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<blockquote data-quote="C A Iversen" data-source="post: 246626"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Steve-o @ Feb 18 2009, 12:24 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=379922" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Well South African rugby is pretty secure at the moment. We're looking at possibly opening another franchise (The Spears) down in the Eastern Cape and the Currie Cup just about always sell out during the play offs. Local games sell more tickets than games against our Australasian brethren as well.</p><p></p><p>So we doing OK. </p><p></p><p>SARU is very happy with the S14 and TN so there is no need for this stirring of relations between us SANZAR guys. SARU is very lucky that SA rugby is the 3rd highest demanded brand of rugby in the world and as the stats show, provide the most revenue out of the SANZAR unions. So they can swing their weight around <u>if need be</u>. We can play that card if we need to, and as a business (they're a Pty Ltd registered company after all) that is benefitcial and a position to be envied. </p><p>SA is also situated well geographical so our rugby "product" is easily assessble. As they say in business: Location, location, LOCATION.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Yeah, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia are all equally very important.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="C A Iversen, post: 246626"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Steve-o @ Feb 18 2009, 12:24 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=379922']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Well South African rugby is pretty secure at the moment. We're looking at possibly opening another franchise (The Spears) down in the Eastern Cape and the Currie Cup just about always sell out during the play offs. Local games sell more tickets than games against our Australasian brethren as well. So we doing OK. SARU is very happy with the S14 and TN so there is no need for this stirring of relations between us SANZAR guys. SARU is very lucky that SA rugby is the 3rd highest demanded brand of rugby in the world and as the stats show, provide the most revenue out of the SANZAR unions. So they can swing their weight around [u]if need be[/u]. We can play that card if we need to, and as a business (they're a Pty Ltd registered company after all) that is benefitcial and a position to be envied. SA is also situated well geographical so our rugby "product" is easily assessble. As they say in business: Location, location, LOCATION. [/b][/quote] Yeah, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia are all equally very important. [/QUOTE]
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