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If sanity and Steve Tew prevail, the start to the professional rugby season will be shunted back to March from next year.
The New Zealand Rugby Union chief executive told the Sunday Star-Times "there was absolutely no value in playing rugby in February".
"Our preference is for people to enjoy their barbecues and other summer activities such as cricket and turn to rugby when they are ready, which isn't February," he said.
But if Tew is to get his way for a new-look Super 14, currently under review, consensus with Australia and South Africa will have to be reached.
Australian Rugby Union boss John O'Neill isn't as enamoured with the idea of a later start, said Tew. A February start across the Tasman allows rugby to get the jump on its rival oval ball codes.
Tew said a series of meetings involving Japan, Argentina and the Pacific Islands will unfold over the next six weeks about expansion.
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but but... i wont last til march without my force!! february works for me!!!
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oh please don't push it back further!!
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Sounds good, Feb is far too early, I need to get nice and depressed from working after the Christmas break for Rugby to come and save me....
then we would have to chose between club rugby and the force games unless all the home games were on friday.
but school starts in february. i wont last till march!!!
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not till march!
then i have nothing 2 talk about at the start of school!
BOKKE“Let me put it this way, A Springbok team contains Afrikaners, Englishmen, coloureds and blacks. It has parochial foes in Bulls, Sharks, Stormers, Cheetahs and Lions. It is a recipe for war! Yet in all the years of John Smit’s captaincy, there has never been one unhappy customer, not one voice of rebellion against his leadership. He is the glue that holds the Springboks together. The man is a legend!”- Jake White
i'll have to find another friday/saturday night activity
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there's always cricket, if you're into it like me. but still, they're only allowed to postpone Super14 if they extend the season, in my opinion
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