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International Festival of Rugby in London set for Nov 2020 featuring 6N plus Japan and Fiji set to inject money into the 8 competing unions. This will replace the inbound tours of the SANZAAR nations. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/rugby-morning-headlines-wales-set-18585564

Although leaving aside the hyperbole and the inflammatory stuff, he makes valid points about the value of parochialism in sport and his point about TT netball also has relevance to TT rugby (roles being reversed).

This is the essential issue with TT from a broadcast point of view. There is actually no good option anywhere, there's just an array of bad to not so bad options. Regardless of what fans or even RA and NZRU want, in the end the market will decide because of the amount of money involved in...

They don't want to leave RA in the cold, but nor do they want to diminish the value of their 5 teams. The NZ strategy is that they want 5 teams because it concentrates their talent enough to provide strong teams while at the same time provides enough room to introduce young talent into the...

Not utopia, just reality.

Not really surprising that NZ only want 2-3 Aust teams. Predicted and predictable. EDIT: Surprising though that RA have considered the possibility of domestic

It's perhaps unfortunate that after years of stubbornly even refusing to consider TT because of the desire to "test themselves against SA teams in SA conditions," at the 11th hour NZRU has a road to Damascus conversion when rugby here is at its lowest ebb. I remember Clyne saying that we...

I assume that the Manly thing is part of his trolling MO

Source SMH 9 May

^^^Although one of the many issues with TT is that under the SANZAR joint venture agreement two of the partners can't exclude the third from a competition. It's either domestic or all 3 have the right to join. EDIT: And I agree with your points about games between NZ and Aust teams make both...

Enjoyed the game. Great to see talented young Aussie rugby players ripping in. Domestic pro league is the way to go. Bring it on. I am just going outside and may be some time.

I think your obsession with me requires some sort of professional counselling.

Noe of us 'know' what is best. All we can do is give our opinions, which is what these threads are for, and at the end of the day the choice/s will be made by RA. We're all in wait and see mode.

I think that's about right.

Except that I haven't said this at all, or even used the word fool? Yes, everyone is entitled to their opinion and I have never said otherwise. It's you who seem very threatened by views which don't accord with your own. You seem to be getting quite hysterical. And I've never said we...

Dear oh dear, so when you oppose or criticise something you're just giving your view, but if someone criticises your view it's negative. I've noticed that you don't like messages with don't accord with your rugby world view, any journo who proposes something you disagree with is also attacked...

So you have no idea how your favoured option would/could work? You should run RA

NRC is wholly funded by Foxtel and I'd doubt it will happen again.

You've misread the post. Read the rest of the sentence you've quoted.:)

So what's the scenario which enables RA to fund 3, 4 or 5 fully professional rugby teams plus the Wallabies? Broadcast money significantly reduced, sponsorships likely to follow (Qantas have already reduced annual $ from $5m to $3m) and the governing body relying on advances and loans from WR (World Rugby)...