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I think the long experience of super rugby is that 13 rounds is too little (OG super 12), but the latter variants of super rugby were incredibly confusing and went on too long. I also like the idea of having a domestic comp + champ first. We'll have a great case study this year where the reds...

He's a smart footballer for different reasons than what people would usually describe. He makes tackles, hits rucks, breaks tackles, catches passes, and seeks involvement when he's not getting enough ball. For a winger, that sounds pretty smart to me

Depends on the baseline attraction to a casual fan. If it's a regular season game i'd say you're right, but the difference between that and having the final could be 100k viewers, if not more. I do agree with the premise though that exposure gains from the main channel are nowhere near what...

My understanding of TV consumption habits is it varies by demo If you're looking at the older/boomer demographic it's likely to sit on one channel and build trust in it over a long period of time, may also use TV guide to find stuff they're really keen on Gen X is likely to surf a bit and...

The players are good, and skillful but gee the intensity is low and the defence is wobbly. I just don't find it compelling viewing

Great news. the simple answer all along was for world rugby to fund the show in the Pacific, as it should. 12 teams will be plenty, the island teams bring an X factor which will keep it interesting. Going to go out on a limb and predict this structure will be a huge benefit in the long run for...

por que no los dos?

The simple broadcasting fix is to have Stan come in for a 40 / 30 minute pre game and for the main 9 Channel to come in 10 mins before kick off. We are about to get the first real test of what 9 really thinks of Rugby - Will they put the Reds GF on the main channel? The Broncos and Cowboys are...

Soccer has a huge fan base but the format of the A-League has been bungled like Super Rugby for a variety of different reasons

Our fan base was always going to be suppressed by years of poor results and by the institutional rep of Super Rugby. It got so bad it was seen as embarassing just to be going. Now we have a home final a great opportunity to bring all the fans in and in particular reconnect with the crucial 18-35...

Don't forget Foxtel bleeds ratings every year so it's likely we would be even lower if we stayed. THe A League is regularly rating ~10,000 now, used to regularly do 30's and 40's on Fox

I've always said the Brumbies business model is to take Queensland players and achieve their best potential by stopping them from drinking at Fridays Riverside

I have to say, given the Brumbies institutionalised dominance of Australian rugby in the past 10 years, as well as their traumatic and crushing grand final win last year, if the reds so much as make it out of their dressing room door i will consider their performance a raging success

super round canned

Petaia just needs to be told to be patient and build up his confidence by doing little things right first. I'd rather see him develop a low error rate in contact and a good positional defensive game than his current method of trying to be the next sonny-bill in every game. Get into space, beat...

Any word on where the Super Round of Trans Tasman will be held? I'm hoping for Suncorp

Reds need to front up and destroy the Waratahs in the first 20 mins to stop them getting a sniff, otherwise they're in with a shot. But ultimately I think the Tahs defence is just way too leaky for the reds not to win

I think it's just outright poor knowledge not to immediately know that pass was perfectly legal. We've all seen the video of relative velocity etc. It's about where the ball travels vis a vis the player that made the pass and nothing else. What made it worse was that Ioane actually kept...

Big agree on this - the reds were completely haphazard against the rebels when they played territory, had a flat defensive line, made tackles and contested rucks. You can bet your bottom dollar the Force will play this way. We need to cut first half offloads, play territory and take advantage of...

The SMH and nine.com.au also have far bigger online reaches, are less likely to be paywalled, and are more likely to be consumed by demographics which have a higher likelihood of being a potential Rugby fan (university degree etc). Newscorp drops former allies pretty quickly, look at how quickly...