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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 995083" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>You are trying to point the finger at SA when you shouldn't.</p><p></p><p>These kick-off times have been there since the Super 10, it hasn't changed, all that happened was that there were more games because of more teams, which makes it a bumper day.</p><p></p><p>The thing which you aren't considering is that with the current times, Australia has always had bad viewership of the games, and not just the away games showing in the early hours of the morning. And that is not RSA's fault.</p><p></p><p>We as a country never chose these times as an individual nation, and we can't be the sole reason why viewership in other countries are falling. If anything we are trying to increase the viewership numbers by broadening our broadcasts to many countries, not just rugby playing nations. Islands like Mauritius, Reunion and Madagascar are now also part of our broadcasting network, and when I was on honeymoon in Mauritius, I could even watch Super Rugby games.</p><p></p><p>Just like you are complaining about the time of matches, we are also complaining, and the time zones make it nearly an impossible task.</p><p></p><p>The other thing you are forgetting is that there has never been a double header where 2 games in different stadiums have been played at the same time. It would be easy to make that transition and have 2 NZ home based games, 2 Australian home based games and 2 SA home based games at the same time and have them in a time slot suitable for all the fans to be awake to watch them. But then, wouldn't that drop the viewership numbers even more?? Because in essence, while you are watching 3 games, you are simultaneously missing out on 3 other games...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 995083, member: 40658"] You are trying to point the finger at SA when you shouldn't. These kick-off times have been there since the Super 10, it hasn't changed, all that happened was that there were more games because of more teams, which makes it a bumper day. The thing which you aren't considering is that with the current times, Australia has always had bad viewership of the games, and not just the away games showing in the early hours of the morning. And that is not RSA's fault. We as a country never chose these times as an individual nation, and we can't be the sole reason why viewership in other countries are falling. If anything we are trying to increase the viewership numbers by broadening our broadcasts to many countries, not just rugby playing nations. Islands like Mauritius, Reunion and Madagascar are now also part of our broadcasting network, and when I was on honeymoon in Mauritius, I could even watch Super Rugby games. Just like you are complaining about the time of matches, we are also complaining, and the time zones make it nearly an impossible task. The other thing you are forgetting is that there has never been a double header where 2 games in different stadiums have been played at the same time. It would be easy to make that transition and have 2 NZ home based games, 2 Australian home based games and 2 SA home based games at the same time and have them in a time slot suitable for all the fans to be awake to watch them. But then, wouldn't that drop the viewership numbers even more?? Because in essence, while you are watching 3 games, you are simultaneously missing out on 3 other games... [/QUOTE]
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