'Super Rugby' 2021
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@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.
@Rapido said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
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.
Australia are just working from their desires and limitations backwards. They don't have enough teams or players (without resorting to a double round robin format - boring) and need to manufacture more domestic rugby by including other countries.
I don't see any desire from other nations to carve off another full month where half the elite playing group will continue to play and the others will be resting.
Moving the SR finals to three weeks already had a lot of resistance for this very reason.
Laughable proposal.
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@Rapido said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
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.
Australia are just working from their desires and limitations backwards. They don't have enough teams or players (without resorting to a double round robin format - boring) and need to manufacture more domestic rugby by including other countries.
I don't see any desire from other nations to carve off another full month where half the elite playing group will continue to play and the others will be resting.
Moving the SR finals to three weeks already had a lot of resistance for this very reason.
Laughable proposal.
@rotated Maybe they are also considering the legal implications of trying to cut out SA and Argentina entirely without consent, and trying to balance this with the need to have more domestic content. They've had some recent Court experience which tends to leave one scarred.
It would be nice to see someone else taken to the cleaners after acting like mugs for once.
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by surplus they mean NPC players that dont get a super contract? would have that many that would be a huge improvement for them? i kind of feel real NPC stars that miss out on a super contract is still "newsworthy" so cant be that common
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@KiwiMurph Convincing New Zealand to sanction its players playing in Australia will be a tough ask, but NZR is already funnelling players to Japan as a way of coping with the overseas player drain. It has been happening in an unofficial capacity for a number of years, with the likes of Taniela Tupou, Pete Samu and Sekope Kepu moving to Australia in search of opportunities.
So where's the benefit?
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@KiwiMurph Convincing New Zealand to sanction its players playing in Australia will be a tough ask, but NZR is already funnelling players to Japan as a way of coping with the overseas player drain. It has been happening in an unofficial capacity for a number of years, with the likes of Taniela Tupou, Pete Samu and Sekope Kepu moving to Australia in search of opportunities.
So where's the benefit?
@antipodean presumably the theoretical benefit would be a more competitive comp.
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sounds like rugby's version of cuckolding to me
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Will it increase the risk of poaching of our young school leaving talent (including for the Wallabies after 5 years residency)? If so, then I'm against it.
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@Stargazer When was the last time Australia poached an NZ schoolboy? i can point to several in the last few years where NZ have poached Australian schoolboys.
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@Derpus not disputing, actual question, who?
@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Derpus not disputing, actual question, who?
At a guess he'll name Lomax.
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Is it poaching if the player leaves to pursue a dream?
"I wanted to play for the All Blacks, that was the main thing," Lomax said. "And it was about representing my family, getting back to New Zealand.
"I tried to picture myself playing for the Wallabies and wondering what it would feel like. It probably didn't feel right, to be honest. And I'm happy with how it's going so far."
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Is it poaching if the player leaves to pursue a dream?
"I wanted to play for the All Blacks, that was the main thing," Lomax said. "And it was about representing my family, getting back to New Zealand.
"I tried to picture myself playing for the Wallabies and wondering what it would feel like. It probably didn't feel right, to be honest. And I'm happy with how it's going so far."
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@antipodean Haha, Lomax was born and raised in NZ, so a Kiwi who moved to Australia. Not a poach.
@Stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean Haha, Lomax was born and raised in NZ, so a Kiwi who moved to Australia. Not a poach.
Nah I think you'll find he was born in Canberra while his father was playing for the Raiders.
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@Stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean Haha, Lomax was born and raised in NZ, so a Kiwi who moved to Australia. Not a poach.
Nah I think you'll find he was born in Canberra while his father was playing for the Raiders.
@antipodean Okay, I stand corrected, but there's no doubt he's a Kiwi and always was. Not a poach.
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@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Derpus not disputing, actual question, who?
At a guess he'll name Lomax.
@antipodean said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Derpus not disputing, actual question, who?
At a guess he'll name Lomax.
i hope not! he'd already played for the rebels...hardly a schoolboy
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@Stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean Okay, I stand corrected, but there's no doubt he's a Kiwi and always was. Not a poach.
Yes you can't deny the cultural pull can be very strong for some, especially in tight families if you grow up watching your parents barracking for a certain team.
One of my SILs in Qld was telling me that my nieces' school had a footy jersey day instead of school uniform and near half the class of one of them was decked out in All Blacks jerseys. She said near every kid was actually born in Australia.
