Success for the Wallabies or All Blacks would not be a cure-all but would make it easier to push the case the Pacific competition is up to the mark compared to Europe.
There is an interesting name buried way down on page 110 of the 134-page, highly critical independent review of New Zealand Rugby published on Thursday: Andy Marinos.While his contribution is not known, a section of the report reads: “There is a view outside the country that New Zealand hasn’t always looked to innovation and variation if it wasn’t seen as being in the interests of the teams in black – taking a narrow rather than broad perspective.
To be clear, Super Rugby isn’t the main target of the report – that dubious honour goes to the dysfunctional structure of NZ Rugby itself and the vested interests of the powerful, vote-holding provincial unions. It felt significant that on the day the NZ Rugby report landed, the European Cup club competition announced that it had secured a major new sponsor that gives the competition a distinctly South African flavour.Credit:Investec, which of course used to sponsor Super Rugby, signed a five-year deal with the Europeans. South African rugby is thrilled with its move into the northern hemisphere club competitions.
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