EDITOR’S LETTER
A MOMENT OF HONESTY FIRST. This time last year there was virtually no sense of excitement or anticipation about Super Rugby kicking off. The competition was broken and we all knew it. The greedy expansion policies that began in 2006 ruined what was once the best provincial competition in the world. Once the Jaguares and Sunwolves were involved, the whole business became ridiculous. All that travel for one game in Argentina and one game in Tokyo. It was as mad as it was environmentally irresponsible and laughable that anyone in the administration could say they cared about player welfare. In those early pre-lockdown rounds last year, crowds had all but disappeared. Remember the Blues match against the Waratahs in Newcastle? There were barely 4,000 people there and again, to be honest, Covid…