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You'd've thought there's fairly sizeable sponsorship opportunities out there, as well as television footage sales. Japan were getting record viewership for the Top League before it was cancelled, the Yanks will be missing their contact sports, the UK is missing any live sport at all. As the only show in town, there's surely money to be made.zer0 wrote:Will be interested to see how the teams play this. Seems likely they'll be the only rugby show in town, and one of the few sports running on the planet. I wonder if NZR (and maybe even WR?) will ask them to put on a show to try and advertise the sport as best they can and draw as many newcomers in as possible. Of course that would also require SANZAAR not to be colossal dicks about footage being used online.
Is Marchant still here? Hope so. Had just assumed he'd headed back to the UK.Puja wrote:Well, at least one Englishman's getting to play rugby.
There will still be travel restrictions/quarantines in place for a while yet I think, so anything over and above a Bledisloe series later in the year seems unlikely.Puja wrote:What do you think of the proposed scenario of a cross-Tasman only Super Rugby? Australia are looking to copy your 5 team comp by bringing the Western Force back into the fold and combining the two at some point would seem to make a lot of sense in terms of rivalries, travel, and markets. Okay, so the overall level will be lower without the South Africans, but keeping it only within 4 hours of time zones (and with most games being only 2) would surely make for a more cohesive competition that's easier to market and sell. Not to mention that the two of you are the closest to having Covid under control.
A google says that Marchant's still in NZ. He had a six month loan from January, although I'd imagine that'll be extended to give him a chance to play more of this NZ-only Super Rugby. Frankly, this is probably better for his development than playing the Rebels and Sunwolves.zer0 wrote:Is Marchant still here? Hope so. Had just assumed he'd headed back to the UK.Puja wrote:Well, at least one Englishman's getting to play rugby.
There will still be travel restrictions/quarantines in place for a while yet I think, so anything over and above a Bledisloe series later in the year seems unlikely.Puja wrote:What do you think of the proposed scenario of a cross-Tasman only Super Rugby? Australia are looking to copy your 5 team comp by bringing the Western Force back into the fold and combining the two at some point would seem to make a lot of sense in terms of rivalries, travel, and markets. Okay, so the overall level will be lower without the South Africans, but keeping it only within 4 hours of time zones (and with most games being only 2) would surely make for a more cohesive competition that's easier to market and sell. Not to mention that the two of you are the closest to having Covid under control.
As a more general concept, I guess so. RA would need an absolute nuclear cleansing though. Seems to have the full blazer brigade thing going on, but without the decency of the English stiff upper lip. Instead the farm is ablaze and they're out brawling each other in an outback pigsty to see who can be king of its ashes.
North Harbour Stadium is a decent option. Traffic heading north is way better than going into town anyway. North Harbour Stadium is criminally underused by the NZRU anyway.Puja wrote:It's probably a better atmosphere in an open field than an empty stadium, although I'd question if the broadcast facilities would be good enough for Sky.
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That's what I had been assuming until the last week or so but not so sure now. They'll be cautious about it but I wouldn't rule out crowds at some point if the numbers carry on this way.cashead wrote:I'm kind of expecting there'll be crowdless fixtures for the foreseeable future.
What a place that was, had some very drunken afternoon/evenings there.morepork wrote:Where’s Carlaw park when you need it?
Doorzetbornandbred wrote:What a place that was, had some very drunken afternoon/evenings there.morepork wrote:Where’s Carlaw park when you need it?
First day in NZ in 91 ended up there with two other poms spent the arvo getting free piss off the bar fella as a welcome to NZ, got bloody steaming with a lack of sleep and then ended up at a party with a maori bird. Hotel/hostel the agency we were working for was some god botherers place, we got kicked out the next day. Oh to be young and reckless again...morepork wrote:Doorzetbornandbred wrote:What a place that was, had some very drunken afternoon/evenings there.morepork wrote:Where’s Carlaw park when you need it?
Good times. The ever present smell of weed and spilt Lion Red in the stands. I got sparked out playing a grand final at Carlaw when I was 16. True story. Probably fucked me up for life.