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Financially-stricken Melbourne Rebels axed from Super Rugby Pacific (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/rugby

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Well, fuck. Any ozzies want to chime in? Not a vote of confidence ahead of 2027

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hadn’t heard about this but sounds like a crazy situation, and a Hollywood script to be on the verge of the postseason for the first time ever while about to be shut down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Their recent form is abysmal, so they're not progressing beyond the quarterfinals unless some kinda miracle happens. One of the quirks of SR is that its a round & a 1/2 and the 1/2 round is against your home countries clubs for more derbies.

So the Aussie teams play the other aussie teams more than the kiwi teams get to - which can inflate their table position a little bit. The Rebels did really well early in the season, but in the back end fell off the wagon.