No Australian team is successful. Making the finals is not success. Not winning a title since 2004 is not successful.It's a very tricky situation if RA let the $$$$'s rule then the ACT our most successful Super Rugby team for a fair while disappears, and the players go to other franchises who have proven they cannot build their own talent ie Tahs.
I agree with Dru that we need to maintain our 5 Super Rugby teams, how to do that is beyond my pay grade.