Jack Mesley

But let's talk about those things.

Let's throw them up.

Maybe we don't trial them in super rugby, but maybe we trial them in another competition somewhere and see what we can do.

But, you know, rugby, you know, super rugby since its inception has driven innovation into the code.

It's part of our DNA.

We want to continue on that journey and continue to look at what we can do to take the code forward and make it more fan centric.

World Rugby's been nothing but supportive of what we've put up.

And then in the background, then supporting us with insight around what we've done and great discussion with the other leagues around the world and the other competitions around the world.

So they definitely, World Rugby are definitely adopting the fan centricity model and trying to get that more central to the decision making for the code as a whole.

I guess the balance to that is that we do need to make sure that our players are going to step into a black jersey or a gold jersey.

Um, or, or a white Jersey with the drawer and, and not have too much change so that they can go out there and win because, you know, yeah, w w we want that too.

You know, if, if I had my way with, uh, w all of the nations that we represent, we'll be doing bloody well in, in world cup in, in Australia in 27.

So we've got to get that right.

And, and, and also we know.

that fans, you know, whilst they want innovation in Super Rugby Pacific, they don't want too much because keeping up with law change is really difficult.

And the further you are away from the game, if you're not a real code head, it's really difficult to rock up.

And, you know, the amount of times I've sat in the stadium and someone's gone,

Not straight.

And then I'm sort of turning around trying to explain, you know, what have we done over the last year to make sure that that uncontested line out that's not straight.

People understand that, right?