In 1995, ARU CEO Bruce Hayman wrote a memo with the of help David Moffett and Terry Doyle. It was titled “The Perfect Rugby Product” and outlined a plan to take the game professional at a time when the ARL and Super League threatened the existence of the 15 man code. From that memo, Super Rugby and SANZAR was born and SANZAR soon signed a 10-year $US550 million broadcast deal with Rupert Murdoch and News Corp, which took the game professional and secured its future. Super Rugby has come a long way from its inaugural 12 team tournament back in 1996 and we caught up with Hayman to hear his thoughts on the current state of the competition and find out what he thinks about its future. Where did the original idea for Super 12 and SANZAR come from?  Rugby at that stage was still an amateur sport and in the wake of the Super League raid on the ARL, we quickly realised that we needed to do something to protect our players and keep them in the code. The original Super Rugby pro