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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 866626" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>You make it sound like South Africa wanted the conference system, when in fact when it was originally introduced, we were the country fighting against it. The conference system was brought in by the ARU as a proposal to have more derby games by the conferences. Because the ARU was losing money, and the only way to keep them financially healthy, was to have more derby games where Aussie teams play against each other.</p><p></p><p>Now while we all love derby games, the problem is that in NZ and SA, these derby games are sometimes the toughest games and have a massive impact on the log. And it has in the past had an effect on log standings, and sometimes even prevented a team from not qualifying for the playoffs due to a derby loss or 2.</p><p></p><p>When the Super 18's format was introduced and the conferences explained, Everyone in SA were up in arms. We didn't want the system to be that 3 of our teams won't play against any NZ team in the regular season, and it has had a negative impact on our teams. I think if the Bulls played against the NZ teams last year, the Bulls administration would've seen that Nollis Marais isn't up for the job, and would've made plans for a successor earlier, instead the Bulls had one of their poorest seasons ever in 10 years, even though we have the talent and the players to win a lot more matches.</p><p></p><p>It seems to me that no matter is being said, or what format we use, the Saffas will always get the wrong end of the stick. When it wasn't the conference system, we did the most travelling of all the teams, and had 5 or 6 week tours in Australasia. while the Aussie and NZ teams only 2 or 3 week tours. Now with the conference system, people are pointing the finger at us in that we are being unfairly advantage by the system, the system we didn't want in the first place. Yet it was the ARU and NZRU who were the ones outvoting us...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 866626, member: 40658"] You make it sound like South Africa wanted the conference system, when in fact when it was originally introduced, we were the country fighting against it. The conference system was brought in by the ARU as a proposal to have more derby games by the conferences. Because the ARU was losing money, and the only way to keep them financially healthy, was to have more derby games where Aussie teams play against each other. Now while we all love derby games, the problem is that in NZ and SA, these derby games are sometimes the toughest games and have a massive impact on the log. And it has in the past had an effect on log standings, and sometimes even prevented a team from not qualifying for the playoffs due to a derby loss or 2. When the Super 18's format was introduced and the conferences explained, Everyone in SA were up in arms. We didn't want the system to be that 3 of our teams won't play against any NZ team in the regular season, and it has had a negative impact on our teams. I think if the Bulls played against the NZ teams last year, the Bulls administration would've seen that Nollis Marais isn't up for the job, and would've made plans for a successor earlier, instead the Bulls had one of their poorest seasons ever in 10 years, even though we have the talent and the players to win a lot more matches. It seems to me that no matter is being said, or what format we use, the Saffas will always get the wrong end of the stick. When it wasn't the conference system, we did the most travelling of all the teams, and had 5 or 6 week tours in Australasia. while the Aussie and NZ teams only 2 or 3 week tours. Now with the conference system, people are pointing the finger at us in that we are being unfairly advantage by the system, the system we didn't want in the first place. Yet it was the ARU and NZRU who were the ones outvoting us... [/QUOTE]
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