'Super Rugby' 2021
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apparently its the same in the US, unless someone can correct me. was talking to someone and they were saying ESPN is still listed but theyre not showing any games on the schedule and when they talked to them they said effectively "dont hold your breath"
I wonder if people are just signing up to Stan and using a VPN?
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Just a reminder for everyone.
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Team sheets, highlights, and squads lists with updated injury information, and previous SR and NPC results can be found in the teal coloured box.
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Seems a bit shit that there will be no Super Rugby Aotearoa available at all in the UK across any of the channels (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Channel 5, Sky Sports, BT, Amazon Prime) that cover Rugby.
@sparky said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Seems a bit shit that there will be no Super Rugby Aotearoa available at all in the UK across any of the channels (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Channel 5, Sky Sports, BT, Amazon Prime) that cover Rugby.
The UK's still in fucking lockdown. Surely there must be a few punters out there wanting to see some more than decent footy on a Friday and Saturday morning?
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@sparky said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Seems a bit shit that there will be no Super Rugby Aotearoa available at all in the UK across any of the channels (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Channel 5, Sky Sports, BT, Amazon Prime) that cover Rugby.
The UK's still in fucking lockdown. Surely there must be a few punters out there wanting to see some more than decent footy on a Friday and Saturday morning?
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As far I can tell Sky Sports in the UK (now owned by Comcast) aren't that interested. Other broadcasters though aren't going to give them free advertising by buying something called Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa.
Something of a disaster for NZR. All this talk about building a global brand and unlocking the supporter base and for the first time since the 1990s NZ Super Rugby games won't be broadcast live in the UK.
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As far I can tell Sky Sports in the UK (now owned by Comcast) aren't that interested. Other broadcasters though aren't going to give them free advertising by buying something called Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa.
Something of a disaster for NZR. All this talk about building a global brand and unlocking the supporter base and for the first time since the 1990s NZ Super Rugby games won't be broadcast live in the UK.
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@sparky I hear you bro and I know you have a penchant for the dramatic but I recall it not being super available when I got here in the late naughties...
@bones At least some Super Rugby has been available in the UK since the days of it being Super Tens back in 1993 or 1994. Think it was a weekly highlights show back then. Perhaps there were games available as delayed transition after that. I remember for sure watching the 2000 Super Rugby Final live in the UK with a lot of students in a bar in Cambridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Super_12_season
I have a feeling that for most of the noughties there were a couple of live Super Games a week, highlights of the rest.
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As far I can tell Sky Sports in the UK (now owned by Comcast) aren't that interested. Other broadcasters though aren't going to give them free advertising by buying something called Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa.
Something of a disaster for NZR. All this talk about building a global brand and unlocking the supporter base and for the first time since the 1990s NZ Super Rugby games won't be broadcast live in the UK.
@sparky said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
As far I can tell Sky Sports in the UK (now owned by Comcast) aren't that interested. Other broadcasters though aren't going to give them free advertising by buying something called Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa.
Something of a disaster for NZR. All this talk about building a global brand and unlocking the supporter base and for the first time since the 1990s NZ Super Rugby games won't be broadcast live in the UK.
That's not right. For example the RC is Investec in NZ, something else in Oz, another in SA, and different in Argentina. And called just plain RC elsewhere. Same for super rugby
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If i remember correctly foxtel didn't get the rights to the Ab's when they played Ireland in the US and so NZR was able to stream the games on their website for a small fee, $10 maybe
anyone think theres any chance of that? or similar
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Plenty of emotion in this one.
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Any reason the kiwi team and the Aussie not involved in a derby couldn’t face off? That gives 5 instead of 4 matches each week and adds a bit of variety. I suppose there are the by weeks and the Covid bubbles.
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Any reason the kiwi team and the Aussie not involved in a derby couldn’t face off? That gives 5 instead of 4 matches each week and adds a bit of variety. I suppose there are the by weeks and the Covid bubbles.
@billy-tell If a Kiwi team or an Aussie team has to cross borders to play that game, the team (re-)entering NZ has to go into managed isolation for 14 days. At the moment, the Covid situation doesn't allow it.
The bye is indeed necessary because of player wellfare.
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@shark said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Now that the beginning of SRA for 2021 is upon us, I wish we'd somehow managed to scratch together a sixth team so we could have a third game each week.
@stargazer said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@billy-tell If a Kiwi team or an Aussie team has to cross borders to play that game, the team (re-)entering NZ has to go into managed isolation for 14 days. At the moment, the Covid situation doesn't allow it.
The bye is indeed necessary because of player wellfare.
Not viable at all @shark - the games are too fast and physical.
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Now that the beginning of SRA for 2021 is upon us, I wish we'd somehow managed to scratch together a sixth team so we could have a third game each week.
@shark said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Now that the beginning of SRA for 2021 is upon us, I wish we'd somehow managed to scratch together a sixth team so we could have a third game each week.
The counter argument is looking at the Six Nations. Having a sixth team and a third game really hasn't added much.
Obviously over time you'd imagine a 6th NZ franchise would be strong but I think initially they would be weak and would play that 'Italy' role (especially if they were rushed through to play in 2021).
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@shark said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Now that the beginning of SRA for 2021 is upon us, I wish we'd somehow managed to scratch together a sixth team so we could have a third game each week.
The counter argument is looking at the Six Nations. Having a sixth team and a third game really hasn't added much.
Obviously over time you'd imagine a 6th NZ franchise would be strong but I think initially they would be weak and would play that 'Italy' role (especially if they were rushed through to play in 2021).
@kiwimurph i think we'd have to do something crazy like the five franchises could only protect 5-8 players from the current squads and the new team would get first crack at picking the same number from those left, and then all teams can fill their rosters from those left after that
making a sixth team from only those not wanted by the first 5 is always going to impossible
a bit silly but actually could have made of the off season interesting
