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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 598199" data-attributes="member: 20605">No, you have entirely missed the point.&nbsp;They are the best teams because they contain the ALL best players. There are no other professional players in Ireland that are their equals, and playing for other teams that might replace Connacht. ALL of the professional players are either in one of the four provincial teams, or are playing for other clubs in other countries. This is a very similar setup to our Super Rugby; 150 professional players distributed among five teams. If Otago are bottom, and were to be relegated, there is no other team that could take their place, either geographically, or from a player standpoint, because there aren&#039;t another 30 players to make up a new team. Can&#039;t you see thuis This is totally unlike England, where professional players are distributed among the 12 clubs in the Aviva Premsiership and the 10 clubs in the RFU Championship, but when it comes to Heineken Cup time, only half of England&#039;s Premier players are involved (whereas for NZ, ALL of our Premier players are involved in Super Rugby.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 598199, member: 20605"] No, you have entirely [B]missed[/B] the point. They are the best teams because [B]they contain the ALL best players[/B]. There are no other professional players in Ireland that are their equals, and playing for other teams that might replace Connacht. ALL of the professional players are either in one of the four provincial teams, or are playing for other clubs in other countries. This is a very similar setup to our Super Rugby; 150 professional players distributed among five teams. If Otago are bottom, and were to be relegated, there is no other team that could take their place, either geographically, or from a player standpoint, because there aren't another 30 players to make up a new team. Can't you see thuis This is totally unlike England, where professional players are distributed among the 12 clubs in the Aviva Premsiership and the 10 clubs in the RFU Championship, but when it comes to Heineken Cup time, only half of England's Premier players are involved (whereas for NZ, ALL of our Premier players are involved in Super Rugby. [/QUOTE]

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