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Super Rugby Aotearoa: Round 4 - [04 - 05 July 2020]
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<blockquote data-quote="Al Bangor" data-source="post: 998842" data-attributes="member: 78048"><p>Hi Jabby. I saw this posted on Facebook and copied it because I want to get your opinion since you have ties to both New Zealand and Australia. Thank you.</p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><em>Super Rugby is FINISHED as we know it.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Pay TV was in the process of signing a new 10 year deal for Super Rugby.....which would include the Jaguares.....but the corona virus has killed off Super Rugby</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>During the rugby layoff.....the powers that be in Australian and New Zealand rugby, have sat down and had time to re-evaluate rugby in this region. They have decided that a regional domestic comp between ONLY Australian and New Zealand clubs is the way to move forward. The reason for this are:</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>1. Rugby in Australia has lost major ground to other sports. Rugby is now not even in the current top 5 of Australian sport.....being surpassed by AFL, rugby league, soccer, cricket, netball (a female sport), and basketball. Rugby Union has to drastically reinvent itself in Australia in order to gain back popularity. Unfortunately, Super Rugby in the last decade has proved unpopular with Aussie sport lovers.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>2. The travel. Aussie and New Zealand players do not like travelling to places such as South Africa and Argentina to play club rugby, due to the long distance travel. The tiring Super Rugby season has a detrimental effect for players representing their countries in the Rugby Championship.....due to the RC starting not long after Super Rugby concluded.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>3. Jaguares and South African teams being unpopular with antipodean audiences.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Australians and New Zealanders have had a long tradition of sporting rivalry. The sports fans are therefore only interested in watching Aussie and Kiwi teams battling it out head to head.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Al Bangor, post: 998842, member: 78048"] Hi Jabby. I saw this posted on Facebook and copied it because I want to get your opinion since you have ties to both New Zealand and Australia. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [I]Super Rugby is FINISHED as we know it. Pay TV was in the process of signing a new 10 year deal for Super Rugby.....which would include the Jaguares.....but the corona virus has killed off Super Rugby During the rugby layoff.....the powers that be in Australian and New Zealand rugby, have sat down and had time to re-evaluate rugby in this region. They have decided that a regional domestic comp between ONLY Australian and New Zealand clubs is the way to move forward. The reason for this are: 1. Rugby in Australia has lost major ground to other sports. Rugby is now not even in the current top 5 of Australian sport.....being surpassed by AFL, rugby league, soccer, cricket, netball (a female sport), and basketball. Rugby Union has to drastically reinvent itself in Australia in order to gain back popularity. Unfortunately, Super Rugby in the last decade has proved unpopular with Aussie sport lovers. 2. The travel. Aussie and New Zealand players do not like travelling to places such as South Africa and Argentina to play club rugby, due to the long distance travel. The tiring Super Rugby season has a detrimental effect for players representing their countries in the Rugby Championship.....due to the RC starting not long after Super Rugby concluded. 3. Jaguares and South African teams being unpopular with antipodean audiences. Australians and New Zealanders have had a long tradition of sporting rivalry. The sports fans are therefore only interested in watching Aussie and Kiwi teams battling it out head to head.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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