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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 869330" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>It's funny how the cycle runs. For years, Australia and New Zealand used to bully South Africa in decisions being made when it was the Super 12/14/15. Now it seems it has turned.</p><p></p><p>Not that I think we have all the power, I do however think we have a bigger say than what we used to have. There was always a threat being rumoured that SA could leave Super Rugby and join the European market, and everybody said, "nah, it won't happen" etc. Now, that we have shown that it's possible, while still being competitive in Super Rugby, the focus is on us and what we're going to do.</p><p></p><p>But again, as I said before, we won't end Super Rugby. We won't leave SANZAAR. We won't stop playing against Australia and New Zealand. They are our biggest competition and we have a natural tendency to want to beat them every chance we get.</p><p></p><p>We still have a lot to sort out ourselves, and I think we will be lucky if we manage to win more than half of our matches in the Rugby Championship this year.</p><p></p><p>Latest reports suggest that SARU will need another 18 months to get back to a profitable margin after the shambles of last year. We managed to get 2 big sponsors for the Bokke, which already helps a lot. But with that said we still have some things to sort out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 869330, member: 40658"] It's funny how the cycle runs. For years, Australia and New Zealand used to bully South Africa in decisions being made when it was the Super 12/14/15. Now it seems it has turned. Not that I think we have all the power, I do however think we have a bigger say than what we used to have. There was always a threat being rumoured that SA could leave Super Rugby and join the European market, and everybody said, "nah, it won't happen" etc. Now, that we have shown that it's possible, while still being competitive in Super Rugby, the focus is on us and what we're going to do. But again, as I said before, we won't end Super Rugby. We won't leave SANZAAR. We won't stop playing against Australia and New Zealand. They are our biggest competition and we have a natural tendency to want to beat them every chance we get. We still have a lot to sort out ourselves, and I think we will be lucky if we manage to win more than half of our matches in the Rugby Championship this year. Latest reports suggest that SARU will need another 18 months to get back to a profitable margin after the shambles of last year. We managed to get 2 big sponsors for the Bokke, which already helps a lot. But with that said we still have some things to sort out. [/QUOTE]
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