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<blockquote data-quote="William18" data-source="post: 639609" data-attributes="member: 38439"><p>As I understand it, the Hurricanes will play:</p><p></p><p>4 games versus other teams in NZ conference</p><p>5 games versus Australian conference</p><p>4 games versus one South African conference</p><p>and 2 extra games from the NZ conference.</p><p></p><p>Those extra two games will lead to a very arbitrary nature of competition. Of course, after a certain amount of time the Hurricanes will have played everyone else twice but a teams strength can change from season to season. If we had to play the Crusaders and Chiefs twice this year but the Highlanders and Blues once then we would have a disadvantage.</p><p></p><p>I haven't said which South African conference will be stronger but in any one season one of them will probably be somewhat stronger than the other. This means that if the Australian teams are drawn to play the easier South African conference they will receive easier games and have a greater chance of qualifying for the playoffs. The New Zealand Conference will probably continue to be stronger than its Australian counterpart. If this is true then it would be a major advantage for the South African teams who have to play all the New Zealand teams in one season. It's arbitrary and leaves too much down to luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William18, post: 639609, member: 38439"] As I understand it, the Hurricanes will play: 4 games versus other teams in NZ conference 5 games versus Australian conference 4 games versus one South African conference and 2 extra games from the NZ conference. Those extra two games will lead to a very arbitrary nature of competition. Of course, after a certain amount of time the Hurricanes will have played everyone else twice but a teams strength can change from season to season. If we had to play the Crusaders and Chiefs twice this year but the Highlanders and Blues once then we would have a disadvantage. I haven't said which South African conference will be stronger but in any one season one of them will probably be somewhat stronger than the other. This means that if the Australian teams are drawn to play the easier South African conference they will receive easier games and have a greater chance of qualifying for the playoffs. The New Zealand Conference will probably continue to be stronger than its Australian counterpart. If this is true then it would be a major advantage for the South African teams who have to play all the New Zealand teams in one season. It's arbitrary and leaves too much down to luck. [/QUOTE]
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