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<blockquote data-quote="ianw16" data-source="post: 808068" data-attributes="member: 70803"><p>NZ has been helping to keep alive Australian rugby almost since time immemorial. Not sure what else they can be expected to do. They were giving them test matches and tours whenever they could to help them financially, many, many years ago. The precursor to Super Rugby, from memory the AIG 6s, was a boon for NSW and QLD (and a warm up tournament for Akld, Cant and Wgtn). Without it they essentially had no meaningful competition, except against themselves. The fact that we are still talking about the problems in Australian rugby just shows that they have not really come that far, infrastructure wise, in a very long time.</p><p>Maybe a couple of Aussie teams in an expanded NPC? Would very much depend on the benefit that NZ would receive from such an arrangement. The NZRFU is far from being the richest union in the world, and is not a charity. Much of the income it does derive is due purely to being home to the most marketable team in world rugby by far. Hence why various tests have been played in places like Japan and Hong Kong. Generally speaking, the Australians have benefited from that NZ marketability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianw16, post: 808068, member: 70803"] NZ has been helping to keep alive Australian rugby almost since time immemorial. Not sure what else they can be expected to do. They were giving them test matches and tours whenever they could to help them financially, many, many years ago. The precursor to Super Rugby, from memory the AIG 6s, was a boon for NSW and QLD (and a warm up tournament for Akld, Cant and Wgtn). Without it they essentially had no meaningful competition, except against themselves. The fact that we are still talking about the problems in Australian rugby just shows that they have not really come that far, infrastructure wise, in a very long time. Maybe a couple of Aussie teams in an expanded NPC? Would very much depend on the benefit that NZ would receive from such an arrangement. The NZRFU is far from being the richest union in the world, and is not a charity. Much of the income it does derive is due purely to being home to the most marketable team in world rugby by far. Hence why various tests have been played in places like Japan and Hong Kong. Generally speaking, the Australians have benefited from that NZ marketability. [/QUOTE]
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