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Was there a noticeable upswing in the numbers in the stands watching? Was wondering if we'd see any growth of bums in seats after Japan's recent success'.

No, the early scuttlebutt had suggestions that they were invested in the project in some way but now it appears they are not. However, as before it would likely be right to assume that their soon to come Rugby Channel will likely be the broadcast partner of ProRugby. Doug Schoninger (the...

Officially, yes they have only confirmed both Sacramento and San Francisco. But the likes of Denver and Philadelphia are essentially considered to be locked in for teams. As is likely a New York based squad. The only issue that may slow the announcement of locations is venues. Philadelphia is...

They've publicly stated that in terms of attendance their sweet spot is somewhere between 3-7,000. It's part of the reason they went with Sacramento. PNC (Pacific Nations Cup) games leading up until this year have consistently either sold out or fallen just shy (this year they were played on a Friday during the...

It's actually rather likely we'll see it move to 8 teams in 2017. Certainly by 2019. They've already hinted at the fact they were keen on a Houston based franchise but couldn't make the scheduling at the stadium work. They've put a pin in that one with intent on revisiting for the 2017 season...

Evidently ProRugby has been caught a little off guard with the degree of interest being expressed by a number of cities keen to host a team in the near future.

Yeah, big shock. So young.

He was a bond trader originally. Bought the stadium fund from JP Morgan a few years back.

Sacramento has been officially announced as the first franchise at a media conference at Bonney Field in Sacramento. Evidently it wasn't on the radr of ProRugby until its owner attended the PNC (Pacific Nations Cup) games there and realised it would be a perfect fit.

You read right. They seem to just want to get the concept off the ground in year one. Which is fair enough if you don't take into account the potential marketing opportunity they will be missing out on. A large part of their sales pitch is community engagement. Which is great. But why wait to...

The sale of a franchise is up to the individual Unions.

No, well not yet. I just know where to look and who to harass.:)

Each Super Rugby franchise falls under the auspices of their national Union. The only time the ARU and NZRU had any say was in agreeing to the new format. Neither the SARU or NZRU had any dealings when the Rebels were sold to a private consortium as they don't fall under their jurisdiction. These talks...

Ahh.........I think you'll find that neither the ARU or NZRU are involved in the clusterf@#k. This is yet another SARU special.

Well, we now know that there will be a team in San Francisco and another in Sacramento. Sacramento makes a lot of sense. Good crowds for PNC (Pacific Nations Cup) games and a good facility in Bonney Field. Plus, if/when it outgrows it the city are building a 25,000 seater to accommodate a MLS bid in the future.

It's confirmed. Both Chile and Brazil have confirmed their games and venues. There's some speculation that Houston and Miami will host two of the Eagles home games with a third still to be confirmed.

There's a strong emphasis on domestic players (they are planning on counting Canadians as domestic) as a means to bolster both the Eagles and Canada. They will be setting a limit of 3-5 imports per team. They won't be throwing money at just anyone. The most the highest earners in the league will...

Well, they wanted a Houston franchise but they couldn't find space in the stadiums schedule for next season (BVAA Compass) but they are keen for it to come online in 2017. They also wanted at least one Canadian franchise (Vancouver) but RugbyCanada opted out of next year looking more toward 2017...

Apparently looking to speed the game up and further sort out the scrum among others. http://www.the42.ie/world-rugby-law-trials-september-2015-2324926-Sep2015/

On the ProRugby news. The group behind will be making a formal announcement on Monday (New York time) detailing the league and hopefully teams. Been some suggestion that there will be two teams in the San Francisco Bay Area, one in Denver, Philadelphia and New York while the 6th franchise is...