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<blockquote data-quote="feicarsinn" data-source="post: 296538"><p>Well, lots of reasons, none of which I'm fully convinced of:</p><p></p><p>1) Super rugby has once again grown stale. SANZAR reckoned a change was needed to keep the punters from turning away so confrences, ensuring more local derbies, were introduced. Having a South Afrcian team in the Oz franchise would be pointless toward this end. Will it work? maybe. they still have to address the problem that many people don't identify with the francises in the same way they identify with their local clubs/provinces.</p><p></p><p>2) Australian rugby has a serious lack of depth as well all know. While in South Africa and New Zealand players who are on the fringes of the S14 squads can play and improve with their provinical sides in the Currie cup and ANZ respectively, there is no second tier in Australia. Instead of perservering with the ARC, the ARU, with SANZAR backing, decided the best way to get matchtime and experiance for their players was to introduce a 5th franchise.</p><p></p><p>I can't see it being a success to be honest. There's going to be a lack of fans, money and quality players and it will probably weaken the other franchises further. Oh well, we might as well give it a chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="feicarsinn, post: 296538"] Well, lots of reasons, none of which I'm fully convinced of: 1) Super rugby has once again grown stale. SANZAR reckoned a change was needed to keep the punters from turning away so confrences, ensuring more local derbies, were introduced. Having a South Afrcian team in the Oz franchise would be pointless toward this end. Will it work? maybe. they still have to address the problem that many people don't identify with the francises in the same way they identify with their local clubs/provinces. 2) Australian rugby has a serious lack of depth as well all know. While in South Africa and New Zealand players who are on the fringes of the S14 squads can play and improve with their provinical sides in the Currie cup and ANZ respectively, there is no second tier in Australia. Instead of perservering with the ARC, the ARU, with SANZAR backing, decided the best way to get matchtime and experiance for their players was to introduce a 5th franchise. I can't see it being a success to be honest. There's going to be a lack of fans, money and quality players and it will probably weaken the other franchises further. Oh well, we might as well give it a chance. [/QUOTE]
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