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sure, while Super Rugby puts some Rand in the pocket NZRU won't bite the hand that feeds. Personally I think Super Rugby is cooked, and around 2020 you will see a Trans Tasman comp replace it. NZ doesn't want to play with/against themselves for too long and 4 million people can only buy so many rugby jerseys and...

I totally disagree. A Trans Tasman comp is inevitable, with Pacific/Asian teams joining in eventually too. NZ might not like the ARU much, but they got no problem with AUD.

No way. ARU have a direct line to Kim Jong-un. How else do you explain a missile flying over Japan a couple of days after Cheika says he will do "everything in his power" to keep Sean McMahon in Australia? Plus, it would explain the ARU's lack of transparency.

Vic Rugby should totally sell their super rugby licence to Twiggy for 50 mill and sit back to watch super rugby implode. We could try to get into Mitre 10 cup, and be ready for whatever replaces super rugby in three years time. 50 mill could buy a lot of young rugby players trying to decide...

You do realise this is a Rebels forum, right?

Not a popular idea then.

Nah nah hear me out! The VRU can't afford to run a Super Rugby team, the Force are cashed up, and the ARU are desperate. Super Rugby is dying anyway, so get out now with a wad of cash and invest in Vic grass roots. And double the potential audience of the Mitre 10 cup in one go. I've got it all worked out!

If the Force lose the arbitration I want the Rebels to sell their license to the ARU and/or Twiggy for $10 mill and try to get into the Mitre 10 cup. Wait three years or so until Super Rugby disappears up it's own arse and have box seats for whatever comp replaces it. All the while reaping the...

What about a Force/Rebels v Tahs/ARU war? The disgraceful NSW bias in the ARU, as well as at Fox, is at least partly to blame for this fiasco. The attitude from the ARU is as if the sole effect of having 5 teams in Super Rugby is that it has weakened the Tahs and they don't mind who they run...