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    ARU welcomes new vision for Super Rugby

    5/1/2014

    Fans will continue to see Australian Super Rugby teams take on teams from the world’s top-ranked Rugby-playing nations, with an increased focus on greater interaction between Australian and New Zealand teams and an expanded finals series, under the new structure approved by the competition’s governing body SANZAR and its Member Unions.

    Australian and New Zealand Super Rugby teams will play in an Australasian Group and from 2016 all Australian teams will play all New Zealand sides each season, compared to playing four in the current format.

    From 2016, Super Rugby will expand from 15 to 18 teams, with three additional teams – including teams from South Africa, Argentina and a location to be determined by a tender process.

    The new structure was discussed and approved at an Australian Rugby Union strategy meeting earlier today, involving all five Australian Super Rugby CEOs and Australian Rugby Union CEO Bill Pulver.

    The next step in the process will be to negotiate commercial arrangements, draw and other details of the future competition.

    Key features of the new structure:

    • The Australian and New Zealand Conferences will remain in their existing format (the existing five teams from Australia and five teams from New Zealand).
    • The South African Conference will expand to eight teams and will be split into two conferences of four teams each.
    • All Australian teams will play all New Zealand teams each season, compared to playing four New Zealand teams per season in the current structure.
    • 135 regular season matches compared to 120 matches in the current competition structure and an expanded finals series, including five teams from the Australasian Group and three from the South African Group.
    • Australian teams will play all teams from one of the South African Conferences each season.
    • Continued cross over between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa (the top three nations in world Rugby), which is a crucial element following feedback from broadcasters.
    • Each team will play 15 regular season games compared to 16 matches in the current structure – eight home and seven away, or vice versa over a two-year cycle – and two byes per team per season.
    • The winner of the Australian Conference is guaranteed a home quarter final.

    ARU CEO Bill Pulver said the expanded model would be a terrific new structure for the game.

    “The international nature of Super Rugby makes it unique. It’s already one of the world’s most exciting provincial Rugby competitions, and with the changes announced today, it has the potential to become a truly global competition.”

    “Our strong preference is for the 18th team to come from Asia as we believe this will attract significant commercial opportunities for us in the future.”

    Mr Pulver said the new competition structure is an appealing proposition for broadcasters, which has the potential to deliver significant positive outcomes and growth opportunities for Rugby in Australia.

    “Negotiating a significantly increased broadcast deal is the single greatest opportunity we have to increase revenue for Rugby in Australia, which will ensure we can deliver on our strategic priorities and grow the game by continuing to contribute to funding Super Rugby teams; retaining our best talent; new competitions; and by creating an overall better experience for our fan base, especially on game day.”

    “We’re pleased home-and-away local derbies will continue to be a feature of Super Rugby and that we’ll increase our competitive rivalry with New Zealand by increasing the number of games we play against them.

    “It’s crucial for the long-term success of the Qantas Wallabies that we’re playing the best opposition in the world on a regular basis, and this has been reinforced by the new model offering the Australasian Conference a guaranteed five of eight places in the Super Rugby Finals Series.

    “With a broader pool of playing talent, more venues and extra match-ups, the new structure presents fantastic opportunities for our players and fans,” he said.

    Queensland Rugby CEO Jim Carmichael said today’s agreement between the Australian Super Rugby clubs follows months of discussions between stakeholders.

    “As a collective, we’ve reached agreement today. We’re confident this new Super Rugby competition structure represents the best interests of Australian Rugby, incorporating all of the factors that need to be considered for a competition of this nature.”

    NSW Waratahs CEO Jason Allen said fans will see more Rugby under the new structure, “Fans will be able to watch 15 more Super Rugby matches per season under the new competition and an expanded finals series, which has an additional two matches compared to the current finals structure.”

    SANZAR and its Member Unions, including the ARU, will now engage in further discussions with stakeholders and broadcasters in order to finalise all details of the competition. These include negotiations regarding commercial arrangements, draw and further details on the selection of the 18th team.

    http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArt...per-Rugby.aspx

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    So looking at the details it seems this is the deal...

    • We play 15 games
    • We play all NZ teams once (5 games)
    • We play all teams from one SA conference once (4 Games)
    • Leaves 6 games spread amongst the 4 other Aus teams... so we play 2 teams once and 2 twice?

    Overall we play 2 teams twice, 11 teams once and 4 teams not at all, makes worse sense than the AFL fixturing and that’s saying something!

    Whereas the 'South African' conferences obviously get:

    • All teams on own conference twice (6 games)
    • All teams in other 'SA' conference once (4 games)
    • Either all teams from Aus or all teams from NZ once (5 games)

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    South Africa have been taking tips from BCCI on how to monopolize a sport.

    Another side based in South Africa will only dilute their player base and the better Aergentine players won't come back from Europe where they can make more money.

    The only good thing about this is we have a conference with NZ.

    I also assume that the people who drew up this concept were watching Baseketball when they came up with the finals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jargan83 View Post
    I also assume that the people who drew up this concept were watching Baseketball when they came up with the finals.
    More like BASEketball.

    SARU just gave the ARU the mother of all psyche-outs...

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    Thanks UT for spelling it out better than the ARU press people!
    I must say I'm not impressed! TBH I think we would be better of with NZ, Japan and a Pacific island team but who cares what I think!
    I just hope it works and we keep on geting good teams coming to Perth.
    I hope the people in th know have done their homework!

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    Holy crap. The travel will be out of control. If we are gonna go with an Argentine team we may as well put a US team in there as well. How about a different European "inivitational" side from England or France each year?

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    coz Stone Cold says so

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    And because we play the SA conference's on a year-by-year basis we play in Argentina and the Asian side - if that's where it is - every four years.
    Anyone up for Argentina in 2016?

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    How the hell is the Asian & Argentinian teams in the SA conference less travel?? That's a huge travel for the two new teams, and all teams than need to play them at home.

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    Maybe they are to be based in SA the same as the Pampas were during the CC!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SNOB View Post
    Maybe they are to be based in SA the same as the Pampas were during the CC!
    i think you are may be right with the argi team being based in SA not sure about the other team though

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    What is the point of basing an asian side in ZA? They won't draw crowds or be able to build a supporter base. Base them in Asia and they may get some support but that may quickly wane after they are smashed by the all the away games and the travel. Still it will ensure maximum finals participation by the ZA teams. That seems to be the point of the excercise IMO.

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    Make it a team from Honkers, plenty of $$ and a great ground, awesome for an InnFORCEers Tour as well

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stone Cold View Post
    Holy crap. The travel will be out of control. If we are gonna go with an Argentine team we may as well put a US team in there as well. How about a different European "inivitational" side from England or France each year?
    "Super Mega Global Rugby Competition"

    Obviously a Japanese side will be included

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    Quote Originally Posted by jargan83 View Post
    "Super Mega Global Rugby Competition"

    Obviously a Japanese side will be included
    Or "SMeg" for short...

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    play with the Seffies for a bit, until the Argies get a few teams up and running, at the same time, push the game in Japan, Hongkers and general Asia, and then, once the Seffies have a few more oppositions, splinter off, into a "logical time zone" competition with NZ and Asia.

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