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<blockquote data-quote="Brigantine" data-source="post: 870295" data-attributes="member: 73940"><p>A $50 Million guarantee to cover the Force's financial performance... Generous for sure.</p><p></p><p>To be fair, we already knew it wasn't about the Force's financial performance. It's about responding to fan feedback across SANZAR against the 4-conference format. ARU have no good options, and it was only by a stroke of genius that South Africa avoided this fate too.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Indo-Pacific... well sure in say 15 years Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka will probably have worthy pro teams, but until then, this only makes sense (for WA) if they're secretly talking about Japan, and maybe Hong Kong, Korea and Siberia. But they really couldn't have said it any more clearly that this is NOT about Japan. I can only imagine it being like Argentina XV in the Americas Rugby Championship, or USA South XV in the Americas Rugby North competition - i.e. an amateur WA XV in the 2nd division of Asian Rugby. After RWC 2019 it might include Hong Kong and Korea after all as Japan joins TRC or 6N.</p><p></p><p>Better than nothing I suppose, and the Force will eventually be back in SR in a future better-managed expansion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brigantine, post: 870295, member: 73940"] A $50 Million guarantee to cover the Force's financial performance... Generous for sure. To be fair, we already knew it wasn't about the Force's financial performance. It's about responding to fan feedback across SANZAR against the 4-conference format. ARU have no good options, and it was only by a stroke of genius that South Africa avoided this fate too. Indo-Pacific... well sure in say 15 years Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka will probably have worthy pro teams, but until then, this only makes sense (for WA) if they're secretly talking about Japan, and maybe Hong Kong, Korea and Siberia. But they really couldn't have said it any more clearly that this is NOT about Japan. I can only imagine it being like Argentina XV in the Americas Rugby Championship, or USA South XV in the Americas Rugby North competition - i.e. an amateur WA XV in the 2nd division of Asian Rugby. After RWC 2019 it might include Hong Kong and Korea after all as Japan joins TRC or 6N. Better than nothing I suppose, and the Force will eventually be back in SR in a future better-managed expansion. [/QUOTE]
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