Revolution in Super Rugby

The NZRU will place advertisements this weekend in newspapers asking for expressions of interest to buy the licences for four of the New Zealand Super Rugby franchises.

Other than the Highlanders, who the NZRU are exploring alternative options for, the New Zealand franchises are available to be licensed.

The owner of the franchise will manage and operate, as well as choose which players are on the team’s books, although their salaries are still paid by the NZRU.

The decision to progress with invitations to submit expressions of interest follows an independent review of Super Rugby and the franchises in New Zealand and a period of consultation with Provincial Unions and Franchises.

NZRU Chief Executive Steve Tew said considering a licensee arrangement for the franchises made sense as it would provide the additional capital required to ensure the success of the franchises on and off the field.

“This is an early phase to get a real view of the level of interest in an opportunity to be associated with New Zealand’s brand of rugby and what is considered to be the world’s best rugby competition,” Tew said.

“The overwhelming feedback during consultation clearly pointed to the need to reinvigorate the franchise model.

“This unique opportunity to manage and operate a Super Rugby team is an exciting development for New Zealand rugby.

“We are hoping this invitation will generate interest from a broad range of both rugby and non-rugby individuals, organisations and consortiums.”

The successful licensee will have the right to manage, operate, select and promote the team/brand and the matches played by that team.

Under the licensee proposal, the NZRU will continue to own the brands and be responsible for contracting players and coaches.

“For now we have agreed to allow the Highlanders to stand aside from the process as they are already some way down the track with exploring other alternatives which are commercially sensitive,” Tew said.

Interested parties have until March 9, 2012 to confirm their interest in being granted a licence to manage and operate a Super Rugby team.

Any decision to grant a licence is expected to be made by the NZRU Board midway through 2012 and will be made in the best interests of rugby in New Zealand.

Any changes proposed would not be in place before the 2013 season. The 2012 Super Rugby competition is unaffected.

If suitable licensee candidates are identified, they will be shortlisted and the NZRU may then issue a request for proposal inviting the submission of detailed proposals.

Once these proposals have been evaluated, the NZRU may enter discussions with one or more preferred respondents.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/s...in-Super-Rugby

Lets all chip in and buy all 4 franchises and since we get to choose the playing roster, we can use them as Australian rugby's 2nd tier to develop our super players. They have to be eligible for the wallabies to make the cut.

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Lets all chip in and buy all 4 franchises .

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Have a quiet word to Chiselhead next time you see him. Apparently he's got loads of mates in the big end of town just itching to tip money into Rugby. ;)

Doesn't everybody?
Have another sip of Bro

Obviously been keeping a eye on developments in Australia
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The NZRU have offered me $5k vcash to take the Hurricanes licence off their hands :p

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Choice!

the problem with all these franchises, is you could probably buy them for not so much, but you have to assume all there liability... New Zealand Super Rugby sides dont have a good record for posting profits

NZRU are just trying to sell on the responsibility for making the franchises profitable. Thus the Highlanders aren't for sale because nobody would be able to turn a buck off of that. Australia and New Zealand don't really have the kind of businessmen/consortiums that can own a sporting franchise. Which is probably a good thing because you know the likes of Abromavich etc are all spending dirty money.

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Choice!

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ya joker

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NZRU are just trying to sell on the responsibility for making the franchises profitable. Thus the Highlanders aren't for sale because nobody would be able to turn a buck off of that. Australia and New Zealand don't really have the kind of businessmen/consortiums that can own a sporting franchise. Which is probably a good thing because you know the likes of Abromavich etc are all spending dirty money.

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Russia doesn't have an ATO. Our ATO is the equivalent of the KGB
The only real difference between the two countries is that Gillard knows fark all about business. She's quite happy to rape the public purse with $90,000.00 pay rises and collecting 70% superannuation at the expense of the tax payers.........to sit around in conferences arguing about whether homos can have a piece of paper formalising their living arrangements.

Kevin Rudd tours the world's cocktail parties and Go Go bars at the rate of $700,000.00 every 6 months in travel expenses alone..........with "clean" money stolen from the Australian people.....and bonuses and extortionist salary package.

Rudd's wife Therese has built businesses from "insider trading" and funded growth from the public purse. "Clean" money has been stolen from the Australian people to build a Rudd business empire............http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news...-1111116031416

Abromovich is good at business and has very good taste in women. The only reason he hasn't bought a NZ super rugby franchise is because he can't stand kiwis

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You mean the business of murdering people who don't do what you want them to until you have exactly what you want? It's a shame that Julia doesn't do that because then we wouldn't have Tony Abbott.

Besides, The Australian is hardly a reputable source of information. It is embarrasingly biased for the trashy journalists who work there. There once was a time when it was only Bret Harris who spouted out one eyed tripe.

The Farce murdered John Mitchell

Julia knifed KRudd for her selfish political gain

KRudd is goin to knife Gillard in an egostistical driven petty jealousy

Brutus was stabbed in the rotunda

Nothing new under the sun

You have to agree, Abromovich has great taste in women

Respect