated down based on what NZRU can deliver?
@barbarian said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Bovidae But isn't the NZ deal based on Super Rugby going ahead as planned?
The new deal starts next year and there will likely be more discussions, particularly if Covid-19 continues to impact international rugby.
But better to already have a deal and renegotiate than not have a broadcasting deal at all.
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has agreed a ‘revolutionary’ five-year rights deal with domestic pay-TV broadcaster Sky through 2025, worth a reported NZ$400 million (US$251.9 million). The record investment sees the union, including the All Blacks men’s rugby union team, take a five per cent stake in the network, which deepens its existing investment in New Zealand rugby union by an apparent NZ$10 million (US$6.3 million) per year. The broadcast rights include exclusive coverage of all New Zealand's international Test matches from the annual Rugby Championship, tours of Europe and visiting Northern Hemisphere sides, as well as the Super Rugby club season and New Zealand’s other domestic competitions, including the Mitre 10 Cup and women’s competitions such as the Farah Palmer Cup. Coming into effect in 2021, Sky chief executive Martin Stewart said that the partnerships extends the broadcaster’s “commitment is to deliver rugby to all New Zealanders”, including satellite and streaming options, as well as free access to games via its Prime free-view channel. -
@barbarian said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
This is what RA is proposing to broadcasters:
I like this. It is close to my desired outcome.
I gave a few concerns. I'd worry about viability of State of Union as long as Warratahs and Reds exist as state franchises within their domestic SR. Would struggle to sell that .
My other concern, linked to the first in some ways. ARU seem welded to having single professional team representing each of NSW and Qld. This makes no sense in a post-SR world. Sydney and Brisbane need to be the backbone of their competition supplying multiple teams each.
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BTW. I fully agree with ARU rejecting out of hand NZRU apparent offer of only 2 teams joining TT SR.
On a scale of 1 to 10 stupid, that offer is a 12.
I reckon they can financially and player depth support 3 if NZ stay with 5.
If both nations go their own way domestically , they can please their own.
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Question for Aussie posters.
How expandable is SR Australia with Reds and Warratahs.
If, for example. Were to keep existing 5 franchises. But expand by adding existing Sydney and Brisbane clubs. Would it work if clear separation from Reds and Warratahs as clubs rather than state teams?
Eg. Reds and Warratahs change their kits. Keep colours but use hoops rather than traditional state team kits.
NSW and Qld rep teams reborn for origin , but use Blues and Maroons branding
Say GPS Brothers, Randwick, Manly, Sydney Uni join.
Have league of:
Qld Reds
Brisbane Brothers
Brisbane GPS
Warratahs
Manly
Randwick
Sydney University
ACT Brumbies
Melbourne Rebels
Western ForceWould supporters of Warringah or Eastrrn Suburbs be still likely to follow Warratahs? Or get in a jealous hump that their close rivals have been elevated to national level?
Or if created NRC style regional pseudo-mergers. Would a Warratahs brand still work if also added a North Shore franchise? Or NSW Country? Or a Manly-Warringah, would a Manly-Warringah work?
Note. The club teams I have inserted just treat as hypothetical. Just trying to gauge ways ARU can expand domestic SR in future while keeping Warratahs and Reds brands.
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Question for Aussie posters.
How expandable is SR Australia with Reds and Warratahs.
If, for example. Were to keep existing 5 franchises. But expand by adding existing Sydney and Brisbane clubs. Would it work if clear separation from Reds and Warratahs as clubs rather than state teams?
Eg. Reds and Warratahs change their kits. Keep colours but use hoops rather than traditional state team kits.
NSW and Qld rep teams reborn for origin , but use Blues and Maroons branding
Say GPS Brothers, Randwick, Manly, Sydney Uni join.
Have league of:
Qld Reds
Brisbane Brothers
Brisbane GPS
Warratahs
Manly
Randwick
Sydney University
ACT Brumbies
Melbourne Rebels
Western ForceWould supporters of Warringah or Eastrrn Suburbs be still likely to follow Warratahs? Or get in a jealous hump that their close rivals have been elevated to national level?
Or if created NRC style regional pseudo-mergers. Would a Warratahs brand still work if also added a North Shore franchise? Or NSW Country? Or a Manly-Warringah, would a Manly-Warringah work?
Note. The club teams I have inserted just treat as hypothetical. Just trying to gauge ways ARU can expand domestic SR in future while keeping Warratahs and Reds brands.
@Rapido said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Question for Aussie posters.
How expandable is SR Australia with Reds and Warratahs.
I have a view but will preface it by saying this topic would've generated thousands of other views and comments over the past few years.
