He keeps waffling about whats to come, instead of having a solid plan about how to improve the organisation. He then has the gall to say "I don't want to ruin the surprise that's soon to be announced",spit it out Mark for goodness sakes. He came on and offered absolutely nothing about how they intend to influence and better the organisation. For someone who heads up the organisation I'm concerned how vague he is. There was ample time to have a solid contingency should the vote at he SGM not go their way, it didn't, and now he's left floundering with nothing significant to say to the New Zealand public and provide us a clear strategic plan. He seems like a lost ship, blissfully adrift in the ocean, being swept away with the prevailing current, with not a care in the world. More likely flying business class, 5 star hotels and schmoozing in Michelin starred restaurants.
@@colinmeehan791well said. The way he speaks its like classic media cliche scripted stuff. He already knows what he's saying before he gets interviews. Circles around everything thrown at him by responding to each question with a lot of words but ultimately no answers given. It's sugar coating of the highest order.. All they care about is the fancy title there job holds and the nice pay packets and the 5 star facilities they get around in for there conferences and what have you.
God. This guy never changes. “We’ve got some good things going on”… said Nero, playing his fiddle while Rome burned. I appreciate where Israel is coming from… a dejected, frustrated fan.
Super Rugby should be what the European Champions Cup is for the pacific. Top 4 teams from AU, NZ, Japan qualify based on performance every year Domestic leagues run parallel to Super Rugby 8 team domestic leagues for AU and NZ. With NZ keeping the Drua and Pasikfa
Not more teams,replace teams, shorten the comp duration only top 6 make playoffs,waratahs need to go,moana need to go force need to go bring in sum new fresh teams
The finals system is a farce. Top 8 out of a 12 team comp is ridiculous. More than half the teams in the comp make finals. Then you get teams like drua etc that are only making the numbers up in there. Crusaders barely won any games and almost made it. Should be a top 6 or top 4
The board does not want to bite the bullet and take a hit. They do want to improve the game but not to the detriment of their own positions. It will come to a point where they will have no choice which will take time and money that could have been saved by doing the right thing for the game. These selfish sob's need to go, now!
Hey bud, this is the way forward, I’ll say it again. Bring in the provincial teams into super and make one league super NPC. Invite a couple Australian teams in and over time have Australian littered throughout the teams. A lot like kiwis in the NRL. Basically our version or the NRL comp. This is the long term view and goal that will work.
He's got to be joking, Super Rugby has gone down since the Sth African teams pulled out. The toughness has been lost, adding more Australian teams has weakened Super Rugby for sure. A NZ team will win it 99% each year atm and that's fact. Must be fun travelling around the the world having these little "fun" conversations he waffles on about...🙄
Super Rugby should be positioned as the pacific champions league. Top 4 from AU, NZ and Japan. Performance based. Increased viewership from Japan = increased revenue AU and NZ need 8 team domestic conferences played parnell to Suoer Rugby
Totally agree. Even our weakest of NZ teams is generally the Highlanders, where the best of the Australian teams do struggle to beat and the aussie teams are never going to win the comp because unless a team like the brumbies finish first on the ladder to get home advantage right through in the finals. They won't win a comp by beating a kiwi team in New Zealand. They struggle big time in NZ. The South Africans made the comp a tough old battle. Now it's like touch footy. The aussies play too much like us but without the same skill level and clinical edge
Bailey is just as woke as the rest of the clowns on the board, he was pushing the jab hard out on his FB page telling everyone to get it and if you wanted to talk about it he would just block you. Remember the young man that died from a heart attack while playing rugby in Gisborne? I wonder if he took Bailey's advice and got the jab because if he did then Bailey has blood on his hands!
Living in Oz, haven’t watched super rugby in years, product is boring asf, even with the ABs I’m from the old school where we never missed a test match, might just catch the highlights these days coz the game (rugby) is trash now.
I'm the same. The good old days of the Bledisloe late 90s, early 2000, 2004 era.. They were the test match, brumbies v crusader super rugby finals either in Canberra and chch, rugby was thriving then. Now rugby is too business drawn. Players and coaches can't do anything for themselves now. It's all marketing and TV rights. Not to mention the game of rugby is soft. There's barely 15 players on the park these days with more cards thrown out than a casual game of snap in the living room table. Even league is getting a bit that way but at least you can still understand the rules in that game.
yeah 💯 You could tell Izzy was getting under Robbos skin there a bit. Izzy was shooting straight from the hip, he wasn't missing.. Robbo was trying to laugh it off by trying to play devil's advocate with Izzy by robbo almost smuggly questioning his lack of positivity shall we say in rather choked up guilty laughing manner. The difference was Izzy wasn't joking. Robbo never gave him clear answers of where the money is going. Just rambled on a whole lot of nothing that ultimately lead to nothing of what Izzy asked of him.
Why tf come on here if you don’t answer questions. Izzy Dagg should of grilled him, I know he really wanted to. Mark talks in riddles like a politician. He really needs to go with the board.
