Nations Championship

[liquor box]

That'll be murder* for those on the Fiji/Argentina/South Africa track, not a lot of direct flights between those destinations.

*Or it would be if Fiji were hosting their own games, my understanding is that they're playing their "home" games in Europe.

I wonder if the sponsor could help out?

Qatar Airways agrees £80m sponsorship deal for rugby union’s Nations Championship

Qatar Airways has agreed a deal to become title sponsors of the new Nations Championship, underlining rugby union’s determination to secure investment from the Middle East

www.theguardian.com

 

[Strewthcobber]

That'll be murder* for those on the Fiji/Argentina/South Africa track, not a lot of direct flights between those destinations.

*Or it would be if Fiji were hosting their own games, my understanding is that they're playing their "home" games in Europe.

I've heard they might be playing in South Africa

 

[liquor box]

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Fixtures are out. That's a lot of travel for some of those NH teams

Does anybody know when the grounds will be announced for the Australian matches?

 

[rugbyAU]

Does anybody know when the grounds will be announced for the Australian matches?

Allianz for Ireland and Suncorp for France, Italy is TBC

 

[Strewthcobber]

Top 14 final is the weekend before the first round. I kind of can't believe the French agreed to this schedule. There must be rivers of gold flowing in for it.

 

[Major Tom]

Top 14 final is the weekend before the first round. I kind of can't believe the French agreed to this schedule. There must be rivers of gold flowing in for it.

Yeah they should have paused the season for the 3rd time

 

[Omar Comin']

Top 14 final is the weekend before the first round. I kind of can't believe the French agreed to this schedule. There must be rivers of gold flowing in for it.

They'll just send a B team out for the southern leg, same as they've been doing for years now in the July window. Good chance they still win 2/3.

 

[liquor box]

Allianz for Ireland and Suncorp for France, Italy is TBC

Je serai là

 

[Mr Pilfer]

Yep sounds like Fiji home games will be in sth africa which reduces the travel. Wales look like the one to get dudded if they have to go sth africa - Argentina - sth Africa, but they might move that Fiji game to Argentina as well

 

[Mr Pilfer]

Interesting though, I thought it was 1 ladder and not 2 separate groups. So you could end up with situation where all blacks and springboks for example both win 6 out of 6 and only 1 makes the final to play against a team from North who might have a couple of losses.

 

[Major Tom]

That’s shit if Fiji don’t get to host England. Will anyone go and see that game in SA?

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

That’s shit if Fiji don’t get to host England. Will anyone go and see that game in SA?

Enough if it's priced right.

Everyone has a soft spot for the Fijians and who better to support against...

 

[Major Tom]

What sort of money is this Nations Championship likely to generate for countries?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Decided to drop "Proposed" from the thread title & noticed that I started it over seven years ago...

 

[Adam84]

What sort of money is this Nations Championship likely to generate for countries?

I did the loose math previously, but that was based on rumoured figures and there’s a lot of unknowns like travel costs etc. but I believe RA were likely to get an extra $5-$10million the years it runs.

for teams like Fiji, potentially this could be a even greater jump if they’re hosting home games in other countries with larger stadiums.

 

[Tomthumb]

Interesting though, I thought it was 1 ladder and not 2 separate groups. So you could end up with situation where all blacks and springboks for example both win 6 out of 6 and only 1 makes the final to play against a team from North who might have a couple of losses.

Best way to keep as much interest as possible

 

[Major Tom]

It's basically copying the World Test Championship except it's probably cleaner.
Is the final always in Europe/UK?

 

[rugbyAU]

Is the final always in Europe/UK?

Yes

 

[Major Tom]

Should play the final(s) in Hong Kong. Or take it to the states.

 

[kiap]

It's basically copying the World Test Championship except it's probably cleaner.
Is the final always in Europe/UK?

Probably. Only way to see a SANZAAR hosted final would be if the end-of-year tests were the first half of the comp.

But I don't think the mid-year test window is long enough to include finals.

Plus the SH countries are geographically too far apart.