Posts Tagged "conference system"

Hands up those of you who like the conference system. Now, don’t all of you bowl me over with your enthusiasm at once.

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When the Super Rugby conference system began I had a feeling this format wouldn’t provide the best way to present us with the strongest teams in the Southern Hemisphere showpiece.

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Without accusing AFL fans of being obsessive, it is evident that everybody is sick of waiting for the pre-season to finish and for the home-and-away season to begin.

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We’ve now, by accident, got the perfect opportunity to sort out the iniquities in the AFL’s annual fixture lottery – 18 teams! Michael DiFabrizio asked the question: why is the AFL protecting Hawthorn?

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More local derbies to spark interest was one of the features of this year’s Super Rugby competition, but has it lead to more tries than inter-conference matches?

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Do league tables under the new conference system in Super Rugby accurately rank teams from strongest to weakest? Under the new system, the difficulty of a team’s schedule is influenced by the conference that it is in and the draw for intra-conference matches.

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With all the talk about the alleged lack of fairness with the current Super Rugby conference system, I wonder if this suggestion of mine might work.

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When the AFL expands to 18 teams in 2012, questions over scheduling will become more of a dilemma for the league, with a conference system one of the few options available to balance fairness and marketability in its draw.

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