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What if Aus leave Super rugby?
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<blockquote data-quote="unrated" data-source="post: 999469" data-attributes="member: 45773"><p>The other positive for South Africa in playing North is that even if the added TV revenue does not reflect inside our provincial teams it would still be beneficial to the country and national team because if or when we lose players to "overseas" teams then they will now just play in the same league as us. So we can then better compare these players as we would be regularly playing against the players that signs for foreign teams. Our player pool would grow while taking away opportunities of youngsters in their teams. From a South African rugby perspective that sounds very enticing in attempting to establish a dominance at number 1 in the world rankings.</p><p></p><p>Our players won't be leaving to NZ so the exodus to overseas teams would turn from a massive disadvantage because it dilutes the quality of Super rugby to a massive advantage because they stay in the same league. (Provided they dont go into the top 14 or English league))</p><p></p><p>If we can somehow also join the Champions cup then atleast from a Springbok perspective the exodus of local players does not matter, infact it would be a massive advantage.</p><p></p><p>It would still hurt from a provincial perspective to lose players that hampers our chances of winning a ***le.</p><p></p><p></p><p> In my heart I hope Super rugby stays despite the fact that a northern move makes more sense. I love myself a Sharks vs NZ game. And I can't ever accept my team leaving a competition which have come so close to winning on multiple times but have not actually won. I will always wonder how it would have felt. Especially since we should have won it in 2007 and it was taken away from us by bad calls. from a performance perspective Super rugby is the gold standard in World rugby. Even if Jabby cares about the fairweather casual fans, that does not outweigh the historical and performance significance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unrated, post: 999469, member: 45773"] The other positive for South Africa in playing North is that even if the added TV revenue does not reflect inside our provincial teams it would still be beneficial to the country and national team because if or when we lose players to "overseas" teams then they will now just play in the same league as us. So we can then better compare these players as we would be regularly playing against the players that signs for foreign teams. Our player pool would grow while taking away opportunities of youngsters in their teams. From a South African rugby perspective that sounds very enticing in attempting to establish a dominance at number 1 in the world rankings. Our players won't be leaving to NZ so the exodus to overseas teams would turn from a massive disadvantage because it dilutes the quality of Super rugby to a massive advantage because they stay in the same league. (Provided they dont go into the top 14 or English league)) If we can somehow also join the Champions cup then atleast from a Springbok perspective the exodus of local players does not matter, infact it would be a massive advantage. It would still hurt from a provincial perspective to lose players that hampers our chances of winning a ***le. In my heart I hope Super rugby stays despite the fact that a northern move makes more sense. I love myself a Sharks vs NZ game. And I can't ever accept my team leaving a competition which have come so close to winning on multiple times but have not actually won. I will always wonder how it would have felt. Especially since we should have won it in 2007 and it was taken away from us by bad calls. from a performance perspective Super rugby is the gold standard in World rugby. Even if Jabby cares about the fairweather casual fans, that does not outweigh the historical and performance significance. [/QUOTE]
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