James Parsons

Because there is, say, five, six games a weekend, even if you've got four teams doing...

a home and away you're still not going to get that number of games so it's just a lot more complex um certainly something i didn't appreciate when i was a player you know like how how draws are built out and um how the money actually comes in to pay for everything and what the broadcaster actually needs and and so forth so um all those conversations have i have no doubt been had but at the end of the day the window is the window i think it's a max of 18 weeks 19 weeks

you know, especially this year for the All Blacks, you know, like there's not much time together.

You hit the ground running, you had a new coaching group, like there's no pre-season for international teams.

So you take another week.

Yeah, it really squeezes.

There's no doubt it's a big market.

It's a business, professional sport.

I don't think it's whether Super Rugby wants them.

I think it's whether the Japanese top league wants to be in.

It's not like Super Rugby's in control, I don't think.

There would be...

a huge appetite for that market.

Make no posts about it, how it works.

You look at all the super sides that are now going over there for pre-season games.

They're trying to engage in terms of sponsorship for clubs, having access into that market and that money.

That's why there's so much excitement around the Aussie teams doing better in Super Rugby because Australia's bigger.

bigger markets.

Look, Super Rugby would love that.

Super Rugby would love to break into California or Hawaii and have fan bases there.