18 Responses to Super Rugby 2016: Draw for the competition as well as a NEW CUP!

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  grootblousmile on 30 September 2015 at 8:43 pm

  Strange format…

  I am not impressed at all!
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  Scrumdown on 1 October 2015 at 6:30 am

  1 @ grootblousmile:
  Looks like it is going to be a long, drawn out, pile of dried up canine excrement that the supporters will be bored with 25% through.

  IMHO I think it’s about time to give this competition the “big sleep”.

  I hardly watched any of the last version, and can’t see this reincarnation getting my pulse rate up.
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  MacroPolo on 1 October 2015 at 7:19 am

  Not a huge fan of the format, but it is inevitable that people will again flock to local derbies and then host medium to poorly attended fixtures vs the Australians… as usual.
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  MacroPolo on 1 October 2015 at 7:21 am

  I think South Africa should eventually incorporate the Currie Cup in Super Rugby just like NZ and Aus did with the Bledisloe cup.
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  MacroPolo on 1 October 2015 at 7:37 am

  @ grootblousmile:
  You have too many play off games 22-23 July (6) instead of 4.
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  nortie on 1 October 2015 at 8:05 am

  MacroPolo wrote:

  I think South Africa should eventually incorporate the Currie Cup in Super Rugby just like NZ and Aus did with the Bledisloe cup.

  Huge difference between the 2.

  It’s not like NZ incorporated the ITM cup or equivalent into the SR.
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  MacroPolo on 1 October 2015 at 8:08 am

  @ nortie:
  Conference Cup=Currie Cup
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  nortie on 1 October 2015 at 8:17 am

  MacroPolo wrote:

  @ nortie:
  Conference Cup=Currie Cup

  So, you are saying SA must have 8, or more if you include the SWD and Falcons etc, teams in SR?
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  MacroPolo on 1 October 2015 at 8:22 am

  @ nortie:
  Well we had a 6 team currie cup last year that had two divisions… anyway it is just a suggestion. The biggest stumbling block will be the tv rights for the Currie Cup will be diluted if its stacked with another competition which will impact SARU and the unions financially… so on that basis it is unlikely to happen.
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  MacroPolo on 1 October 2015 at 8:24 am

  6 teams in 2012-2013.
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  nortie on 1 October 2015 at 8:28 am

  @ MacroPolo:
  I can’t see how it can work to be honest, in this current format the SA teams are now split in 2 decisions as well.

  Are all the SA teams going to be playing each other both home and away?

  How do you also fit in a QF, semi final and final in between the SR games?
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  nortie on 1 October 2015 at 8:31 am

  MacroPolo wrote:

  @ nortie:
  Well we had a 6 team currie cup last year that had two divisions… anyway it is just a suggestion. The biggest stumbling block will be the tv rights for the Currie Cup will be diluted if its stacked with another competition which will impact SARU and the unions financially… so on that basis it is unlikely to happen.

  SARU need to realize that there isn’t a rule cast in stone that CC games MUST be played on a Friday evening or Saturday.

  If the two will overlap, why don’t they schedule the CC games on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evening for example.

  We see how popular the Monday night Varsity Cup is.

  That way the matches won’t clash with the SR games over weekends.

  They could have even scheduled the CC games on at the moment during the week instead of Saturday 13:00 kick offs as not to clash with WC games
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  nortie on 1 October 2015 at 8:34 am

  @ nortie:
  To follow up from my post above, NZ are playing ITM cup matches on Wednesdays and Thursday already
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  MacroPolo on 1 October 2015 at 8:36 am

  @ nortie:
  Currie Cup used to be decided by a round robin, the South African conferences will be combined in one conference according to the SR rules… like I said, it is only the financial implications, and that is something SARU can’t possibly afford at this stage.
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  MacroPolo on 1 October 2015 at 8:38 am

  @ nortie:
  The Currie Cup will have to adapt from next year as it will run concurrently with Super Rugby, attendance for currie cup is so low, midweek games won’t matter… I think midweek games will definitely happen.
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  MacroPolo on 1 October 2015 at 8:41 am

  @ nortie:
  Our big threat IMO is for rugby in Japan or ‘Merica to really take off in the next three years, whereby SANZAR will become JANZAR and we could find ourselves in geographic/economic/political isolation… that’s scary.
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  nortie on 1 October 2015 at 8:57 am

  @ MacroPolo:
  The SANZAR deals are usually signed for 10 year periods.

  I see the Americas are planning a competition as well.

  Although many Saffas like to think that we are Gods gift to rugby and anyone will jump at the chance to play with us, the contrary is actually true. The Europeans have no interest in our teams joining them, why should they? What extra do we bring to the table that they already don’t have?

  We always like to accuse the Aussies as being whingers, but in the last few years SARU has been the thorn in the side with their insistence of including the Kings, which brought about the change of the tournament as we know it as well.

  We all know we don’t have the capacity to field 4 strong teams in any given year, yet we insist on believing that we have so many players that we can compete on equal footing with the Kiwis. Quantity over quality.
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  MacroPolo on 1 October 2015 at 10:18 am

  @ nortie:
  Enter the go north debate hehe

  We should go north Becauae of t mhose Damn aussies. The French and English would love to end the two most lucrative competitions in the work just to accommodate us… Uf only SARU had the foresight.