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<blockquote data-quote="Fushitsusha" data-source="post: 282943"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dale @ Oct 14 2009, 05:44 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=416454" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Because the club competitions are of a poor standard. It's semi-amateur rugby.</p><p></p><p>Seriously, the top Canberra clubs would even do well in the Brisbane competition.</p><p></p><p>Actually, the top Canberra clubs would also be competitive in the Sydney competition... but no match for the poaching giants - Sydney Uni, Randwick etc.... although in a years time half of the Randwick team will be Canberrans... :lol:</p><p></p><p>Australian rugby seriously needed a professional competition that bridged the gap between backyard club rugby and the Super 14.</p><p></p><p>However I doubt it'll ever happen now with an extended Super series.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Australia didn't need another competition. The ARC was a joke. I seriously think SH rugby should follow the European model and have separate leagues then have a Heinekin cup. EG Aus/NZ league and a SA/ARG league. Then the heinekin cup/super cup attracts the top 4 from both leagues, maybe a Japanese team. When you only play 13 times a season Australian fans are over watching their team play 2/3 games at 1am in South Africa.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>There's no point having a Japanese team in there if they're no better than the 14 teams we already have...</p><p></p><p>It'd also take some time for Argentina to get some good quality teams up to scratch.</p><p></p><p>The problem Australia has is that players not involved with Wallaby duties have NOTHING after the Super 14.</p><p></p><p>This leads to two things - more players heading overseas... and players being stuck playing in the backyard rugby comps which don't really help their development.</p><p></p><p>It's quite sad that as a top rugby nation we don't have a domestic competition.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I'd also like to add that for New Zealand and South Africa - the Super 14 is the southern hemisphere equal of the Heineken Cup... they have their own domestic competitions which are in line with the GP, Magners League and Top 14...</p><p></p><p>I think Australian fans need to realise that just because our situation isn't good then we shouldn't expect other countries to revise their setups to accommodate us...</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Fushitsusha, post: 282943"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dale @ Oct 14 2009, 05:44 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=416454']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Because the club competitions are of a poor standard. It's semi-amateur rugby. Seriously, the top Canberra clubs would even do well in the Brisbane competition. Actually, the top Canberra clubs would also be competitive in the Sydney competition... but no match for the poaching giants - Sydney Uni, Randwick etc.... although in a years time half of the Randwick team will be Canberrans... :lol: Australian rugby seriously needed a professional competition that bridged the gap between backyard club rugby and the Super 14. However I doubt it'll ever happen now with an extended Super series. [/b][/quote] Australia didn't need another competition. The ARC was a joke. I seriously think SH rugby should follow the European model and have separate leagues then have a Heinekin cup. EG Aus/NZ league and a SA/ARG league. Then the heinekin cup/super cup attracts the top 4 from both leagues, maybe a Japanese team. When you only play 13 times a season Australian fans are over watching their team play 2/3 games at 1am in South Africa. [/b][/quote] There's no point having a Japanese team in there if they're no better than the 14 teams we already have... It'd also take some time for Argentina to get some good quality teams up to scratch. The problem Australia has is that players not involved with Wallaby duties have NOTHING after the Super 14. This leads to two things - more players heading overseas... and players being stuck playing in the backyard rugby comps which don't really help their development. It's quite sad that as a top rugby nation we don't have a domestic competition. Edit: I'd also like to add that for New Zealand and South Africa - the Super 14 is the southern hemisphere equal of the Heineken Cup... they have their own domestic competitions which are in line with the GP, Magners League and Top 14... I think Australian fans need to realise that just because our situation isn't good then we shouldn't expect other countries to revise their setups to accommodate us... [/QUOTE]
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