@@bgreen240 I don't know how long you have been watching rugby but I have been watching it a very long time and I can tell you without fear nor favour that he is wrong and so are you. The only difference is that he knows he's not being honest. I'm not sure what your angle is.
@Marius_vanderLubbe The comp only has probably 5 decent teams in the whole comp, and the majority of them are kiwi teams with the acception of maybe the brumbies. The rest of them are just make shift teams put together to give the comp more matches to play. Super rugby Aotearoa was much better to watch. But super rugby has never been the same since the South African teams have left the comp. It's best days were when it was a super 12 comp, top 4 playoff system. Super 14, top 6, it was still quite strong. Then slowly but surely Super rugby had lost its way when they added the sun wolves, jaguares and year by year the comp just had too many mis matches. It's a shambles now the comp
@@tristanmckenzie1623 Yes, you are right. If anybody watching those quarter finals just played with 20 point spreads think that is great rugby - they are deluded.
@@AK-wc9rlthe NRL has more money than NZR. NRL games sell out but super Rugby doesn't. The women's state of origin had a bigger crowd than super Rugby lol. The players get paid more than your rugby players lol. The NRL is working in the background at grass roots level slowly taking territory lolz. The end is near.
the dude speaks in marketing buzzwords - no wonder rugby's having problems
Soundtrack: James Brown - Talkin Loud & Sayin Nothin.
Make NPC the new Super Rugby
He keeps waffling about whats to come, instead of having a solid plan about how to improve the organisation. He then has the gall to say "I don't want to ruin the surprise that's soon to be announced",spit it out Mark for goodness sakes.
He came on and offered absolutely nothing about how they intend to influence and better the organisation. For someone who heads up the organisation I'm concerned how vague he is. There was ample time to have a solid contingency should the vote at he SGM not go their way, it didn't, and now he's left floundering with nothing significant to say to the New Zealand public and provide us a clear strategic plan. He seems like a lost ship, blissfully adrift in the ocean, being swept away with the prevailing current, with not a care in the world. More likely flying business class, 5 star hotels and schmoozing in Michelin starred restaurants.
He is a head office boy,says a lot but tells you nothing.NZR is on a treadmill.
@@colinmeehan791well said. The way he speaks its like classic media cliche scripted stuff. He already knows what he's saying before he gets interviews. Circles around everything thrown at him by responding to each question with a lot of words but ultimately no answers given. It's sugar coating of the highest order.. All they care about is the fancy title there job holds and the nice pay packets and the 5 star facilities they get around in for there conferences and what have you.
Robertson and the entire board need to be sacked asap 🎪 too busy worrying about diversity and getting some Frenchman to destroy our jersey ffs 🙄🤦🏽♂️
God. This guy never changes. “We’ve got some good things going on”… said Nero, playing his fiddle while Rome burned. I appreciate where Israel is coming from… a dejected, frustrated fan.
“It’s not for me to comment on what happened last week?…”
Said the NZRU CEO 🤦🏽♂️
Super Rugby should be what the European Champions Cup is for the pacific.
Top 4 teams from AU, NZ, Japan qualify based on performance every year
Domestic leagues run parallel to Super Rugby
8 team domestic leagues for AU and NZ. With NZ keeping the Drua and Pasikfa
That would be awesome except Japanese top league runs between October and end of May
Did i miss something regarding the silverlakes investment??
Spit it out mark why are you stuttering?just resign mate your out of your depth things have turned for the worst since you've taken over👎🖕
Super rugby needs more teams or to cut the numbers that can make it to finals.
Not more teams,replace teams, shorten the comp duration only top 6 make playoffs,waratahs need to go,moana need to go force need to go bring in sum new fresh teams
I agree Moana needs to go, not the others.
The finals system is a farce. Top 8 out of a 12 team comp is ridiculous. More than half the teams in the comp make finals. Then you get teams like drua etc that are only making the numbers up in there. Crusaders barely won any games and almost made it. Should be a top 6 or top 4
The board does not want to bite the bullet and take a hit. They do want to improve the game but not to the detriment of their own positions. It will come to a point where they will have no choice which will take time and money that could have been saved by doing the right thing for the game. These selfish sob's need to go, now!
Persona non grata, total gibberish, not 1 iota of info gleaned.. 14 minutes of my life I'll never get back.
This guy should become a politician, ultimate customer service rep . Can say a million things without saying anything
Hey bud, this is the way forward, I’ll say it again. Bring in the provincial teams into super and make one league super NPC. Invite a couple Australian teams in and over time have Australian littered throughout the teams.
A lot like kiwis in the NRL.
Basically our version or the NRL comp. This is the long term view and goal that will work.
