The Trans Tasman Rugby War

[Kruse]

@derpus said in The Trans Ta$man Rugby War:

@antipodean worked out well with the Sunwolves.

The only solace i have in the game i love dying here through mismanagement is that, on the long term, there's a chance you blokes are coming with us.

Charming.

[Tim]

Clearly it's time to rationalise the competitions, and replace the NPC and Super Rugby with a 10 NZ team, 5 Aust team competition.

[taniwharugby]

@tim you know it wont happen, although they could replace NPC comp with a U21 or U23 comp as well?

[Tim]

These are the new franchises:

Northland and North Harbour
Auckland
Counties and BOP
Waikato and Taranaki
Manawatu and Hawkes Bay
Wellington
Ta$man
Canterbury
Otago and Southland
Moana Pasifika

[Machpants]

@tim said in The Trans Ta$man Rugby War:

These are the new franchises:

Northland and North Harbour
Auckland
Counties and BOP
Waikato and Taranaki
Manawatu and Hawkes Bay
Wellington
Ta$man
Canterbury
Otago and Southland
Moana Pasifika

Which Ozzie team are you dropping for Drua

[Tim]

@machpants Okay, 16 teams, which means 15 regular season games.

[Stargazer]

@tim Counties and BOP doesn't make sense geographically, does it?
Waikato and Counties
BOP and Hawke's Bay (eewww)
Taranaki and Manawatu?

Edit: I don't like the suggestion at all, though.

[Tim]

@stargazer said in The Trans Ta$man Rugby War:

Counties and BOP doesn't make sense geographically, does it?

Maybe, but Counties/Thames/BOP is a contiguous region along the east coast.

[GibbonRib]

Add some jeopardy, have BOP and Hawkes Bay play off for a spot etc

[Machpants]

@gibbonrib said in The Trans Ta$man Rugby War:

Add some jeopardy, have BOP and Hawkes Bay play off for a spot etc

Oooh. Keep the same teams, only the top 9 from NPC play super rugby

[Stargazer]

@gibbonrib Nope. All 14 major (NPC) rugby provinces should be represented in a competition.

[Kiwiwomble]

@machpants said in The Trans Ta$man Rugby War:

@gibbonrib said in The Trans Ta$man Rugby War:

Add some jeopardy, have BOP and Hawkes Bay play off for a spot etc

Oooh. Keep the same teams, only the top 9 from NPC play super rugby

You mean give some meaning to the npc? Madness

[Stargazer]

@machpants That would mean the end of NPC rugby in Northland, Southland, Counties, and two of Otago, Harbour and Manawatu.

[Machpants]

@stargazer said in The Trans Ta$man Rugby War:

@machpants That would mean the end of NPC rugby in Northland, Southland, Counties, and two of Otago, Harbour and Manawatu.

It's all irrelevant anyway

[Stargazer]

@machpants Fortunately. I like the NPC as it is.

[Machpants]

@stargazer said in The Trans Ta$man Rugby War:

@machpants Fortunately. I like the NPC as it is.

Yeah, I just wish it was one big comp, so play everyone once. Home one session, away the next.

What I mean it's SR Vs Oz won't change.

[Tim]

For a very long time NZ had a meaningful, competitive number of teams in the NPC. Then they went full retard and put 14 teams in the competition. Public interest and TV revenue plummeted.

Return to tradition and rationality and have 10 NZ teams!

[Tim]

No longer should rationalisation of the NZ game be held hostage by provincial dead-enders!

[nzzp]

@tim said in The Trans Ta$man Rugby War:

For a very long time NZ had a meaningful, competitive number of teams in the NPC. Then they went full retard and put 14 teams in the competition. Public interest and TV revenue plummeted.

Return to tradition and rationality and have 10 NZ teams!

9+9+9 is the strongest competition I've seen

[GibbonRib]

@stargazer said in The Trans Ta$man Rugby War:

@machpants That would mean the end of NPC rugby in Northland, Southland, Counties, and two of Otago, Harbour and Manawatu.

Nah, just have a 2nd division. Any NZ team that finishes below all the Aussie teams is relegated and replaced with a div 2 team