No Super 14 next year?

I interpretted DLS’ comment as:
Idealism is fine until it faces the blowtorch of practicality, but S14 is not a charity event.

OK, let’s move on shall we?

justbands said :

Hmmmm…bit of a stretch. Looks & sounds racist? Probably is. Certainly the comment offended me.

Sorry it offended you bandsy but no-one likes a dobber. And I’m not a racist – my house cleaner is Asian.

Hmmmm…bit of a stretch. Looks & sounds racist? Probably is. Certainly the comment offended me.

Pacific Islanders can come from many races and at it’s most broad would include the many caucasians that live in the Islands.

As so very many PI tours do end with all the money going missing it’s not as though the comment is without some merit.

> Finally, Pacific Islanders lack the necessary business acumen to make a fist of a venture such as this as evidenced through comically-run rugby tours in the past.

Hmmmm….are racist comments allowed johnboy?

The Super 14 without the South Africans is a bit like a Peach Melba without the peaches.

People are forever advocating a Pacific Islander team in the S14 without really thinking it through. For starters there is nothing even resembling an adequate stadium for home games anywhere in the South Pacific (even if they COULD attract a decent crowd). Additionally a Pacific Nations team would have to be wholly funded by SANZAR as they have no money of their own and therefore represent a poor financial investment. Finally, Pacific Islanders lack the necessary business acumen to make a fist of a venture such as this as evidenced through comically-run rugby tours in the past.

The whole concept of a PI team in the S14 has a very “Cool Runnings” flavour to it. Good for a few laughs but with John Candy pushing up daisies why try to revive the concept?

Yep, replace the South Africans with Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga.

If they leave the Super14 and play with the European comp, the tri nations becomes bi-nations for test purposes too…