The Star: May 11, 2017
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 43<br />
Sport<br />
Super Rugby’s leaving the Pacific Islands out in the cold<br />
• By Gregor Paul<br />
AS SUPER Rugby twists itself<br />
in knots working out how it can<br />
successfully reduce its size next<br />
year, the greatest shame of all is<br />
the door appears to be shut on the<br />
Pacific Islands.<br />
It has long been the greatest<br />
travesty of Super Rugby that it has<br />
ignored and actively rejected any<br />
direct Pacific Island influence.<br />
It feels even more so now that<br />
the Sunwolves and Jaguares are<br />
digging in for the long haul.<br />
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<strong>May</strong>be things will get better<br />
across the Tasman but that certainly<br />
won’t happen quickly and<br />
the South Pacific region would<br />
be well advised to start seriously<br />
building credible Super Rugby<br />
alternatives outside of Australia.<br />
If Samoa can be asked to come<br />
to the rescue of the All Blacks by<br />
agreeing at late notice to play a<br />
test at Eden Park on June 16, then<br />
why can’t they be asked to come<br />
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in need of being saved?<br />
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<strong>The</strong> question needs to be asked<br />
how it is that a team from Japan<br />
and a team from Argentina are<br />
firmly ensconced in Super Rugby<br />
while the Islands are out in the<br />
cold. <strong>The</strong> logic defies belief on all<br />
fronts.<br />
<strong>The</strong> geography is troubling.<br />
Argentina is not an easy flight for<br />
teams from any part of the world.<br />
Its time difference is also an issue<br />
and having one team in such<br />
relative isolation adds significant<br />
costs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> same problem exists with<br />
<strong>2017</strong> SUPER 18<br />
TiPPing ComPETi T ion<br />
RoUnD 12 <strong>May</strong> 12 th & 13 th<br />
bLUES V ChEETahS<br />
bRUmbIES V LIONS<br />
CRUSadERS V hURRICaNES<br />
the Sunwolves. Next year they will<br />
play in the Australian conference<br />
and the logistics of that are going<br />
to be tedious.<br />
Crazy when the islands are<br />
right there, smack bang in the<br />
right part of the Pacific Ocean<br />
to make them an easy hop from<br />
both Australia and New Zealand.<br />
Crazy when the islands have<br />
the infrastructure these days to<br />
successfully accommodate and<br />
host teams.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chiefs and Crusaders<br />
are playing in Fiji this year and<br />
Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
the Blues will take on the Reds<br />
in Apia. This effort to include<br />
and embrace the islands is to be<br />
welcomed, but it shouldn’t disguise<br />
the fact that Samoa and Fiji<br />
deserve more involvement than<br />
one game each.<br />
A team from that part of the<br />
world could bring explosive<br />
power and high-quality rugby<br />
that may not necessarily be an<br />
immediate winning formula but<br />
will at least be genuinely entertaining<br />
and challenging to play<br />
against.<br />
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