Melbourne Super Bid favoured by TV

[waratahjesus]

My country right or wrong, eh, WJ?

no, your wrong!

It's you're not your.

you would say that!

 

[Scarfman]

Nice comback :thumb

Anyway, not much point arguing. Melbourne will win, SARFU will fire someone, the Minister of Sport will release a defamatory statement which will later be "clarified", and we'll all move on.

 

[waratahjesus]

ive already said that!

 

[cheezel]

I saw this on on an article rugby.com.au and hope this isn't the finalised logo. Was this the logo for the ARC team?

Is it just me, or does it look like it belongs to a netball/hockey team.

 

[waratahjesus]

that was the ARC team from memory,
surely if there going with rebels, ned kellys helmet should be the logo!

 

[Moses]

Thats only fair and will level those teams compare to the travelling our teams have to do by visiting NZ and Aus.

PB, NOT :fishing

I have read the claim about unfair travelling many times. I can't see how the travel is unfair. Could you please explain this to me?

SA teams have to play AWAY against the NZ 7 Aus teams, so they is away from home longer. Aus teams travel over the ditch to NZ and come back home, NZ teams travel over the ditch to Aus and go back home, its not a 6 to 8 week tiour like our lot have.

Your lot don't have a 6-8 week tour. There are 9 teams between NZ and Aus. You alternate between HOME and AWAY for each team each year. ON average you have a 4 week tour one year and a 5 week tour the next.
If any team is hard done by on travel it's possibly the Force. Their nearest match is a 5 hour flight away, but then they joined the comp knowing this and forfeited all rights to bitch and moan about it then.

Anyway, not much point arguing. Melbourne will win, SARFU will fire someone, the Minister of Sport will release a defamatory statement which will later be "clarified", and we'll all move on.

DeVilliers has undescended testes?

 

[PaarlBok]

Thats only fair and will level those teams compare to the travelling our teams have to do by visiting NZ and Aus.

PB, NOT :fishing

I have read the claim about unfair travelling many times. I can't see how the travel is unfair. Could you please explain this to me?

SA teams have to play AWAY against the NZ 7 Aus teams, so they is away from home longer. Aus teams travel over the ditch to NZ and come back home, NZ teams travel over the ditch to Aus and go back home, its not a 6 to 8 week tiour like our lot have.

Your lot don't have a 6-8 week tour. There are 9 teams between NZ and Aus. You alternate between HOME and AWAY for each team each year. ON average you have a 4 week tour one year and a 5 week tour the next.
If any team is hard done by on travel it's possibly the Force. Their nearest match is a 5 hour flight away, but then they joined the comp knowing this and forfeited all rights to bitch and moan about it then.

OK so the 5 hour flight mean they stay away and dont come back when they play in Aus?

 

[PaarlBok]

Not surprisingly
Superrugby

Arbitration to decide new Super 15 team

21 October 2009 (07:49)

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An independent arbitrator will decide which new team will join the expanded Super 15 in 2011 after the SANZAR (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia Rugby) Executive Committee failed to reach an agreement on Wednesday.

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The committee decided to go to arbitration after they were unable to reach an unanimous verdict over which new team would join the competition.

They were faced with a choice between South Africa's Southern Kings and an Australian franchise based in Melbourne but the matter did not go to vote after the opposing countries said they were supporting their own bids.

"Following discussion it was clear that the Executive Committee would not reach the required unanimity with the ARU (Australian Rugby Union) expressing its support for Melbourne and SA (South Africa) Rugby expressing its support for the Southern Kings," a SANZAR statement said.

"As a result no vote was taken...and it was agreed that the matter should proceed to arbitration in accordance with the SANZAR Joint Venture Agreement.

"SANZAR will move quickly to set up an independent arbitration process which will result in a binding decision."

The existing Super 14 competition will be reorganised in 2011 along a conference system based in each of the three SANZAR partners.

With South Africa and New Zealand already having five teams each in the current competition, the new team will play in the Australian conference but does not have to be based there.

All three SANZAR countries initially expressed interest in submitting bids but only Melbourne and the Kings formally applied.

 

[BillyWebb]

Anyway, not much point arguing. Melbourne will win, SARFU will fire someone, the Minister of Sport will release a defamatory statement which will later be "clarified", and we'll all move on.

Not sure anyone will be fired (that would require accountability to be part of common practice which it's not over here) but the rest of what you say is pretty spot on. :lmao:

Becoming a student of SA politics are you?

 

[Spook]

Becoming a student of SA politics are you?

It's necessary when evaluating SA rugby