IMO, yes, there could be more than 1 team in NSW (and potentially also another team in Qld). But it's not a matter of flicking a switch and it would obviously stretch player depth, amongst other things. That's why Fiji is a likely RA invitee.
@Rapido said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Would a Warratahs brand still work if also added a North Shore franchise? Or NSW Country? Or a Manly-Warringah, would a Manly-Warringah work?
The Waratahs brand pulls recognition and viewers. The last thing they should be doing is throwing it away.
As for other franchise options, the idea of promoting or merging existing clubs on their own won't be good enough. The first requirement IMO would be sufficient private backing to cover a minimum five years of operation. Not impossible, but hard to see it happening by 2021.
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That suggestion reminds me of the AFL situation in SA. Adelaide was created as a greenfields club to represent the city, but later Port Adelaide was elevated from the SA league. This created massive division.
@shark said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
That suggestion reminds me of the AFL situation in SA. Adelaide was created as a greenfields club to represent the city, but later Port Adelaide was elevated from the SA league. This created massive division.
Fair point. I'm not so much opposed to an existing team (or merged identity) as such - although it can exclude former rival fans.
It's more a concern that just combining existing local rugby resources won't be enough.
Solid finances is the #1 thing needed by any new pro team. Just scraping by, dollarwise, won't generate a sustainable franchise. Appealing to a relatively wide catchment will also help.
Having said all that, Port Adelaide still managed to find the wherewithal to make it...
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If NZ go without OZ we need more teams. A stronger NPC based competition is never going to happen so:
- Split Blues in Half - North Auckland team and a Auckland City team
- The proposed Pacific themed team based in Manukau, Mt Smart, or Pukekohe
- Chiefs
- Tauranga based team, maybe the China Lions team is expanded
- A Lower North Island Team, pretty much Central Vikings with Taranaki too
- Hurricanes
- Highlanders
- Crusaders
- Possibly a Ta$man based team too.
We need to expand the NZ comp slightly to make it less intense and an opportunity for more kiwi players
@mikedogz said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
If NZ go without OZ we need more teams. A stronger NPC based competition is never going to happen so:
...How is that better than playing the Aus teams? They have more players, an audience. Diluting the Super sides woudl be a disaster, particularly if you leave the Crusaders untouched.
Seriously, I think you'd have all the quality problems, but none of the upside
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Not sure if this was posted earlier.. This was in a NZH article
As for the future of the competition beyond this season, Hurricanes chief executive Avan Lee revealed to the Herald that two teams, one possibly being the Western Force, are willing to stay in New Zealand next year. "There are I understand teams from elsewhere in the world who are prepared to base themselves in New Zealand for a competition should the borders stay closed," Lee said. "It's working through that over the next few weeks and hopefully we'll have something to look at." -
Not sure if this was posted earlier.. This was in a NZH article
As for the future of the competition beyond this season, Hurricanes chief executive Avan Lee revealed to the Herald that two teams, one possibly being the Western Force, are willing to stay in New Zealand next year. "There are I understand teams from elsewhere in the world who are prepared to base themselves in New Zealand for a competition should the borders stay closed," Lee said. "It's working through that over the next few weeks and hopefully we'll have something to look at."@Duluth said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Not sure if this was posted earlier.. This was in a NZH article
As for the future of the competition beyond this season, Hurricanes chief executive Avan Lee revealed to the Herald that two teams, one possibly being the Western Force, are willing to stay in New Zealand next year. "There are I understand teams from elsewhere in the world who are prepared to base themselves in New Zealand for a competition should the borders stay closed," Lee said. "It's working through that over the next few weeks and hopefully we'll have something to look at."Taranaki to move the Force?
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Not sure if this was posted earlier.. This was in a NZH article
As for the future of the competition beyond this season, Hurricanes chief executive Avan Lee revealed to the Herald that two teams, one possibly being the Western Force, are willing to stay in New Zealand next year. "There are I understand teams from elsewhere in the world who are prepared to base themselves in New Zealand for a competition should the borders stay closed," Lee said. "It's working through that over the next few weeks and hopefully we'll have something to look at."@Duluth said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Not sure if this was posted earlier.. This was in a NZH article
As for the future of the competition beyond this season, Hurricanes chief executive Avan Lee revealed to the Herald that two teams, one possibly being the Western Force, are willing to stay in New Zealand next year. "There are I understand teams from elsewhere in the world who are prepared to base themselves in New Zealand for a competition should the borders stay closed," Lee said. "It's working through that over the next few weeks and hopefully we'll have something to look at."Now to be serious. I can only hope this is confused mud slinging.
Because that would be a shit result. And the crisis would have been wasted with temporary gap-filler rather than taken advantage of.
