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Somewhere like Ballymore would be decent. I'd like to see something like this. The issue is cost. But if you get us, NZ and Fiji on board that alone would give you a solid base of players. I actually wouldn't mind using the RPL format either. You could run two men's and two women's games a...

Watched the England/Spain U18s game last night. A lot is being made of Spain at present with their qualifying for the RWC and their bid to host to 2035 event. And going from what I saw last night they'll be competitive enough if they do host it. It may have ended up 43-19 in the end but it was...

I'd like to see Vic kept alongside NSW and Qld having 2nd sides.

Binge had 1.5m subs as of mid last year compared to Stan 2.5m.

A quich search suggests It's the 4th most subscribed service behind the big 3. Ahead of Kayo, Binge, Paramount+, Hayu, Optus Sport etc.

I don't know about that. I definitely see Nine going after the NRL but I don't think they'll look to expand their FTA offering much if anything beyond the current arrangement. I do see them looking to lock up the Super Saturday games on Stan as a means to drive growth on that platform.

And both those $100m figures for the Lions and RWC are minimums based on initial projections. The Lions series has already exceeded those and there was something out a week or two ago that we look likely to earn more than the initial projections.

Which to be honest is where the majority of Rugby fans engage with the game anyway. I'm not overly pleased with the loss of FTA as it's been something I've supported for a long time. However, given the numbers were poor in general its not a huge loss in terms of viewership.

That had a lot to do with the FFR paying overs for the event coupled with them buying the rights to the hospitality for the tournament in partnership with Societie Generale who you can guarantee got paid their dues.

That seems like an odd format to be going with. Not the quarters idea. That's something I've long thought should be trialed for 7s in terms of building out the games for something more friendly to a league format. But the 4 minute a quarter bit. Why not 7 minute quarters? Some time ago now a...

Where did you see the 16 minute matches?

The Rugby Premier League (Ind8an backed 7s league) will run June 1-15 featuring 6 franchises sourc8ng players from around the world.

Spain's been working toward a budget for a while. Initially it was going to be a joint bid with Portugal but the Portuguese Unions president put his foot in it trying to claim credit when the impetus was from Spain and did themselves out of the deal.

The head of Rugby Asia is an Emirati and has been push a franchise concept in the future.

Saudi Arabia weighing up a bid for the 2035 RWC.