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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="Peat" data-source="post: 586667" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>I wouldn't describe myself as particularly nationalist; I picked a club team that is not part of my nation in a rugby sense. But I am an England fan first, and an Ulster fan second, and the precedence of country is right and proper in my eyes and those of many other rugby fans.</p><p></p><p>I also think the model in France is an awful one for pro rugby. The number of French players seems to be falling, the wealth gap between the top and the bottom increases, player welfare is poor. You condemn the English Premier League, but the Top 14 is the EPL writ small. And in French. Obvs.</p><p></p><p>While I do not trust the unions totally, and see opportunities in a stronger club game, rugby as a whole is best served by the continuation of a model in which generally, the unions and clubs are very co-dependent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 586667, member: 42330"] I wouldn't describe myself as particularly nationalist; I picked a club team that is not part of my nation in a rugby sense. But I am an England fan first, and an Ulster fan second, and the precedence of country is right and proper in my eyes and those of many other rugby fans. I also think the model in France is an awful one for pro rugby. The number of French players seems to be falling, the wealth gap between the top and the bottom increases, player welfare is poor. You condemn the English Premier League, but the Top 14 is the EPL writ small. And in French. Obvs. While I do not trust the unions totally, and see opportunities in a stronger club game, rugby as a whole is best served by the continuation of a model in which generally, the unions and clubs are very co-dependent. [/QUOTE]
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