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SA to leave Super Rugby? SANZAR are considering changing the format of Super Rugby
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 585830" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Why not run the whole thing like the NFL. They have the AFC (American Football Conference) and the NFC (National Football Conference). Each conference is made up of divisions, and each conference is a Championship in its own right. The winners of each go the the Superbowl </p><p></p><p>New Zealand and Australia could make up the <em>"Pacific Conference"</em>; a 12-team - 2 Division competition, five NZ Teams plus a team from the Islands in the NZ division, and five Australian teams plus a team based in Japan in the Aussie Division - each team plays the teams in their own divisions twice (home and away) and the teams in the other division once; three at home and three away). That is 16 divisional matches before the post season.</p><p></p><p>South Africa could do the same; the <em>"Atlantic Conference"</em> could be another 12 Team - 2 Division competition with six South African teams in their division (keep the Lions and the Kings happy) and an "Americas" division comprising six teams from Argentina, USA and Canada.</p><p></p><p>the winners of the Atlantic Championship play the winners of the Pacific Championship, in a sort of SANZAR Superbowl. The venue alternates on yearly basis, Atlantic one year, Pacific the next, with the winning team hosting. You could even have a two week break before the final match.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 585830, member: 20605"] Why not run the whole thing like the NFL. They have the AFC (American Football Conference) and the NFC (National Football Conference). Each conference is made up of divisions, and each conference is a Championship in its own right. The winners of each go the the Superbowl New Zealand and Australia could make up the [I]"Pacific Conference"[/I]; a 12-team - 2 Division competition, five NZ Teams plus a team from the Islands in the NZ division, and five Australian teams plus a team based in Japan in the Aussie Division - each team plays the teams in their own divisions twice (home and away) and the teams in the other division once; three at home and three away). That is 16 divisional matches before the post season. South Africa could do the same; the [I]"Atlantic Conference"[/I] could be another 12 Team - 2 Division competition with six South African teams in their division (keep the Lions and the Kings happy) and an "Americas" division comprising six teams from Argentina, USA and Canada. the winners of the Atlantic Championship play the winners of the Pacific Championship, in a sort of SANZAR Superbowl. The venue alternates on yearly basis, Atlantic one year, Pacific the next, with the winning team hosting. You could even have a two week break before the final match. [/QUOTE]
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