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Mark Ella (57)
Got to have an Aussie game on Saturday night. With SFS already booked for Friday and Sat it was really the only option
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Where to for Super Rugby?
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Pacific Islands team based in the Hawaii owner by US consortium
https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/s...rriors-owners-want-super-rugby-team-in-hawaii
https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/s...rriors-owners-want-super-rugby-team-in-hawaii
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Michael Lynagh (62)
Gees Sunwolves were given notice at start of Super Rugby they needed to lift their game and whilst might not show on W-L record so far they are much improved and competitive as narrow loss against Lions at home showed. Moreso they play an attractive fast paced attacking game that is enjoyable to watch. One thing finally SANZAAR did right was putting Sunwolves in Oz conference given we have closer Asian ties obviously than the Saffers.
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Michael Lynagh (62)
Definitely time zones compatible but also Australia has increasingly more closer affinity as being part of Asia....we always geographically have been but moreso closer ties in recent decades with trade etc. Also japan has long been one of our major trading partners......
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Well yes, isn’t that the key factor in broadcast negotiations?
There’s also ‘ties’ in the fact there’s direct flights between Australian and Japan reducing the travel burden and the trade value between Aus-Japan is also significantly larger then RSA-Japan which suggests greater business ties and corporate potential in the longer term.
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Peter Fenwicke (45)
If they ever got a team in Honolulu up, you could go on some pretty epic supporter tours if they use the direct flights between Tokyo & Honolulu so it's a 2 week away trip.
Early in the season you could watch Sunwloves match & bullet train it to the Nagano snow before heading off for surfing/snorkeling/whales in Hawaii.
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Early in the season you could watch Sunwloves match & bullet train it to the Nagano snow before heading off for surfing/snorkeling/whales in Hawaii.
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WorkingClassRugger
David Codey (61)
I actually don't hate this idea. If Super Rugby were to continue or the Force were to be returned it could look to add a Hawaii based team to the NZ conference. There's a growing number of elite Rugby players emerging from the Islands in the US game. Could be a fertile market for Super Rugby.
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
Super rugby is stuffed.
Friday week ago and tonight no 7:30 game.
They have driven me back into the arms of a game I haven’t watched since the super league war.
How they can expect to maintain interest when just as an example, the Tahs go to South Africa and then Argentina have one game and then a bye on the same weekend the brumbies have a bye is beyond me.
We need as close to a single time zone comp as we can get. Soon. It may already be too late.
Friday week ago and tonight no 7:30 game.
They have driven me back into the arms of a game I haven’t watched since the super league war.
How they can expect to maintain interest when just as an example, the Tahs go to South Africa and then Argentina have one game and then a bye on the same weekend the brumbies have a bye is beyond me.
We need as close to a single time zone comp as we can get. Soon. It may already be too late.
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yep.. its piss poor scheduling, i thought having the Japanese in the time zone might improve it some by creating more content, but doesn't seemed to have worked out that way.
sunnyboys
Bob Loudon (25)
not great reading for those hoping for a real overhaul of Super Rugby
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12019608
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12019608
Joe King
Dave Cowper (27)
Interesting final sentence: "There is a huge debate in a sports world at the moment - do you produce more or less and get more or less in return?"
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Alan Cameron (40)
Agree and with the A-League just announcing two new teams will be announced in October and Beatie saying two more league teams are very likely.
I wonder aloud are we seen as a 4 team competition, yes we have 15 teams but I don't think non rugby Australians associate the other 11 teams as part of a local competition.
kiap
Steve Williams (59)
The kiwis are still drinking the kool-aid although everyone knows, year by year, the supe is essentially cactus.
It's the sports equivalent of running windows 95. Shut down, new install, reboot.
James Pettifer
Jim Clark (26)
100% agree. We don't have 15 teams. We have a 4 team competition where in some weeks 2 of the teams are having a bye and teams can spend months without home games. Pretty hard to build up momentum for less rusted on fans behind a team with that sort of situation.
WorkingClassRugger
David Codey (61)
Which is part of the reason why so many are in favour of a more Asia-Pacific focus.
WorkingClassRugger
David Codey (61)
Well, considering Forrest's WSR concept will likely be running for two season come 2021 if everything goes to plan and will feature a number of teams in the region I think we'll have an idea of the market by then.
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