Probably cause the NZ teams usually dominated the Super 12/14. Occasionally an Aus or SA team would have a good year, but it was usually the NZ teams winning.

MC why S African teams in Super 14 has so bad results , whit out winnig a tittle

80's atmosphere was better and sport was more ''brutal'' it was not bough and no CCTV on arenas ,

Union was still "officially" amateur in the 80s.

80s was when league was poaching players from union, as opposed to 2000s onwards where it was the other way around

Funny thing I've never even heard of Extreme. [link]

Only bad thing up to 90s was there was no score on TV and time as we had now.