Super Rugby Pacific 2025
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Wilson
Rod McCall (65)
Not sure it'll ever get up as a straight top 4 from each - most of the models I've seen proposed have a more directly geographical bent to qualification and are heavier on the super rugby sides.
So something more like:
3 top Kiwi sides,
2 top Australian sides
1 of Moana/Drua
and
2 top Japanese sides for 8 overall
Might need to be larger to really be of value at which point some sort of 6 and 6 from each comp might be the minimum.
that 3rd kiwi side could end up being more wild card, or they could end up just going top 6 which does have good synergy with the finals now, but I suspect it doesn't get up without some sort of a guarantee there will be teams from both major markets in Super Rugby (Aus and NZ).
Strewthcobber
David Codey (61)
I like it. Play it during August/September so the Top League teams won't release their South Africans for TRC
The Ghost of Raelene
David Codey (61)
I get that for some idea of parody but if you can't qualify 2 Aus sides then you don't deserve it IMO anyway... Could be 6th or 7th in Super Rugby but the 2nd best Aus side then draw the Blues in Auckland and have their teeth kicked in straight away.
All the fun of off season itchy hypothetical chat. How good.
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
That's 5 weeks of games, not bad. When do you fit them? CC is run throughout their domestic leagues and there's enough games that all the teams are busy.
The Ghost of Raelene
David Codey (61)
I absolutely did not think it through to that sort of detail.
It was an exercise in work avoidance.
It was an exercise in work avoidance.
Wilson
Rod McCall (65)
I get what your saying but logistically this doesn't get up without guaranteed regional representation. The simplest way to bypass that is having the whole 6 finals teams qualify, which technically isn't guaranteed but is probably close enough from a functional perspective. Otherwise you need to go down the geographical conference route to effectively sell it to the constituent broadcasters.
It might be a different story if the competition was on a level playing field, but until it is there will always be a need for these sorts of distortions. Bringing in a standardised, whole of comp salary cap and free movement within the comp from an eligibility standpoint are the big two that would probably need to happen to change this.