I completely agree with you the Super 15 is the cream of the crop but the Top 14 is so close behind. I was looking at the line ups of most of the teams in the Top 14 it is unbelievable who all plays in France. Is it that in France the Top 14 does not have a salary cap? If so I guess that's why some of the top players are moving there. Also good to see Kevin Swiryn do so well I hope he keeps it up.
if you wanna check out more top14 or other leagues for that matter, should look at acrossthetasman.com if you havent seen that site before. lotta reliable cappers there.
The Top 14 didn't have a salary cap until recently. I think that it is now about 6.5 millions pounds, which I have read didn't really effect any of the clubs. The Aviva Premiership is about 4.3 millions pounds. Not sure what they pay in the Magners or Super 15.
I don't think that the Super 15 has a salary cap. Anyway, it would be down to each SANZAR union how much they pay their players, because they own the teams not private investors. However, the new Melbourne Rebels I believe is the first Super 15 team to be privately owned. So, don't really know what each countries budget is, but I do know that they can't compete with the Northern hemisphere leagues as far as money is concerned.
So the wiki is BS? I remember last year FS+ had the rights but i didn't know if wiki was right or somehow FS+ had sub-licensed some of their matches to ESPN3.
You could be right I don't really know. Best e-mail ESPN3 to check. Maybe both FS+ and ESPN3 both have the rights to shows the H-Cup, but as of now I have only heard about FS+.