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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 385605" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>I'm not quite so upset, but I certainly see your point. For a start, teams are no longer rewarded for how good they are compared to 15 teams, but more compared to 5 teams. It essentially punish people for having a competitive conference. With more local derbies, there is a lot of competition for national spots, and while that's good, with several RWC spots up for grabs, I can't see how pitting potential opposition up against each other, twice, is going to do the national teams any good. Regardless of that, there is more rugby, and as much as I love rugby, it's a stupid idea. One of the fundemental reasons why SH teams are often able to mantain a higher standard than NH teams, can partly come down to the amount of rugby one side plays. Fatigue is a real issue, and in a RWC year, there is no point burning every resourse we have, especially considering we still have a Tri Nations and warm up games before the tornement even begins.</p><p> </p><p>I think overall the rugby has been attractive, enjoyable and fiercely contested throughout, at least in the NZ and SA conferences, however it will come to the detriment of our national sides, and it does mean that you end up missing two teams a year. It's not all doom and gloom, but I'd rather just play a 15 man conference system, than the current 3 sets of 5 we currently have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 385605, member: 38640"] I'm not quite so upset, but I certainly see your point. For a start, teams are no longer rewarded for how good they are compared to 15 teams, but more compared to 5 teams. It essentially punish people for having a competitive conference. With more local derbies, there is a lot of competition for national spots, and while that's good, with several RWC spots up for grabs, I can't see how pitting potential opposition up against each other, twice, is going to do the national teams any good. Regardless of that, there is more rugby, and as much as I love rugby, it's a stupid idea. One of the fundemental reasons why SH teams are often able to mantain a higher standard than NH teams, can partly come down to the amount of rugby one side plays. Fatigue is a real issue, and in a RWC year, there is no point burning every resourse we have, especially considering we still have a Tri Nations and warm up games before the tornement even begins. I think overall the rugby has been attractive, enjoyable and fiercely contested throughout, at least in the NZ and SA conferences, however it will come to the detriment of our national sides, and it does mean that you end up missing two teams a year. It's not all doom and gloom, but I'd rather just play a 15 man conference system, than the current 3 sets of 5 we currently have. [/QUOTE]
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