Future of The Rugby Championship
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I don't think Italy can be replaced, though, anyway.
Tournament is owned by Six Nations Rugby Ltd. Tried to google ownership structure but to no avail.
But if single 6 Nations team could veto promotion-relegation in 6 Nations (and by proxy veto proposed Nations League), then assume same applies for kicking them out of a tournament they partly own for a shiny new play thing. Would need to be bought out.
So, expansion is only realistic option.
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@Rapido said in Future of The Rugby Championship:
So, expansion is only realistic option.
Add Saffas and Georgia and make it 8 Nations!
The Tractor Factory will provide a bit of competition for Italy and they're probably sick of kicking the shit out of Romania, Germany, and Spain in the 2nd Div comp anyway.
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@Snowy https://www.rugbyrocks.com/sa-rugby-to-earn-r130-million-despite-boks-withdrawal
Don't know the specifics and it could be bullshit (looks pretty clickbaity). I've heard other anecdotal stuff that they'll still earn under the SANZAAR agreement.
But, yeah, apparently they won't take that much of a financial hit for not showing.
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Wouldn't surprise me.
"This is due to a collective bargaining agreement that guaranteed all four Sanzaar nations would benefit financially even if one was unable to attend the tournament for Covid-19 reasons."
If that is the actual agreement, firstly, they were all idiots to agree to that - show up or don't get paid.
Secondly "unable to attend" - really -"unable"? They might reconsider that if they weren't getting the cash anyway. No wonder relations are so strained between them all.Hopefully it is bullshit as it makes no sense.
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@Rapido said in Future of The Rugby Championship:
I don't think Italy can be replaced, though, anyway.
Tournament is owned by Six Nations Rugby Ltd. Tried to google ownership structure but to no vail.
But if single 6 Nations team could veto promotion-relegation in 6 Nations (and by proxy veto proposed Nations League), then assume same applies for kicking them out of a tournament they partly own for a shiny new play thing. Would need to be bought out.
So, expansion is only realistic option.
If you're prepared to pay they're available https://search.cro.ie/company/ListSubDocs.aspx?id=358420&type=C
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@Tim said in Future of The Rugby Championship:
@KiwiMurph NICE
In other news, NH rugby said they don't want the springboks in their comp
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@Hooroo said in Future of The Rugby Championship:
@Tim said in Future of The Rugby Championship:
@KiwiMurph NICE
In other news, NH rugby said they don't want the springboks in their comp
Don't care how they ended up staying, but they are
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@Machpants said in Future of The Rugby Championship:
@Hooroo said in Future of The Rugby Championship:
@Tim said in Future of The Rugby Championship:
@KiwiMurph NICE
In other news, NH rugby said they don't want the springboks in their comp
Don't care how they ended up staying, but they are
Yeah it is good for SH rugby.
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@Hooroo said in Future of The Rugby Championship:
NH rugby said they don't want the springboks in their comp
yeah that probably was a factor...oh well, think it is best result all round though!
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It’s the best decision IMO. It retains robustness in the SH competitions and dies not further overcrowd the NH comps. Moreover and as far as the NH goes, is SA a financially sensible gamble? Maybe, but one I’d bet the house on, especially when you don’t need to.
Good outcome I reckon.
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