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Air NZ Cup to remain as 14 teams
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 293118"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Dec 12 2009, 12:09 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=426493" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>That is completely wrong. It was Auckland who complained bitterly that some teams had got a "free ride" by not playing top teams.</p><p></p><p>Also, most teams were happy with the 2006 and 2007 two-pool format of the ANZC. What they didn't like was the overly complicated playoff & repechage system. </p><p></p><p>They also did not like the 2008 format that had a single pool of 14 but with only 10 rounds, which means that each team missed playing three other teams. The NZRU also retained the stupid repechage system when THAT is what needed to be changed</p><p></p><p>My proposal (which I submitted to the NZRU but never even got the courtesy of a reply) was to divide them into two pools, seeded from the previous year's competititon. With seven in each pool, there would be three matches in each pool each week, with the "bye" teams in each pool playing each other in a cross pool match.</p><p></p><p>After the completion of the round robins, the top 6 would go into a modified MacIntyre playoff system for the Air New Zealand Cup, and the bottom eight would go into a straight knockout for the "Air New Zealand Plate"</p><p></p><p>You can find a detailed description of the competititon format I proposed for the NZRU here;</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50029&view=findpost&p=410115" target="_blank">http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/index.p...st&p=410115</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 293118"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Dec 12 2009, 12:09 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=426493']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> That is completely wrong. It was Auckland who complained bitterly that some teams had got a "free ride" by not playing top teams. Also, most teams were happy with the 2006 and 2007 two-pool format of the ANZC. What they didn't like was the overly complicated playoff & repechage system. They also did not like the 2008 format that had a single pool of 14 but with only 10 rounds, which means that each team missed playing three other teams. The NZRU also retained the stupid repechage system when THAT is what needed to be changed My proposal (which I submitted to the NZRU but never even got the courtesy of a reply) was to divide them into two pools, seeded from the previous year's competititon. With seven in each pool, there would be three matches in each pool each week, with the "bye" teams in each pool playing each other in a cross pool match. After the completion of the round robins, the top 6 would go into a modified MacIntyre playoff system for the Air New Zealand Cup, and the bottom eight would go into a straight knockout for the "Air New Zealand Plate" You can find a detailed description of the competititon format I proposed for the NZRU here; [url="http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50029&view=findpost&p=410115"]http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/index.p...st&p=410115[/url] [/QUOTE]
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