Relegation and promotion for the Super 14 makes the Super 14 stronger.
Introducing a tournament below the Super 14 introduces new sponsors, new money and expands the player base.
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EXPAND BELOW THE SUPER 14 IS THE SOLUTION
Relegation and promotion for the Super 14 makes the Super 14 stronger.
Introducing a tournament below the Super 14 introduces new sponsors, new money and expands the player base.
WARATAHJESUS
It will work as no team that does...
WARATAHJESUS
It will work as no team that does not make the S14 cut - and there will be one each in SA, NZ & OZ will always have a tournament to play in - just a tier lower than the S14 to get...
Super 14 remains the same
The structure of the Super 14 remains the same - only a new feeder tournament and a relegation and promotion series in each country is introduced.
If you are going to get teams that are regularly...
Open Letter to SANZAR: DEAL, or No DEAL
Gentlemen:
Over the past 48 hours there have been a number of reports emanating from New Zealand and Australia concerning a hybrid tournament of the Super 14.
Interesting proposals, but it...
New Zealand launches Pre-Emptive Strike in Rugby with new Tournament Format
Unions keen on trans-Tasman rugby
By TOBY ROBSON - The Dominion Post | Tuesday, 05 August 2008
Super rugby could be bound for the scrap heap with a new 14-team trans-Tasman competition and an...
Money for the Box
JARGAN83 - To put money and corporate sponsors and television in perspective you have to factor in consumers.
The greater the population the greater the interest from sponsors and TV broadcasters....
JAPAN - the land of the Rising Sun
WELSHRUGBYFAN: - The Japanes have a powerful Rugby Super series tournament with some outstanding players in their teams sponsored by the likes of Coke, IBM, CANON, Toyota and other corporate...
GIGS20 - I Like your Thinking!
The USA & Japan can always be wild card teams into a sub Super 14 Tournaments of Challengers,in the short term till they develop a stable of elite players.
The money you speak of comes from...
The Authors are from the UK
Interesting reading of the full 80 page tome. And highly informative for your analytical pieces.
More often than not we are "fed" releases from Dublin and the headquarters of other unions and...
TRI-NATIONS to FIVE NATIONS in 2009
The pressure is on SANZAR to finesse its rugby tournaments in the southern hemisphere and to provide the three Rugby Unions, their sponsors and broadcasters, with rugby tournaments that are relative...
Beige - You are way off the mark - nice try though.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AVAILABLE
There is an Executive Summary which is a quick read and explains this research.
It basically questions the IRB's inability to manage the game globally.
PUTTING RUGBY FIRST
This week, over a thousand rugby administrators around the world will receive a report authored called, “Putting Rugby First” .
The report is being sent to players, administrators, government...
Outstanding win by the Wallabies!
Well Done!
Tactically astute and absolutely superb on the ground.
Got a little TV to watch now.
May the best team win!
No room for too much democracy in rugby world
A perspective from New Zealand.
No room for too much democracy in rugby world
By DAVID MOFFETT - The Press | Saturday, 19 July 2008
No surprises then with the latest document out of the...
UPDATE
GIGS20 & JAMES
This is how it would work.
Australia would have 5 (4 + 1) franchises, with only 4 Australian franchises playing in the Super 14, with the 4th placed or last placed Australian...
BLR -
The Lions are serial losers being the last placed South African S14 side for the past 3 years. That should never be tolerated.
The Super 14 remains with 14 teams. So no expansion there....
SANZAR's Super 14 Quick Fix: Too Little Too Late...................But,
What is the leadership of SANZAR thinking by announcing a proposed expansion of the Super 14 finals to a Top Six playoffs series next year?
This certainly does not fix the tournament.
The...
Top Six Playoffs will not fix the Super 14.
It is like placing a BandAid over a broken leg.
This is not a Top Down exercise this needs to be a Bottom Up.
Each country needs an extra...
BLR - I bow to your Champion status but............
The idea about cross pollination is a good one, to engage other similar and dis-similar rugby minded people around the world.
It helps to read other views and understand what lies behind the team....
Travelling_Gerry
Actually yes - but can only...
Travelling_Gerry
Actually yes - but can only do two.
The ultimate rugby climax: Wallabies vs. Springboks
:hmmm:
Just learning here with this cyber thing of forums & communities, with exchanges, so apologies if I am "slow", but congrats on a superb site for fuelling the passion of The Whole Force -...
Some new that I am having an exchange of thoughts with
Wallabies need help
Laura sweetheart - Bismarck du Plessis is not playing on Saturday so no need to have your front row protect their eyes - rather keep their eyes wide shut as Schalk is a utility back playing hooker -...