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Maybe. Perhaps you're right but I don't know where else this works. In saying that, I don't think any other country faces the same environment Australia does with the NRL and AFL. I can't see how it works but it wouldn't be the first thing I've been wrong on. The risk is pretty big though....

No. At best, Australia has a team win the competition. You are acting as if Australia has never been competitive. Australian teams have won it 4 or 5 times? They have played in the Finals multiple times. It's not as if the current state has been the perpetual status of the Australian teams.

Did anyone from WR (World Rugby) see the U20s RC?! A game cancelled by rain is pretty pathetic.

OK. Thought about it.... When did the Blues ever think about getting out of Super Rugby so they could concentrate on the Gallagher Shield? If leaving a competition because your team keeps losing is the best way to engage fans and build a better player base, why aren't you guys celebrating the...

So why doesn't larger player pools equate to success for countries like Japan who has more players than Australia? England, France, Japan, Italy, Wales and Ireland all have larger player pools than NZ. It's about quality rather than quantity. The reality is that NZ will never be able to offer...

Yeah.....21 years of it.

This season was sweet but it's been 21 years of pretty dismal results. Even last year when we thought we might finally be good, we got SMASHED in the semi. And I never heard anyone ever say - let's pull the Blues out of Super Rugby and just concentrate on the Gallagher Shield.

NZ went 5 years without the Bledisloe from '98 - '03 and also went over 20 years being called chokers for not winning a RWC. Gregan famously reminded us of this with his 'Four more years!' Australia is in a worse position than we were but still...I don't think NZ ever looked to play lesser...

People like Laurie Fisher know the importance of playing tough competition regularly. The 'current model' is changing. Which is what I have said a number of times. The Rebels are gone and the Brumbies are joining the centralisation push - I'm hopeful these are steps in the right direction and...

That would be great....be good to stop hearing dumb shit like 'Super Rugby is dead' The Rebels are gone, centralisation is starting to take shape - I'm hopeful that RA is slowly turning the corner.

I didn't say it doesn't count. I'm saying that adding a new team today doesn't mean that tomorrow every team will be crap. I don't know if there is an exact science around how long it takes to have an effect but there is, I don't know what it is. The reality is that there wasn't and isn't...

Yeah....you have nothing. Next.

I think you have nothing. I have asked repeatedly where this domestic model you guys are clamouring for currently works and how do players get better in this domestic only comp. Not even an attempt at an answer. But you know better than the players :)

I would tend to agree but probably say it's been more in the last 10-15 years rather than 25 and it also depends on what you think the KPIs are. Super Rugby and the NRL/AFL are not apples to apples comparisons and while they are competitors in one sense, they aren't equal. The other 2 comps are...

Who said that? That's a strawman mate....you don't even know what I was responding to with the RWC success so if you don't keep up with the conversation, stay quiet LOL

You're not answering the question. Would you have the cross-over games and do you think results would stay the same?

Has rugby never been popular in Australia? You seem to think the last 25 years of rugby in Australia has been disastrous and I was pointing out that it clearly isn't the case.

So would you have any cross-over games and if so, do you see them being any different in result to what we saw in 2021?

Talk to player mate and you might understand....

Sorry - that's still one more than France, Ireland, Scotland and Argentina who are all currently ranked ahead of Australia