Better Rugby Rules

Source : Fears too many teams will spoil Currie– Greg Growden

ONeill

Before leaving for the SANZAR conference in Dubai last week, Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O’Neill revealed there were differences with South Africa over the Currie Cup.

“There are issues over whether Springboks continue playing in the Currie Cup,” O’Neill said. “The reality for all three unions is that we can only afford one level of professional rugby, which is Super rugby. Currie Cup, NPC and Premier Rugby in Australia is not the professional game.”

ONeill don’t care as his ‘Premier Rugby’ is a complete failure anyways ! Loosing $7mil, last I heard. So NZRU and the SARU have to bend to ARUs reality, by relegating the NPC and Currie Cup to 2nd grade standards.

Or do they !

SARU can go with the North, more money, easier time zone, less travel demands, and keep the Currie Cup (for how long, I dont know). NZRU can play with ARU by playing the Wynne Gray Australasian Cup plan, that would work. Yes revenue would be less, but thats ok as the ARU/NZRU now have a traditional overseas clash in USA/Japan each year ( well from 2009) to make up the short fall.

My bet is that SARU will go, if the 22 weeks idea is required by the ARU. Currie Cup is very important to the SARU, good on them !

UPDATE1: SARU is not singing the same song as John ONeill. John wants the extra team to be based in Aussie, and a April Start, SARU want the extra team in Sth Africa and a January start. CAN YOU SMELL THE END RESULT, bye bye SARU ! If John ONeill lets SARU get its way that a huge negative for ARU, a disagreement that will break up SANZAR. Good for this rugby fan, I favor a professional Austrialasian Cup, with an start in April.

Source: South Africa will fight for new team, says president

To Do list
1) SANZSAR break up – nearly done.
2) ELVS minimised – working on it.
3) Fruit Salad Super 14 jerseys scrapped – delegated to Lindsay Knight/Murray Mexted.
4) Bring back buck – long shot, but on the strategy table.

Joke Revised..

Q. You’re trapped in a room with a tiger, a rattlesnake and an Australian CEO John ONeill.  You have a gun with two bullets.  What do you do?

A. Shoot the Australian CEO John ONeill – twice