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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 279828"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Sep 24 2009, 06:14 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=413283" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>1. Counties spent at least a season playing away from home in order to upgrade their stadium.</p><p></p><p>2. The NZRU pretty much said they were gone in 2010 making it bloody hard to attract sponsorship.</p><p></p><p>And remembering it was the NZRU who came up with the fourteen team concept in the first place, basically throwing out the highly successful NPC as they re-arranged some deck chairs. They are basically doing the same again.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p>I originally agreed with what the NZRU had done. I realised after the first season that it just was not sustainable. <strong>The games were just of a poor quality</strong> and made it hard for me to watch them. <strong>I think the NZRU made a mistake.</strong></p><p></p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>That may be so then, but this is now</p><p></p><p>This competition is a ripper. </p><p></p><p>Initally, the new teams performed poorly, but they have grown, and a lot of new talent has come to the fore that would NEVER have been seen had it not been for the 14 team ANZC. Who would have ever heard of Aaron Cruden, Zac Guiilford, Israel Dagg, Jared Payne, Rene Ranger, Matt Berquist, Kade Poki or Mike Delany had the teams they play for been playing Heartland Championship? They never would have got a look in.</p><p></p><p></p><p> Provincial Rugby is the lifeblood of NZ rugby and now, just as it is coming to fruition, the numb-skulls at the NZRU are going to chop it off at the knees. Dropping to 10 teams will stuff the game in those regions that get chopped. </p><p></p><p>The four teams likely to get the chop are;</p><p></p><p>Tasman - pop 101,000</p><p>Counties - pop 395,000</p><p>Manawatu - pop 190,000</p><p>Bay of Plenty - pop 239,000</p><p></p><p>TOTAL - 925,000</p><p></p><p>That is just over 1/5 of the country that the NZRU will be alienating... consigning to the backwaters.</p><p></p><p>They might just have their 10 team competititon next year, but I won't be watching.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 279828"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Sep 24 2009, 06:14 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=413283']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> 1. Counties spent at least a season playing away from home in order to upgrade their stadium. 2. The NZRU pretty much said they were gone in 2010 making it bloody hard to attract sponsorship. And remembering it was the NZRU who came up with the fourteen team concept in the first place, basically throwing out the highly successful NPC as they re-arranged some deck chairs. They are basically doing the same again. [/b][/quote] I originally agreed with what the NZRU had done. I realised after the first season that it just was not sustainable. [b]The games were just of a poor quality[/b] and made it hard for me to watch them. [b]I think the NZRU made a mistake.[/b] [/b][/quote] That may be so then, but this is now This competition is a ripper. Initally, the new teams performed poorly, but they have grown, and a lot of new talent has come to the fore that would NEVER have been seen had it not been for the 14 team ANZC. Who would have ever heard of Aaron Cruden, Zac Guiilford, Israel Dagg, Jared Payne, Rene Ranger, Matt Berquist, Kade Poki or Mike Delany had the teams they play for been playing Heartland Championship? They never would have got a look in. Provincial Rugby is the lifeblood of NZ rugby and now, just as it is coming to fruition, the numb-skulls at the NZRU are going to chop it off at the knees. Dropping to 10 teams will stuff the game in those regions that get chopped. The four teams likely to get the chop are; Tasman - pop 101,000 Counties - pop 395,000 Manawatu - pop 190,000 Bay of Plenty - pop 239,000 TOTAL - 925,000 That is just over 1/5 of the country that the NZRU will be alienating... consigning to the backwaters. They might just have their 10 team competititon next year, but I won't be watching. [/QUOTE]
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