Has GRR been cancelled this year?

[SPaRTAN]

One possible reason is that with GRR Forrest would have to pick up the whole tab for all teams, whereas with CSR (Condensed Super Rugby) he will only have to support one.

Thats fair enough but considering the competition was in its first year I would have thought that every possible attempt to see the season through would have been made.

[fulvio sammut]

Spartan, you are looking at this through the prism of a disappointed and aggrieved rugby supporter.

If you look at it from the viewpoint of a hard nosed unsentimental billionaire businessman, the answer is fairly obvious.

[brokendown gunfighter]

Spartan, you are looking at this through the prism of a disappointed and aggrieved rugby supporter.

If you look at it from the viewpoint of a hard nosed unsentimental billionaire businessman, the answer is fairly obvious.

maybe not to Spartan!

[AndyS]

More pragmatically, the chances of RA (and especially the current shambles version of infighting and hairpulling) approving someone else having a rugby competition when they couldn't would be absolutely zero or less.

[SPaRTAN]

More pragmatically, the chances of RA (and especially the current shambles version of infighting and hairpulling) approving someone else having a rugby competition when they couldn't would be absolutely zero or less.

Its run by Hong Kong

[AndyS]

GRR should be organising something similar. They could play all games in WA as a triple header each week.

I thought your basis was the above. If it were played in WA, RA could and would stick their noses in. But yes, if you are arguing the Force could go off and participate in a comp somewhere in Asia, I'm sure it could be done.

[SPaRTAN]

I thought your basis was the above. If it were played in WA, RA could and would stick their noses in. But yes, if you are arguing the Force could go off and participate in a comp somewhere in Asia, I'm sure it could be done.

How could they stick their noses in.
RA dont own WA stadiums.
RA dont own Youtube or Rugbypass (the broadcast partners)
I think you guys are talking rubbish, it seems quite feasible it could be run here in WA.

NRL kicking off May 28th afterall.

[Bakkies]

How could they stick their noses in.
RA dont own WA stadiums.
RA dont own Youtube or Rugbypass (the broadcast partners)
I think you guys are talking rubbish, it seems quite feasible it could be run here in WA.

NRL kicking off May 28th afterall.

SPaRTAN five teams are based outside of Australia and the borders are shut not going to happen.

[Kiap]

SPaRTAN five teams are based outside of Australia and the borders are shut not going to happen.

Plus the NZ border is closed tighter than Australia's borders. HK and Malaysia have full border closures to foreigners.

Fiji and Samoa borders will be closed for a long time yet. They don't have funding to their health systems to contemplate otherwise. Samoa had a deadly measles outbreak only a few months ago and even their basic immunisation programs are patchy at best.

The other thing is, even if an extremely unlikely lifting of all these restrictions occurred in only 30 DAYS from today ... there would only be TWO rounds of Rapid Rugby's regular season left.

Plus GRR couldn't be pushed back in the calendar because these countries already have other commitments.

[AndyS]

How could they stick their noses in.
RA dont own WA stadiums.
RA dont own Youtube or Rugbypass (the broadcast partners)
I think you guys are talking rubbish, it seems quite feasible it could be run here in WA.

NRL kicking off May 28th afterall.

I guess you slept through the long drawn out process of getting WR endorsement for GRR, which was made specifically conditional on getting the approval of all the individual unions...
https://www.world.rugby/news/379046

[SPaRTAN]

SPaRTAN five teams are based outside of Australia and the borders are shut not going to happen.

How are the sunwolves getting in?

[Kiap]

How are the sunwolves getting in?

They're probably not getting in. They probably won't be playing, either. Not any time soon.

Unless Australian Sunwolves like Efi Ma'afu, Ben Hyne, Michael Stolberg, Corey Thomas, Jake Schatz, Alex Horan, Jordan Jackson-Hope, James Dargaville, Ben Lucas are already in. They would then need to add another 20 fringe guys from within Australia to form a squad.

Why would RA/Sunwolves bother? Well, to endeavour to fulfill part of their broadcast arrangement and pay their players and staff.

Endeavour is not the same as "make it happen" - the likelihood is it won't.

(The non-Japanese Sunwolves have left Japan, with maybe another dozen plus in NZ, I'd say)

[AndyS]

My understanding on all these early start scenarios is that teams would come in, do the necessary quarantine, then stay for the duration. Would still be dependent on getting a dispensation to enter the state/country though.

[jargan83]

My understanding on all these early start scenarios is that teams would come in, do the necessary quarantine, then stay for the duration. Would still be dependent on getting a dispensation to enter the state/country though.

From what I've read this is the scenario facing the NZ Warriors in the NRL so I'd say the same could apply to the Sunwolves.

Another factor could be case numbers of Covid-19 in each of the two countries when applying for any dispensation.

[AndyS]

What, you reckon go the whole claim asylum route...?