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big rugby fan. favourite player would is Isreal dagg. Best match ever was the all blacks/wallabies at the basin reserve in the wet \'97. Score was 47-3 i think.

Member Since:: April 2012
Based In:: New Zealand
Favourite Sporting Team:: Highlanders
Favourite Sports:: Rugby,

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Super Rugby must resist rapid expansion

5 Jun 2012

This has been the best Super Rugby season since 2003. But it is only going to get better in the coming years; there is a lot of room for growth.

Does sevens rugby hurt or hinder the main game?

16 May 2012

Only four years to go. Four years until the most important development in rugby since the game turned professional.

Australian media helping keep rugby down

7 Apr 2012

Having originated from New Zealand, I began my early years following NPC rugby and of course the All Blacks. I think I would’ve been 12 before I knew there was a different type of rugby out there.

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Super Rugby: Is expansion really the anwer?

True it does come down to Getting more playing at junior level. get more clubs out there and get it in more schools. IRB should put more investment in to help the grass roots.

14 Sep 2012

Super Rugby: Is expansion really the anwer?

Yes Kingplaymaker one professional team v's one professional team. and the warriors do have a billionaire owner. The warriors have had a multi millionaire owner for over a decade. NRL teams have raped our young Rugby Union talent for about 30 plus years. I think that the NRL will expand in Australia with it's fight against the AFL long before it try's to progress further into NZ. NZ is a very small market I think SKY pays just over 1 million a year for NRL games compared to 200 million in Australia. Rugby Union is only behind the 2 codes you refer to in Australia. In the rest of the world both codes are way behind Rugby Union. One small example is Rugby Union is in the Olympics. Rugby League may get into the Commonwealth games one day and AFL won't get into either of them.

14 Sep 2012

Super Rugby: Is expansion really the anwer?

Sorry Sheek Aussie isn't the be all and end all. Super Rugby is an awesome product easily as good if not better then afl and nrl. Rugby Union is a way behind in structure because it has only been professional for 17yrs instead of 100yrs of league. Australian Rugby has more players in total than what New Zealand has and the only reason they struggle for quality players is because of the league history. In New Zealand we are brought up being able to play a hard but open game close to the gain line whereas in Australia everyone is used to people being 10m back. For that reason that means you don't have to think or react as fast so when you meet a country like New Zealand in Rugby you struggle. Take Sonny as example he was an absolute super star in league from the age of 18/19. He was tearing league defences apart. It has taken him 5 years of training and reconditioning to get to stardom in rugby. That is not to say that he suddenly became the best centre in the game but he was certinly heading that way. I do agree that Australian rugby is not in great shape at the moment but that is a very short term thing. In the space of 17yrs it has gone through an incredible high up until 2003 and has gone through some very bad lows up until 2008. It is recovering at the moment and still gets good viewership for internationals, qld reds get good crowds (they averaged better then the brocos at suncorp) and it has major teams in all major centers. New Zealand also went through some bad times for a few years but has recovered in an exceptional way. Sanzar has created a brilliant contest with super rugby and as Australia gets more depth it will get more and more popular. Something that the nrl has done well is not be concerned about the amount of forign players in the comp. I think that there should be 6 super rugby teams in all conferences and not have any restriction on imports. So far the argintinians have been spectacular in the rugby championship, so imagine what they would be like if they had 30 odd players playing in super rugby. With a few Americans, South Americans Canadians, Japanese and Pacific islanders in there it would be even more special. With a few of those countrymen in there play the odd compitition game in those countries and pretty soon you would have a comp worth a few billion a year and Australians would be right behind it. It is only in Australia that some people think that the Nrl and Afl is the best sporting product. In all other countries Rugby Union comes well before them.

14 Sep 2012

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