Wallaby Toomua calls for rethink of 'outdated' Super Rugby eNCA
The Melbourne Rebels back believes the competition, which features 15 teams across Australia, New Zealand,"Maybe the model that we've got is a little bit aged and outdated and maybe we need to have a rethink," the 30-year-old told rugby.com.au."I guess this is almost forcing us to do it, whether it be in the short term until those borders open or whether it be long-term into something else that's a bit more sustainable, bit more domestically focused.
"I think there's a lot of people who are wanting to have a domestic model for quite a while now, whether it be Australia-focused or Australia-New Zealand focused or something along those lines." The Super Rugby season was suspended after round seven because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the competition is set to shrink to 14 teams next year with the loss of the Tokyo-based Sunwolves.Echoing the recent comments of his former ACT Brumbies and Australia captain Stephen Moore, Toomua said he felt the competition was simply no longer engaging fans.
"If I'm a Rebels member, what do I get? I get seven home games, maybe five against teams that I know, two or three against teams that I don't know or don't care about, and then three games that are in time zones that aren't suitable," he said. "It's just not, for me personally if I'm a supporter, I don't think that's an attractive product, I really don't."
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