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Spiro is trying to remain relevant. Something he hasn't been since 1982. He spews the same anti ARU rhetoric every monday so he can have his ego stroked by his 3 or 4 followers. He is the print version of the Papworth radio show.
Spiro still thinks he's writing for a local newspaper and targets his audience appropriately.
He has yet to understand that people outside of NSW read his little online blog.
In fact this is the major issue with most people with a NSW bias. They fail to see that rugby exists outside of NSW.
It's like reading their comments about 'tribalism' in the NRC or the lack there of. They don't see that this is only of concern to NSW based teams. Everyone else outside of NSW are already actively following their NRC teams.
It's the same with 'groundroots' being the same as the Shute Shield. Small minds who can't understand that Australia continues to exist beyond the boarders of NSW without it's permission.
How on earth do they think the ARU is going to compete with Legaue, AFL AND the public school system in W Sydney when it can't even make rugby a major success in its own blue-blooded back yard?! The AFL has poured millions into W Sydney; where is the ARU going to get that sort of money from?
Another poorly thought through piece of writing.
Proudly Western Australian; Proudly supporting Western Australian rugby
Italy beat South Africa therefore the Western Force should become the Western Sydney Force?
Makes sense...
Between SBS and Bein sport less than 170,000 watched the Wallabies v France on television from the comfort of their homes, how many would go out and actually watch two Sydney franchises every weekend live?
Simon Cron: “People talk about winning and losing all the time and they are critical, but there’s a process to get into and it’s the ability to stay present, do your job and execute skills under pressure.”
As if Waratah fans would go and watch a non-Waratah match, FFS - they barely go watch Waratah matches
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
And logistically Super Rugby is not just home and away consecutive weeks. To have a team play in Sydney each weekend would near be impossible.
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
Given that the scheduling seems to favour
1 South Africa
2 New Zealand
3 Eastern Australia
4 Argentina, Japan, the black dog down the road
5 The Force
I would suggest the only time that consecutive weekly games would be played in Sydney would be when it is disadvantageous to both teams
I think it far more likely that they would both be playing the same night, because it suits the Kiwis better somehow!
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With four East Coast teams, you get (on average) 2 homes games in the East Coast each weekend. As everyone seems to want to play at the same time*, that pretty much forces them to play one match Friday evening and one Saturday. Funnily enough, this is what TV wants, too.
Having five East Coast teams would mean 3 home games every other week. You can't play the extra game early, as that's a NZ game timeslot, so every other week one team would have a late Saturday kick-off and there'd be howls of complaints from the fans that they can't take the kiddies to a game starting at 8 pm; this means the teams which have the late game would complain about the affect the timing has on their attendance, especially if one team got more late games than early games**.
That's why the Force's location makes sense from a TV viewpoint, and from a rugby attendance viewpoint, quite apart from the fact that we've got the 3rd highest local player numbers.
[* Ignoring Qld's lack of summer time for half the season!]
[** It's as if they haven't thought through the logistics before knee-jerkingly claiming that the Force should be moved.]
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon
Spiro has never let facts interfere with any of his opinions, why should he start now?
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