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<blockquote data-quote="William18" data-source="post: 280014"><p>I would also like to say that the review which led to the culling of four teams was <u>province orientated </u>. The unions themselves said it was not sustainable and was too long. They only want an 11 or 12 week competition, they also want to play each other once. From those two principles which were agreed upon, it would be impossible to continue with the current structure.</p><p></p><p>These are the principles agreed upon (as far as I understand) by all the unions:</p><p></p><p>Include Super Rugby players;</p><p></p><p>Have a stand-alone window (which also recognises the windows for club rugby and Super Rugby);</p><p></p><p>Feature a full round-robin and playoffs;</p><p></p><p>The further principles, announced today, are that the competitions must also:</p><p></p><p>Have promotion-relegation (whether this will be automatic or by way of a play-off match is yet to be determined);</p><p></p><p>Guarantee four or five home games per team;</p><p></p><p>Be completed within a 10-12 week window; and</p><p></p><p>Be concluded by the end of October.</p><p></p><p>If the unions then turn around and say we do not like what has happened then it is their fault for agreeing to make these things happen in the first place. I must once again stress that these ideas were done <strong>with </strong> the support of the unions, not a solely NZRU directive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William18, post: 280014"] I would also like to say that the review which led to the culling of four teams was [u]province orientated [/u]. The unions themselves said it was not sustainable and was too long. They only want an 11 or 12 week competition, they also want to play each other once. From those two principles which were agreed upon, it would be impossible to continue with the current structure. These are the principles agreed upon (as far as I understand) by all the unions: Include Super Rugby players; Have a stand-alone window (which also recognises the windows for club rugby and Super Rugby); Feature a full round-robin and playoffs; The further principles, announced today, are that the competitions must also: Have promotion-relegation (whether this will be automatic or by way of a play-off match is yet to be determined); Guarantee four or five home games per team; Be completed within a 10-12 week window; and Be concluded by the end of October. If the unions then turn around and say we do not like what has happened then it is their fault for agreeing to make these things happen in the first place. I must once again stress that these ideas were done [b]with [/b] the support of the unions, not a solely NZRU directive. [/QUOTE]
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