Jack Mesley

I don't know exactly what that possibility is, Jim, but as we said, everyone, the news is out there.

If there are people that are highly passionate, um, that want to invest in the franchise going forward, there is a window.

Um, you know, it's not a huge window, uh, but there is a window.

The time is now for us to, to try to solve for this.

I've read some of the speculation about what a 10 team comp could look like.

Some of them magically turn a year into about 56 weeks rather than 52 weeks, which I would love because I want as big a window for Super Rugby Pacific as, as I can get.

But yeah, I mean, I, again, I don't want to talk specifics, but there is work that has already been done and that is ongoing looking at all the possibilities.

And, you know, we will certainly be,

We're continuing to work that and through all the little lenses that we've always talked about, you know, what makes sense for fans, what generates value that helps sustain this ecosystem that then can help clubs thrive and not have to go through these troubling circumstances that we're talking about.

Yeah, I think we've seen a real shift probably in the last 18 months.

I think, you know, we've been on a journey, which you've been a part of, Jip, since probably 2002 to focus on the improvement of our core product.

So what happens between the white stripes every game.

Um, in the last sort of 15 months and really coming to the fore this season is what happens in and around that in stadiums.

Um, and the clubs are just doing such great work there to make sure that the experience is more than just about, you know, the great rugby that gets played in super rugby Pacific, that the live experience has something for everyone.

And so, um,

Yeah, if you were lucky enough to go out to Eden Park or have been out in the last couple of rounds, you know, there's great stuff for families and kids down one end of the field.

There's the corner, which is all about, you know, entertaining, you know, the younger sort of uni set, if you like, or the teens that want DJs and there's a spa bath and, you know, the light show and the lights and the laser that went on and the performance.

Yeah.

there's so much more happening in and around our stadiums now.

And yeah, I think, you know, again, just encourage people that haven't been out for a while to a super game to get out because, you know, the product is unbelievable, which you're going to talk about.