Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has created waves by declaring Australia may walk away from Super Rugby in 2024 | SMHsport
Addressing a $60 million imbalance in broadcast revenue between Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby was a driving force behind RA chairman Hamish McLennan threatening to cut ties and launch a domestic competition in 2024.
McLennan made it clear RA is prepared to cut ties with New Zealand and go it alone in a national competition, similar to the Super Rugby AU competition during the COVID-impacted season of 2020.: “Time will tell. We’re starting with a clean sheet of paper.” In the past, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand pooled their respective broadcast profits for Super Rugby and split it three ways. But since Super Rugby was broken up by COVID-19 and South Africa departed, NZR and RA have no share arrangement for Super Rugby Pacific. NZR have a $89m-per-year deal with Sky, while RA has a $33m-per-year deal with Nine and Stan.
“We have seen what the competition has been like this year. Yes, we know there were crowds that were good last year and supported Super Rugby AU but even more so, I reckon people have got excited about a full unified competition this year.
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