Originally Posted by
Kalahard
This is what i have been saying about Super Rugby on here and other forums, the guaranteed home finals to the conference winner is undermining the integrity of the competition. Instead of every match having finals implications, teams are manipulating their conference standings to position themselves for an easy finals campaign. Case in point, the Aussie conference. No team has to beat the kiwis or Saffas to earn a home final. Tours are treated as a holiday until there is a few weeks left and the conference title is up for grabs. You dont need to be the best team all year to win Super Rugby, just the best team at the right time. And that is what is losing the casual fan from Super Rugby. AFL, NRL, every game matters and the punter can see the ramifications of the results immediately on an integrity based ladder to determine the finals. Club rugby is the same, then we have a 6 month muddlefuck of manipulation that we call Super Rugby that no one understands.