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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 640378" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>This is pretty funny coming from 1) an Aussie and 2) a <strong>Reds</strong> fan. My goodness, this is the first year the Aus conference hasn't been the ***** of the competition and we are not done yet.</p><p></p><p>Not that I diasagree with the points you are making regarding unfair advantages having weaker teams in your conference but it just makes me laugh to hear it from a Reds fan.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Personally I'd love this to happen but it does have some issues that the partners involved see as critical:</p><p></p><p>- it would actually mean more travelling assuming it's home/away games in the pool stages.</p><p>- less derbies is good for SA and NZ (the players/teams at least) but bad for Aus and the broadcasters as these are the money-making games.</p><p>- puts a lot of pressure on the new Aus domestic league to earn money for the ARU</p><p>- NZ's ITM cup or franchize teams will need to do major overhauling to fit into the format</p><p></p><p>But for SA this would not be a problem as upping the importance of the Currie cup and a smaller SR is what many want in any case and our top teams in SR = CC teams.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 640378, member: 39190"] This is pretty funny coming from 1) an Aussie and 2) a [B]Reds[/B] fan. My goodness, this is the first year the Aus conference hasn't been the ***** of the competition and we are not done yet. Not that I diasagree with the points you are making regarding unfair advantages having weaker teams in your conference but it just makes me laugh to hear it from a Reds fan. Personally I'd love this to happen but it does have some issues that the partners involved see as critical: - it would actually mean more travelling assuming it's home/away games in the pool stages. - less derbies is good for SA and NZ (the players/teams at least) but bad for Aus and the broadcasters as these are the money-making games. - puts a lot of pressure on the new Aus domestic league to earn money for the ARU - NZ's ITM cup or franchize teams will need to do major overhauling to fit into the format But for SA this would not be a problem as upping the importance of the Currie cup and a smaller SR is what many want in any case and our top teams in SR = CC teams. [/QUOTE]
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