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<blockquote data-quote="unrated" data-source="post: 917596" data-attributes="member: 45773"><p>RC is not broken nor is Super rugby, every time the Lions has gotten into the Super rugby finals the whole country and all of their rival South African fans got behind them on the Saturday to support them. If they won it would have been big and there would have been parades. </p><p></p><p>The RC is a bit different, i see it as a traditional competition where we face our traditional rivals, the joy comes in playing these teams weekly instead of just winning a trophy. We celebrate wins over especially the Abs furiously but Aus will also be the cause for jubilation as South Africans tend not to like the Australians (Well those still living in South Africa). </p><p></p><p>I think what your problem is in NZ is you guys just win this **** too much and its becoming meaningless. A barren spell of about 4 years will do NZ wonders and if they win it again for the first time in 4 years they will be ecstatic. </p><p>I must say the health of rugby in NZ is concerning me. You guys are in a golden age, your super rugby teams are constantly winning and so is the All Blacks, and the SA sides are suffering (at the hand of the performing NZ sides) but even in these times where our rugby is not very healthy and yours is, your crowds are concerning, ours too but we are not in a golden age and still get better TV viewer and match attendance numbers. Our stadiums might look more empty but the numbers attending still averages about 16000 for the big unions. If NZ has this poor attendance in a golden age what will happen when they experience something such as South Africa in having a difficult bunch of years? will they become a second Australia?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unrated, post: 917596, member: 45773"] RC is not broken nor is Super rugby, every time the Lions has gotten into the Super rugby finals the whole country and all of their rival South African fans got behind them on the Saturday to support them. If they won it would have been big and there would have been parades. The RC is a bit different, i see it as a traditional competition where we face our traditional rivals, the joy comes in playing these teams weekly instead of just winning a trophy. We celebrate wins over especially the Abs furiously but Aus will also be the cause for jubilation as South Africans tend not to like the Australians (Well those still living in South Africa). I think what your problem is in NZ is you guys just win this **** too much and its becoming meaningless. A barren spell of about 4 years will do NZ wonders and if they win it again for the first time in 4 years they will be ecstatic. I must say the health of rugby in NZ is concerning me. You guys are in a golden age, your super rugby teams are constantly winning and so is the All Blacks, and the SA sides are suffering (at the hand of the performing NZ sides) but even in these times where our rugby is not very healthy and yours is, your crowds are concerning, ours too but we are not in a golden age and still get better TV viewer and match attendance numbers. Our stadiums might look more empty but the numbers attending still averages about 16000 for the big unions. If NZ has this poor attendance in a golden age what will happen when they experience something such as South Africa in having a difficult bunch of years? will they become a second Australia? [/QUOTE]
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