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ARU boss John O'Neill eyes expansion to Super 15 format in 2011
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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 242435"><p>The problem with Japan is with the rest of the Far East: they don't like you.</p><p></p><p>The Japanese will see a Super 14 team made up of random ANZAC and Pacific Island exiles as some random foreign franchise being forced upon them and an unwelcome distraction to what they're <em>really</em> interested in which is watching the Sanyo Wild Knights take on Waseda University. </p><p></p><p>I can see why O'Neill wants to move into Japan rather than Argentina, its all part of Australia's drive to become more neighborly in its region of Asia-Pacific and move away from its ties with the UK and the United State and be more 'into' the region, its politics and so on.</p><p></p><p>The problem is that they (Asian nations like Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Korea and Japan) don't like you. They never will like you and they never have liked you. They don't care how many people have emigrated to Australia from China, Vietnam, Malaysia, etc to the people of those countries those expats are seen as exiles, turncoats and are treated as such when they return home. They don't give a monkies about how much you want to become a more active partner in regional affairs. They don't really care that much that you want to help out and be a better regional neighbor. </p><p></p><p>The bottom line is that the reason why a Japanese Super 14 franchise would fail is that unless it is made up of purely Japanese players it will be seen as a purely foreign creation specifically for the entertainment of the local ANZAC expat population and nothing else. </p><p></p><p>On that basis, you'd be better off basing a Super 14 franchise in Hong Kong. Far better off in fact.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: When I say "you", I don't mean Australians, I just mean White, Anglo-Saxon "barbarians" in general. It is quite shocking to say but thishow the Chinese, Japanese and (to a lesser degree) Koreans view the world: they are on top and those hairy, smelly and vulgar apes from Europe and North America and their descendants in Australasia are at the bottom of the food chain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 242435"] The problem with Japan is with the rest of the Far East: they don't like you. The Japanese will see a Super 14 team made up of random ANZAC and Pacific Island exiles as some random foreign franchise being forced upon them and an unwelcome distraction to what they're [i]really[/i] interested in which is watching the Sanyo Wild Knights take on Waseda University. I can see why O'Neill wants to move into Japan rather than Argentina, its all part of Australia's drive to become more neighborly in its region of Asia-Pacific and move away from its ties with the UK and the United State and be more 'into' the region, its politics and so on. The problem is that they (Asian nations like Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Korea and Japan) don't like you. They never will like you and they never have liked you. They don't care how many people have emigrated to Australia from China, Vietnam, Malaysia, etc to the people of those countries those expats are seen as exiles, turncoats and are treated as such when they return home. They don't give a monkies about how much you want to become a more active partner in regional affairs. They don't really care that much that you want to help out and be a better regional neighbor. The bottom line is that the reason why a Japanese Super 14 franchise would fail is that unless it is made up of purely Japanese players it will be seen as a purely foreign creation specifically for the entertainment of the local ANZAC expat population and nothing else. On that basis, you'd be better off basing a Super 14 franchise in Hong Kong. Far better off in fact. EDIT: When I say "you", I don't mean Australians, I just mean White, Anglo-Saxon "barbarians" in general. It is quite shocking to say but thishow the Chinese, Japanese and (to a lesser degree) Koreans view the world: they are on top and those hairy, smelly and vulgar apes from Europe and North America and their descendants in Australasia are at the bottom of the food chain. [/QUOTE]
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