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Buckley's and none. Not with pedestrian defence like that.

Dunshea is coming in the side at every breakdown he hits

Every. Single. Match. Thread.

Mungo views it the same way. This is why:

NSW going too high into contact, Auckland happy to wrestle them and slow the ball right down. Basically turning front-foot ball into back-foot ball.

And completely missed the Auckland knock-on from the kickoff. NSW did well to score with a man in the bin.

What is it with Australian teams and inaccuracy at set pieces? NSW's lineout is a dumpster fire.

Nah

Getting isolated with every big break

Highlanders making uncharacteristic errors at crucial moments. And then the Force give away a scrum penalty.

Yeah, nah.

Cheese surely

I left Queensland a long time ago. I still death ride every single horrible sporting endeavour that arises from NSW or Victoria. That will never, ever change. Any self-respecting kiwi should do the same to us Aussies. As should Australians with the gammon/soap dodgers. The trick is to...

Hmm. Hey isn't that a UDub logo?;)

It will struggle to be 7th in a far smaller sport if we spread the talent thin. So you're saying that there are normally bugger all Kiwi supporters at Super Rugby games? Have you even been to one?

You're basically describing the A-League business model, with three defunct clubs and one well on its way. It's a poor imitation of European and South American competitions without any of the supporter buy-in because it runs on a crappy franchise model with private ownership of confected teams...

Of course I've simplified it, I responded to a question of whether the Super Rugby structure allowed us to succeed and it did. The other factors that you list are of spot on, and Super Rugby is only one cog in the machine, but it's still an important one in terms of revenue (though not to the same...

The problem with this is twofold: cattle - we are already supplementing one of our teams with foreign players in the twilight of their careers; and financial - that's a large wage bill, even with private investment. I know you've cited the putative bid to put a GRR team in Western Sydney, but...

Kind of, except their main option had already been replaced. Thorn was painted into a corner.

Go back and read it again. Pay particular attention to the 'contrasted to a five-team rugby comp.' bit. Edit: If we were in the deliriously joyful position if having something remotely approximating the EPL/EFL or even the Dutch football structure, I'd be all for domestic and then champion's...