Posts by Hadyn Green
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Actually having re-read my Super 16 post I'd tweak it a little. But the idea remains the same.
I report done before the revamp of the NPC showed that spectators like to see a good game but numbers are more heavily influenced by specific "star" players. I mean just look how many tickets the LA Galaxy have sold on the back of David Beckham.
Hence to make a better competition with more viewers the player base needs to be spread amongst the different provinces. And players have to realise that just because they're going to Tasman* instead of Canterbury** that it isn't a bad thing because the fans will LOVE you and you still get to play rugby and the selectors aren't going to forget about you.
Even players in the suckiest teams still get voted to the Probowl in the states.
* picked at random
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To me the question is - could a 18 team, two pool Air New Zealand Cup, with the All Blacks playing and up to four Australian teams & a Pacific Islands Barbarians, a top five play off...
Well I'll stop ya there, you're on the right track though. But you can't have an odd number in the playoffs without a weird bye week thing. The NFL do it (the bye week, with 6 in the postseason) and it has incredibly variable results.
I laid out my "dream" for the Super 16 here and I still think it's valid. Also this is how to run a salary cap IMHO.
I would have posted the gist here but it's a bit long.
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Anyway there is no stopping unions scheduling an extra Bledisloe etc outside the 4N.
I think that would be a good addition to the plan we outlined.
The “product” (Pay TV) must have something EVERY year. That way they keep the NRL honest.
And that's what the tour idea offers. A big tour every year that most people will have o get through Pay TV until it's in their home country.
Personally, I believe that SANZAR need to show the fans that they are doing something for the fans and not just for the money. As such I believe any future media contract should stipulate that instead of blanket rights you could have stations bid for separate games (or more likely blocks of games) with no one station allowed to hold all the rights. this will give us (shock horror) consumer choice.
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On the touring idea. While it has some merits..... if SA had it in 08, OZ in 09 and NZ in 10 then the poor South African fans would literally go 3-4 years without seeing the ABs or Wallabies in the flesh and the same would be repeated for fans in the other countries.
But the NH would still tour down here and you'd get a larger turnout for those games (not to mention a larger turnout for the Maori ABs games).
Remember the Eden Park test this year when nobody went? That would be sold out. Also we could do a deal with the IRB to say that if we do this the NH teams would have to play more games here (and/or also bring their B-squads to play pick games against the Maori ABs and provincial teams).
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Perhaps at this level the coach of each team could be entitled to a limited number of challenges (say 1 per half)
::coughAmericanFootballcough::
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Oh, and England has fought a war with every team in the Semis.
Ha! Brilliant!
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Carl Hayman, or, whomever made him shave his beard.
You know, that did occur to me quite early in the match...
Che can back me up on this, I yelled out during the anthems "OMG! He's shaved his beard!"
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And now I disagree Don.
After talking stats with Tracey Nelson, she completely dispelled the myth of Reuben "Mr Invisible" Thorne and had plenty of stats to say that he was a very productive player.
though I will say I wouldn't want Robbie Deans as coach (though I don't want him coaching Aussie either)
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Don I completely agree.
Jim Keyes is an idiot. I am very happy to see Graham Henry for the next few years and even if doesn't stick around for the next cup perhaps he can groom a successor. It's easier for teams to continue if they are used to the coaching style.I'm picking an Argentina-England final, with Argentina winning 32-12.
I'm just going to pop down the TAB and put $5M on that. -
The scrums were great!
We wheeled one and Richie McCaw was pinged for not binding properly (marginal but that's cool, Grant Fox muttered "I thought you were still allowed to turn the scrum in rugby"). We then wheeled the next one and it was only called when all the All Blacks stood up and looked at Barnes. Perhaps he was a little scared. Poor little bloke.
ps. Just realised I've been writing "we" as short hand for "the All Blacks". :)