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It would work fine if the competition was even, not Aus locked in a development war with NZ that they’ll never win, what with a niche code up against a completely culturally dominant one.
The same kiwis who want this system don’t demand it for cricket: the Sheffield Shield & Plunket Shields as one competition, despite NZ’s lack of competitiveness in that particular. The results are clear Andy: the SR development war with NZ is an unsustainable and disinteresting one, and isn’t driving growth in spectators, viewers , broadcasters and sponsors in Australia. West Australian & Victorian players don’t become equal just because they play against NZ opposition.
COMMENT: Australian rugby is a depressing picture - the RA board must be axed and the constitution changed
Development comps below SR won’t garner public interest thus won’t be financially viable. You can worry about development comps when the professional tier is working properly and is financially viable.
COMMENT: Australian rugby is a depressing picture - the RA board must be axed and the constitution changed
The pressure to cull a team came from NZR, which shows the flaw in the SR system. It’s essentially a development comp posing as a professional league.
COMMENT: Australian rugby is a depressing picture - the RA board must be axed and the constitution changed
YouTube did attempt to be a creator, but it failed to garner enough interest. The new Karate Kid tv show: Cobra Kai, was created because of YouTube’s push to be a creator.
The Wrap: 'Take them to a dark place' - A quiet round grabs eyeballs for all the wrong reasons
It IS the best approach though. NSW & QLD are the heartland states but are still represented by one pro franchise each. Even the AFL now has double the professional representation in NSW & QLD that RU has!
The Wrap: 'Take them to a dark place' - A quiet round grabs eyeballs for all the wrong reasons
We all know that will turn around though. Where’s the hope in SRP??
The Wrap: 'Take them to a dark place' - A quiet round grabs eyeballs for all the wrong reasons
Absurd that the season is halfway through in the beginning of April! One of several massive flaws in RA & NZR treating it as a development comp and not a proper professional league.
The Wrap: 'Take them to a dark place' - A quiet round grabs eyeballs for all the wrong reasons
A lot of them are waking up to how dire it is since it’s just a top-down development comp posing as a professional league. The resurgence of the Warriors and them selling out games really puts it in perspective.
The Super Rugby reboot I need to hate the Reds again
Not sure if that could happen, but RA doesn’t seem to have the desire any way.
The Super Rugby reboot I need to hate the Reds again
It will have to wait until 2030 due to the contract RA signed with NZR. They need to go for it then.
The Super Rugby reboot I need to hate the Reds again
The time for RA to be bold and leave SR was in the late 2000’s when they wanted to expand and include new franchises like the Force & Rebels. They needed more pro franchises for the sport nationwide, but also, a proper professional league (i.e. open recruitment), something the weird anachronistic SR system was never intended to be.
The Super Rugby reboot I need to hate the Reds again
The Hurricanes haven’t won the BBL Ben?? 😱
JackJumpers' NBL title was special - but where does it sit among Tasmania’s top ten sporting moments?
That’s why I think you need to consider the peak period and allow an over the hill series to slide when selecting this side. I feel peak Dizzy is far superior to peak Billy.
Team of the Month: an April-born World Cricket XI
Yep Rowdy, agreed. 👍
Only a handful of occasions I’ve disagreed with Rosie in this series, and Billy over Dizzy is one of them. He excluded both Steyn & Williamson from their respective month teams, and I’d definitely have them as certainties over some that got in ahead of them.
Team of the Month: an April-born World Cricket XI
Thanks Rosie! 👍 🏏
You have a Flower & Gower partnership in this team, joining the current Stokes & Foakes (and occasionally Woakes) in the England team. 😂
My old man loves telling the anecdote of a dismissal that occurred once of “Lillee c Willey b Dilley”. 😂
Team of the Month: an April-born World Cricket XI
Geelong being small doesn’t stop a newly redeveloped 40,000 stadium selling out for Geelong’s AFL games.
What the Rebels players should be demanding to know, as Twiggy's ex-rival throws a familiar hail Mary
That shows the competition itself is on the nose. Apparently Waratahs fans/union fans have increasingly become Swans supporters in the past 20 years.
What the Rebels players should be demanding to know, as Twiggy's ex-rival throws a familiar hail Mary
India developing multiple outstanding pace bowlers has really been the linchpin to winning in Australia I feel. India has regularly produced outstanding batsmen, but great pace bowlers before the year 2000 were few and far between, with Kapil Dev the only real standout. All that has changed now. Zaheer Khan was the first one to emerge.
Australia vs India: A stronger Test rivalry than the Ashes down under in recent times?
Thanks Dave. 👍 🏏
My old man loves talking about that 7 West Aussies in the test side. Seems incredibly unlikely, even today with the recent Shield domination.
Reliving the Eighties and a great era for fast bowlers
Wouldn’t the oldest rivalry be Melbourne vs Geelong??
AFL News: Surprise new team enters race for 20th licence, Eagles close in on priority pick for 'self-inflicted incompetence'
SR ISN’T the cash cow…and that’s the problem!!!
'Curse the money all you want' but RA must work out what it wants from Super Rugby - otherwise the game is doomed
No matter the talent Piastri will need the dumb luck to be in the right team at the right time. Webber rejected his manager’s (Briatore) pleading to move to the Renault team in the early 2000’s and chose Williams instead. Fernando Alonso took the seat at Renault instead.
'He is going to do it at some point': Piastri on track to break Australia’s 44-year F1 drought
Someone has to pay for that piru. RA is currently broke. Maybe Forrest could pay for something like that?
'What the hell's going on': Ex-Wallabies question 'losing' culture, pathways at Waratahs
The problem is being locked in an unwinnable development war with NZ in their national sport and a very niche code here. A fully even professional tier, where players can be openly recruited across all franchises (like AFL, NRL, A League etc) would fix this issue, but that’s never going to happen in SR.
COMMENT: Australian rugby is a depressing picture - the RA board must be axed and the constitution changed