Super 16

[Scarfman]

Whoever designs the new S15 logo will be pissed off.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/u...-about-to-become-super-16-20100722-10m1i.html

I can see why this is a no brainer. The Saffer govt are desperate to bring in the Kings/Spears and now with the conference system, NZL and AUS don't really have a reason to give a shit. It makes the Saffer season a little longer, is all.

 

[louie]

i could care less which SA team loses all it's games and bores us to death in doing so.

now we can hvae three shithouse SA teams

 

[RugbyFuture]

i heard a rumour waaay before this that they were just renaming it super rugby rather than super 15 etc. from logo designers places and stuff

 

[Blue]

Hardly surprising.

Ridiculous, but expected. Should have dumped the Lions next year already.

 

[TOCC]

Likewise rugbyfyture, pretty sure it's only going to be known as super rugby, helps with branding continuity etc

 

[waratahjesus]

ive heard some whispers that each conference will have its own name (sponsor etc) and that the round robin matches against other countries will be know as the southern super series or southern super rugby series. There trying to position it so that each country come next rights can negotiate there own conference followed by the round robin and finals series being sold seperate.

 

[PaarlBok]

Look like they will only take the top 2 from each conferense after the derbies and they will fight it out. Like I qouted way back when this S15 kak started, its going to turn into a S100 over a few years. Take a bow Saru and NZRU for selling the CC and NPC to this pot of shite.

 

[RugbyFuture]

position ing it out as the heinekin cup considering all the saffa teams are named after the CC teams and in new zealand the NPC is getting more popular? only move is the australian domestic comp

 

[chief]

NZ Domestic Comp is getting worse and worse I believe. Aren't there plans to reduce it?

 

[RugbyFuture]

ive heard some whispers that each conference will have its own name (sponsor etc) and that the round robin matches against other countries will be know as the southern super series or southern super rugby series. There trying to position it so that each country come next rights can negotiate there own conference followed by the round robin and finals series being sold seperate.

that means they can use this http://sphotos.AK (Andrew Kellaway).fbcdn.net/hphotos-AK (Andrew Kellaway)-ash1/hs338.ash1/29051_422753274364_569224364_5609960_7081514_n.jpg

as the logo for the australian conference, and gives me another new pet idea to produce logos for the other conferances

 

[DPK]

RF, got any prototype Super 15 logo's yet?

 

[RugbyFuture]

nah i was still confused as to what it would be called and what format they would want. so it was fairly hard with that idea of unknown restrictions. i could probably whip one up. but not very good....

hahaha

 

[TOCC]

ive heard some whispers that each conference will have its own name (sponsor etc) and that the round robin matches against other countries will be know as the southern super series or southern super rugby series. There trying to position it so that each country come next rights can negotiate there own conference followed by the round robin and finals series being sold seperate.

im pretty sure i read a article which stated that the naming rights for the Super Series was going to be sold as a packaged item, contrary to previous years in which each country has sold the individual rights to the competition.

I do agree that this is positioning the comp so that in the future each country can indivually negotiate there own contract. It makes perfect sense that we move towards a heinekin cup style super rugby competition, that way each country has absolute power over there conference.

In the future i envisage that each country will run there own comp ranging in size from 8 to 10 teams, this will be followed up by the Super Rugby series which will be a tournament featuring only the top 2 or 4 teams from each country.