Jack Mesley

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DSPN -RUGBY · 'Some people DON'T like FACTS' | Super Rugby CEO reveals TRUTH about Audience Numbers · 3 Jun 2026 podcast

So that is our focus.

You know, we're really...

We're really focused on ensuring that the remaining teams are solid financially.

And as soon as we go and expand, we are opening ourselves up to resources to focus going into those new territories or markets.

So it's not on our agenda right now.

Having said that, we now need to get further out and start to look at what this competition looks like for the next set of broadcast rights beyond 2030.

So expansion takes time to get right and doing the proper strategic work to look at those options takes a lot of time.

And you want to make sure that you are setting yourselves up to commercially benefit from those expansions in line with those commercial rights cycles.

So we're not far away from kicking off work that starts to get into that thinking about the next cycle and thinking about expansion.

As I've said, you've got to get well ahead of that to capitalise on it.

Yeah, about two weeks later, I had to go out for a world rugby meeting.

And yeah, let's say I got a little frosty reception from some up there.

I think as we think about that horizon and we look out further, we need to make sure that all options are on the table.

You would have heard recently about South Africa's potential position on the European Championship.

So I think a lot can change in a short amount of time and we need to make sure that we are open and as we look to the future, 2031 and beyond, we need to be open to what might change between now and then and what possibilities there might be for our competition.

But again, that's very secondary focus for us versus the here and now and solidifying the comp and supporting the teams in the competition.

Yeah, I don't think we're ruling anything out right now, but it is very much the future.

We are talking, you know, sort of into the next right cycle for any discussion about expansion.

And again, it's not our focus right now.

Yes, I think something we might look at into the future.

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