League Targets

[PhilClinton]

All I’m saying is when R360 season 2027 rolls around and Tindall announces there will be a new Saudi leg on the tour, no one should act surprised.

TBH the funding situation is probably irrelevant to this forum and the conversation around who is signing etc. so I apologise for bringing it up.

 

[Major Tom]

How many signatures are they up to?
The deadline is the end of this month to get to their target yeah?

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

All I’m saying is when R360 season 2027 rolls around and Tindall announces there will be a new Saudi leg on the tour, no one should act surprised.

TBH the funding situation is probably irrelevant to this forum and the conversation around who is signing etc. so I apologise for bringing it up.

No. It's related. Most people want to figure out where the money is coming from to pay the players.

 

[Wilson]

It's a travelling league right? So twice a year they will get 4 mens and 2 women's matches played over a weekend at the same location.

You'd need a lot of locals keen on rugby as a sport (or at least an event); supporting one of the 12 teams isn't really going to work

Particularly hard when you consider that almost all the rest of the games will be played in a fairly unfriendly timezone to suit the UK/Euro market they appear to be focused on. The best any Australian/NZ fan base can hope for is maybe 3 events - Australia, Singapore/Hong Kong and Tokyo, but even then that'll be pushing it.

 

[Omar Comin']

Particularly hard when you consider that almost all the rest of the games will be played in a fairly unfriendly timezone to suit the UK/Euro market they appear to be focused on. The best any Australian/NZ fan base can hope for is maybe 3 events - Australia, Singapore/Hong Kong and Tokyo, but even then that'll be pushing it.

American legs wouldn't be so bad either. If rugby is destined to become a big global sport then this is likely the best possible scenario from an Aus/NZ timezone perspective. The likely alternative would be the Top 14/European club rugby becoming the NBA of rugby.

 

[Wilson]

American legs wouldn't be so bad either. If rugby is destined to become a big global sport then this is likely the best possible scenario from an Aus/NZ timezone perspective. The likely alternative would be the Top 14/European club rugby becoming the NBA of rugby.

Maybe if they're played at prime time in the US, but I fear the more likely outcome is that they'll be played daytime/afternoon to better serve that European market, and keep the kick off timing as consistent as possible across the legs.