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<blockquote data-quote="unrated" data-source="post: 996682" data-attributes="member: 45773"><p>The Currie Cup sharks union and the Super rugby Sharks franchise is the same thing. The area does not get bigger or smaller they represent Kwazulu Natal in both instances, the smaller clubs always remain a feeder to the Sharks as a provincial entity. It's unlike places such as the western cape where in the Currie Cup the Stormers has to compete against Boland etc, but in Super rugby they can have their picks.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The TV appetite can never just go back to the Currie Cup after we tasted the international competition that is Super rugby. Currie Cup is great but we want that and something else. Because when my team wins Currie Cup I'm like OK great we are good but how do we compare against the best teams in other parts of the world. We need that International competition. A return to just the Currie Cup will feel like that period of international isolation under Apartheid. No one wants it to regress back to such a landscape. Financially it's also not in the best interest. </p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not like they have intentionally weakened the Currie Cup in recent years. SARU has done everything in their power to keep Currie Cup great, because they want more money for the health of SA rugby and for that we need as much rugby as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unrated, post: 996682, member: 45773"] The Currie Cup sharks union and the Super rugby Sharks franchise is the same thing. The area does not get bigger or smaller they represent Kwazulu Natal in both instances, the smaller clubs always remain a feeder to the Sharks as a provincial entity. It's unlike places such as the western cape where in the Currie Cup the Stormers has to compete against Boland etc, but in Super rugby they can have their picks. The TV appetite can never just go back to the Currie Cup after we tasted the international competition that is Super rugby. Currie Cup is great but we want that and something else. Because when my team wins Currie Cup I'm like OK great we are good but how do we compare against the best teams in other parts of the world. We need that International competition. A return to just the Currie Cup will feel like that period of international isolation under Apartheid. No one wants it to regress back to such a landscape. Financially it's also not in the best interest. It's not like they have intentionally weakened the Currie Cup in recent years. SARU has done everything in their power to keep Currie Cup great, because they want more money for the health of SA rugby and for that we need as much rugby as possible. [/QUOTE]
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