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Key Benefits of the new Super Rugby:
An increase in overall matches from 94 to 125 (an increase of 33%)
A 50% increase in the length of the season in non-World Cup years – from 16 weeks to 24 weeks
A 31% increase in the length of the season in World Cup years – from 16 weeks to 21 weeks
Each team will play 12 of its 16 regular-season games within its own country – with only four matches overseas
There will be 20 regular season local derbies in each country as opposed to six in Australia, 10 in South Africa and10 in New Zealand under the Super 14 format
Half of all regular season matches will be local derbies
40 Super Rugby regular season matches played in each country each season as opposed to 26 in Australia under the Super 14 structure and 32 or 33 in South Africa and New Zealand
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well super, it seems like you can read minds
i toyed with the idea yesterday to suggest that you guys run a clock on here counting down the days to the kick-off of the first game … you know, one that shows the days, minutes and seconds!!
So, an extended CC season. BB v WP, Sharks v Lions, Cheetahs v whoever etc etc etc.
I predict it won’t last 2 years without a major revamp.
Not necessarily becuse of the S15 but becauce of the negative impact it’ll have on CC attendances.
I won’t buy a Coca Cola Park season ticket to watch the same old same old over and over.
The convicts have devalued this competition in order to achieve their own goals (more domestic Rugby) and SARU and NZRU don’t have enough testes between them to make a stand.
Piss poor show IMO. Regan Hoskins is like a rabbit infected with mixemotousis (spelling?) who can’t see past his own eyelids.
He has failed the Rugby players and supporters of SA by allowing this competition to go ahead in this format IMO.
Doc Craven must be turning in his grave!
@ Scrumdown:
Imagine our teams make it to playoffs, we will play each other possibly 6 time then, too much for me. I agree with you it is a bit too much. We will end up in Stadions with 20-25 thousand spectators week in and week out. Not the capacity crowds we are used too.
SAD
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