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United Southern Hemisphere rugby team?
Assuming theres a global rugby season and less games played in a calendar yr.which gives a window for an opportunity too have a combined Southern Hemisphere rugby team.Would it be viable/interesting if instead of the northern tours that each Southern Hemisphere embarks on at end of yr.Wouldnt it be great if the best players combined from Southern Hemisphere toured instead?playing every 6nations team!! Exactly the same concept as the "lions"tour but done every year.that would be awesome!!what do yous think?
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- 3 years agoFavorite Answer
Read about the internal strife that comes from SANZAR (SA, AUS, NZL) fighting about every little thing. A SANZAR Tour to the NH would be hilarious on multiple accounts.
1) Lions Tours are every four years and go to ONE country. They'll tour South Africa in 2021, and Australia in 2025.
2) Go back and read about the strife of the 2005 and 2009 Lions Tours. Even with a century of history you still get ill will because a particular country feels under-represented on the tour and/or the test side. Even 2001 was pretty dicey. You'd have a room full of 5-year olds fighting over selection for the tour/test side. Who's going to be the coach? If the coach is from NZ, how do you get SA/AUS players to buy in? This is a challenge (and a big one) on Lions Tours.
3) Doing this every year is going to enhance burnout. A Lions Tour in your country is a unique thing (once every 12 years). Having a SANZAR side show up every fall...going to lose its appeal pretty quickly (the Barbarians (same basic premise) test matches haven't been selling out for some time now).
4) How do you split the money? How about TV rights? Who is the host union? Who's paying the players, and how much? What about insurance? If a AUS player gets hurt in a practice run by an NZL coach in, say, England, how does that work for missed wages?
5) Sponsors/kit? Again, how do you propose 3 different unions with 3 different kit suppliers and sponsors agree on one supplier/sponsor?
- Anonymous3 years ago
nope
