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I generally agree. The only potential problem with Campo is that he's often a bit of a downer on the modern game. I think one problem with the Fox commentary team was that they'd sometimes be a bit too negative about the sport and the spectacle, as if watching the game through more of a rugby...

If it's the same structure as 2019 (Pool A plays B and Pool C plays D) then potentially England again! Or Argentina or Japan.

It's stupid. FIFA seem to manage just fine doing it a year or so before, not sure why rugby needs 3 years.

Bit boring that we have the same pool again, and Wales and Fiji 3 times in a row. It could even turn out to be exactly the same pool as 2019 if Georgia go through as Europe 1, which is likely, and Uruguay are the final playoff winner, which is very possible.

Not if the policy is based on nationality rather than ethnicity, same as the Australian and NZ teams. The end result may be basically the same, because Samoa and Tonga are ethnically homogenous countries and in Fiji my understanding is that not many Indian-Fijians play rugby, but if there are...

I think there'd probably be a few ex-Wallabies/AB's, but I would be surprised if they don't commit to a significant majority of the squad being eligible for PI test teams. And possibly with more of a focus on Samoan and Tongan eligibility, as it's been reported there could be a separate Fijian team.

It wouldn't actually be based along racial lines though, just nationality. So anyone eligible for Fiji, Samoa or Tonga would be eligible for the Moana Pasifika team. That's really no different from Australian and NZ teams limiting the number of foreign players, Australia and NZ are just more...

They should just do something like the rugby ruckus, which is essentially both a live streamed show and a podcast. As Ben Kimber is working for Stan now maybe even that exact show (with a bit of extra production value) could be brought over. There's heaps of examples of this now. The new...

I think that would be a great format zer0 and I imagine RA would prefer it. I just doubt NZR will go for the divisional finals system given that with a combined ladder and finals system they'd probably expect more than 3 NZ teams to qualify most years, and that a lot of the time there'd be 2...

I think it would be better if it was the top Australian team vs the top NZ team. That would keep every game Trans-Tasman, and it would mean all the teams your side is competing against for a finals berth would have the same draw. But I can understand why NZR wouldn't go for this. If you had...

I was referring to a tie in with Japan when it comes to a champions league or some kind of mini cup tournament. Like the TT comp will be next year but expanded to include a couple of Japanese teams (and potentially South American teams).

I'd be happy with that too, but there could be changes in 2-3 years time if they want to do something with Japan, which has been flagged.

You never know. It could go brilliantly and everyone want to continue with the same multi-tournament structure. It would reduce the number of inconsequential games to near 0. If you bring in some of the top Japanese and in time, South American teams you could have a 16 team tournament with 4...

Well the announcement seems to suggest they're going to determine the finalists by total points in a 10 team ladder, so that wouldn't happen. Though I would prefer that to happen. Both options have some potential unfairness. In a 10 team table the best New Zealand team could be obviously the...

I think it would be a lot better if points from the domestic comps do not carry through. Otherwise you'll have multiple teams starting the TT competition with pretty much 0 chance of making the final. I think it will be great if teams that underperformed in the domestic comp have an...

So this is what I thought it would be, except with the final between the 2 teams with the most points after 5 weeks, rather than the top Australian team vs the top NZ team. This will make it a lot harder for 1 team from each country to make the final presuming 1 country has more competitive...

It'd be a separate mini tournament to decide the best team against foreign opposition. So whichever team finishes top of the NZ pool for example would be the one that did the best against Australian opposition (and all teams will have played the same opposition so it's pretty fair). Both...

It would be a new mini tournament where you essentially have 2 pools with only cross-over pool games. So at the end you'd get a top performing Australian team (against Kiwi opposition), and a top performing NZ team (against Australian opposition). Ideally they'd then play a final. The domestic...

I'd bet on each Australian team playing each NZ team once (so 5 games for all teams), with the top Kiwi team playing the top Australian team again in the final. Or possibly no final.

Agreed. I would be pretty happy for him to bring Morgan Turinui across as well.