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Queensland Reds 2026

Spamnoodle

Spamnoodle

Charlie Fox (21)
Wilson said:
Daylight savings/tail end of summer weather is an issue there, there's a decent chunk of the season where it's just not feasible to play afternoon games in Queensland.

Beyond that it's pretty variable as to whether or not it's good for the fans - once club season has started it's a problem, at least on Saturdays, and Sundays are much rarer now with no more than 5 games a weekend.
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Daylight savings isn't an issue unless it's made into an issue.

Plenty of weekends after mid March when the weather is prime for it.
It's about giving families a chance to get along. Night games suck for taking the kids.
Especially Friday nights. It's about generating interest for the next generation. One or two a year isn't asking much.
But it's fine. I'll save my money and watch from home...
 
Adam84

Adam84

John Eales (66)
Spamnoodle said:
Daylight savings isn't an issue unless it's made into an issue.

Plenty of weekends after mid March when the weather is prime for it.
It's about giving families a chance to get along. Night games suck for taking the kids.
Especially Friday nights. It's about generating interest for the next generation. One or two a year isn't asking much.
But it's fine. I'll save my money and watch from home...
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Looking at the draw, Tahs haven't been given an afternoon match either, but the Brumbies have one late in the season. I think there are a few factors here to consider as to why we see fewer afternoon games these on the Aus East Coast these days, and the inclusion of the Drua and Pasifka plus the loss of Rebels is a key one.

Fiji don't have the necessary lighting at their stadium to play night games, so they will always take the 2:30 pm Saturday timeslot when playing at home in Fiji.

NZ teams will almost always take the 5:00 pm AEST timeslot Fri & Sat as that's primetime locally in NZ, and given NZ have 6 teams now it's difficult to find space where they won't fill this. Which really only leaves the Fri & Sat 7:30pm AEST timeslot to split between Brumbies/Waratahs/Reds and Force.

Brumbies requesting an afternoon match late in the season, given the artic cold that blows in, makes sense, and can see why they Super Rugby would prioritise this request over Reds/Tahs requesting similar.
 
Adam84

Adam84

John Eales (66)
Major Tom said:
Yeah but Sundays exist.
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It does, but it's then going to create gaps in the scheduling on either Fri or Sat night.. Which was one of the big criticisms of the old Super Rugby comp, there would be some weeks where there wasn't a match on in prime-time on a Friday/Saturday nights. Broadcasters seemingly prefer consistency in scheduling.

Don't get me wrong, i would prefer afternoon matches as well, but looking at the draw, if playing on a Sunday it's hard to see which timeslot you would take a game from, given the inclusion of MP (Moana Pasifika) and Drua. There's 11 teams, so 5 games a weekend, 2 on Fri and 3 on Sat; and Sat afternoon is congested due to Dru & Kiwi Teams.
 
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Strewthcobber

Strewthcobber

Nick Farr-Jones (63)
Adam84 said:
It does, but it's then going to create gaps in the scheduling on either Fri or Sat night.. Which was one of the big criticisms of the old Super Rugby comp, there would be some weeks where there wasn't a match on in prime-time on a Friday/Saturday nights. Broadcasters seemingly prefer consistency in scheduling.

Don't get me wrong, i would prefer afternoon matches as well, but looking at the draw, if playing on a Sunday it's hard to see where you would take a game from to get that from given the inclusion of MP (Moana Pasifika) (Moana Pasifika) and Drua. There's 11 teams, so 5 games a weekend, 2 on Fri and 3 on Sat, and Sat afternoon is congested due to Dru & Kiwi Teams.
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Add in the difficulty of scheduling around NRL and A-League - you can see why it ends up being what it is.
 
The Ghost of Raelene

The Ghost of Raelene

John Eales (66)
Adam84 said:
It does, but it's then going to create gaps in the scheduling on either Fri or Sat night.. Which was one of the big criticisms of the old Super Rugby comp, there would be some weeks where there wasn't a match on in prime-time on a Friday/Saturday nights. Broadcasters seemingly prefer consistency in scheduling.

Don't get me wrong, i would prefer afternoon matches as well, but looking at the draw, if playing on a Sunday it's hard to see which timeslot you would take a game from to get that from, given the inclusion of MP (Moana Pasifika) (Moana Pasifika) and Drua. There's 11 teams, so 5 games a weekend, 2 on Fri and 3 on Sat; and Sat afternoon is congested due to Dru & Kiwi Teams.
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Teams value this as well.

Nothing better for Coaches, S&C and Medical Teams to plan out a season with fairly standard gaps between games. Consistency of knowing what day of the week is what in the plan is a great advantage. Players get to plan things as well which is good for the families.
 
Major Tom

Major Tom

Nicholas Shehadie (39)
Adam84 said:
It does, but it's then going to create gaps in the scheduling on either Fri or Sat night.. Which was one of the big criticisms of the old Super Rugby comp, there would be some weeks where there wasn't a match on in prime-time on a Friday/Saturday nights. Broadcasters seemingly prefer consistency in scheduling.

Don't get me wrong, i would prefer afternoon matches as well, but looking at the draw, if playing on a Sunday it's hard to see which timeslot you would take a game from, given the inclusion of MP (Moana Pasifika) (Moana Pasifika) and Drua. There's 11 teams, so 5 games a weekend, 2 on Fri and 3 on Sat; and Sat afternoon is congested due to Dru & Kiwi Teams.
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Seems odd scheduling constraints though. The hardest thing would be ensuring a 7-day break between rounds. I'm not suggesting afternoon rounds for every suncorp game just at least 1 Sunday.
 
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