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Bill Anderson gives the NZRU a serve
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<blockquote data-quote="Jethro" data-source="post: 284787"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nickdnz @ Oct 28 2009, 07:11 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=418203" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>My arguement has always been hold off reducing the ANZC for three further years and then revisit the competition. The continued changing of the format is not helping. Talking from a Bay perspective, yeap our crowds will be there in 4-5 years and yes the team will live under it's budget.</p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div></p><p></p><p>The larger Provinces are the ones backing the NZRU, do you honestly believe they have any trust in the rest of the country? How on earth do they justify retaining Otago at the cost of Tasman? One has good crowds and their finances are in order the other gets sponsored by speights.</p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div></p><p></p><p>The only complaints I'm seeing is how oftern we play each other. While it'll be nice fo see eight in the row over the Aussies, and the continued spats in the papers from the ARU, Dingo, and assorted players is entertaining, it is rather boring. The additional of Los Pumas is going to breath new life into the competition.</p><p></p><p>Sorry have to hoof it to the office so don't have time to address your other points. End of day the ANZC is the lifeblood of NZ rugby, fitting in between club and international, further erosion of this competition will see rugby back on a downward spiral in New Zealand. The ANZC is currently a level playing field, albeit with most of the G9 having a lack of depth, interest is way up with the "minions" getting results finally over the more fancied teams, why on earth would you want to destory that. If the comp is reduced to ten teams expect some heavy fall off in viewer numbers and eventually crowd figures as the likes of Canterbury and Auckland simply buy themselves into strong positions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jethro, post: 284787"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nickdnz @ Oct 28 2009, 07:11 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=418203']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> My arguement has always been hold off reducing the ANZC for three further years and then revisit the competition. The continued changing of the format is not helping. Talking from a Bay perspective, yeap our crowds will be there in 4-5 years and yes the team will live under it's budget. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> The larger Provinces are the ones backing the NZRU, do you honestly believe they have any trust in the rest of the country? How on earth do they justify retaining Otago at the cost of Tasman? One has good crowds and their finances are in order the other gets sponsored by speights. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> The only complaints I'm seeing is how oftern we play each other. While it'll be nice fo see eight in the row over the Aussies, and the continued spats in the papers from the ARU, Dingo, and assorted players is entertaining, it is rather boring. The additional of Los Pumas is going to breath new life into the competition. Sorry have to hoof it to the office so don't have time to address your other points. End of day the ANZC is the lifeblood of NZ rugby, fitting in between club and international, further erosion of this competition will see rugby back on a downward spiral in New Zealand. The ANZC is currently a level playing field, albeit with most of the G9 having a lack of depth, interest is way up with the "minions" getting results finally over the more fancied teams, why on earth would you want to destory that. If the comp is reduced to ten teams expect some heavy fall off in viewer numbers and eventually crowd figures as the likes of Canterbury and Auckland simply buy themselves into strong positions. [/QUOTE]
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