He's got to be joking, Super Rugby has gone down since the Sth African teams pulled out. The toughness has been lost, adding more Australian teams has weakened Super Rugby for sure. A NZ team will win it 99% each year atm and that's fact. Must be fun travelling around the the world having these little "fun" conversations he waffles on about...🙄
Super Rugby should be positioned as the pacific champions league. Top 4 from AU, NZ and Japan. Performance based. Increased viewership from Japan = increased revenue
AU and NZ need 8 team domestic conferences played parnell to Suoer Rugby
Totally agree. Even our weakest of NZ teams is generally the Highlanders, where the best of the Australian teams do struggle to beat and the aussie teams are never going to win the comp because unless a team like the brumbies finish first on the ladder to get home advantage right through in the finals. They won't win a comp by beating a kiwi team in New Zealand. They struggle big time in NZ. The South Africans made the comp a tough old battle. Now it's like touch footy. The aussies play too much like us but without the same skill level and clinical edge
Basically he's saying how can we copy the NRL business and fan engagement model
Bailey Mackey should've got Marks job!! A youthful, fresh, Māori perspective would've been something different. Old boys club.
Yes but not cause he’s Maori, because he’s youthful and would come with a fresh mindset. Mark needs to go.
@goldenchild19 Not becoz he's maori?that's exactly why he won't get the job NZRU are a racist bunch of money bludgers
Bailey is just as woke as the rest of the clowns on the board, he was pushing the jab hard out on his FB page telling everyone to get it and if you wanted to talk about it he would just block you. Remember the young man that died from a heart attack while playing rugby in Gisborne? I wonder if he took Bailey's advice and got the jab because if he did then Bailey has blood on his hands!
Mark Andrews was right, small island mentality
He doesn’t answer questions. Can’t comment… not for me to comment blah blah. Shady AF
Lots of buzzy buzzy talk Mr CEO
Living in Oz, haven’t watched super rugby in years, product is boring asf, even with the ABs I’m from the old school where we never missed a test match, might just catch the highlights these days coz the game (rugby) is trash now.
I'm the same. The good old days of the Bledisloe late 90s, early 2000, 2004 era.. They were the test match, brumbies v crusader super rugby finals either in Canberra and chch, rugby was thriving then. Now rugby is too business drawn. Players and coaches can't do anything for themselves now. It's all marketing and TV rights. Not to mention the game of rugby is soft. There's barely 15 players on the park these days with more cards thrown out than a casual game of snap in the living room table. Even league is getting a bit that way but at least you can still understand the rules in that game.
@@tristanmckenzie1623 league? NZ will love that with the warriors losing 66-10
Body language not good ?
Yeah exactly bud crossing of arms is a defensive sign closed off body language he's vulnerable and shady
yeah 💯 You could tell Izzy was getting under Robbos skin there a bit. Izzy was shooting straight from the hip, he wasn't missing.. Robbo was trying to laugh it off by trying to play devil's advocate with Izzy by robbo almost smuggly questioning his lack of positivity shall we say in rather choked up guilty laughing manner. The difference was Izzy wasn't joking. Robbo never gave him clear answers of where the money is going. Just rambled on a whole lot of nothing that ultimately lead to nothing of what Izzy asked of him.
They totally ignored the legends of the game on what they thought no respect
Why tf come on here if you don’t answer questions. Izzy Dagg should of grilled him, I know he really wanted to. Mark talks in riddles like a politician. He really needs to go with the board.
'the best super rugby pacific competition in years...' HAHAHAHAHAH.
He is right though.
@@bgreen240 I don't know how long you have been watching rugby but I have been watching it a very long time and I can tell you without fear nor favour that he is wrong and so are you. The only difference is that he knows he's not being honest. I'm not sure what your angle is.
@Marius_vanderLubbe The comp only has probably 5 decent teams in the whole comp, and the majority of them are kiwi teams with the acception of maybe the brumbies. The rest of them are just make shift teams put together to give the comp more matches to play. Super rugby Aotearoa was much better to watch. But super rugby has never been the same since the South African teams have left the comp. It's best days were when it was a super 12 comp, top 4 playoff system. Super 14, top 6, it was still quite strong. Then slowly but surely Super rugby had lost its way when they added the sun wolves, jaguares and year by year the comp just had too many mis matches. It's a shambles now the comp
@@Marius_vanderLubbe Not if your crufaders fans it was the worst of course aye lubbey🤣
@@tristanmckenzie1623 Yes, you are right. If anybody watching those quarter finals just played with 20 point spreads think that is great rugby - they are deluded.
omg what a load of drivel. If he's the El Capitan the games in big trouble
What a load of bullocks.....
a crazy amount of words to say nothing ????
He deflecting
Hahahahahahaha kiwi rugby is dying😂😂😂😂
Go to Turkey for that hair transplant, combo deal for the both of you and Dagg. That receding hairline is embarrassing
The Art of the Grift
Complete waste of time interview. Speaks in circles.
Delusional, and believing his own narrative
The problem is league is better.
If you like 5 hit ups and kick. It puts me to sleep personally.
@@AK-wc9rlthe NRL has more money than NZR. NRL games sell out but super Rugby doesn't. The women's state of origin had a bigger crowd than super Rugby lol. The players get paid more than your rugby players lol. The NRL is working in the background at grass roots level slowly taking territory lolz. The end is near.
@@KRM85never. All Black still number 1 in this country
@@KRM85the end is near , common youre joking right 🤣🤣🤣
@AK-wc9 yeah boring