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Will be interesting to see how this fleshes out. There's rules that prevent any one person or group from owning more than a certain % in more than one club at the same time. I think it's 20%.

Ealing may win a lot but in terms of support they'd be the worst option to be promoted. Doncaster, Coventry and Bedford may not have the budget of Ealing but at least they have a following.

I can only relay what I've read but most people aren't overly pleased with him popping up in Colorado. Despite their initial statements the Raptors aren't really a feeder for the Eagles. Certainly no more than any of the MLR teams. There's no guarantees that he'll be in consideration...

Came out of nowhere. Things are moving pretty fast in the background from what I've been told. It's good that the league will have 12 teams again after the loss of Toronto and New York. Also interesting to see WR (World Rugby) opt to fully invest in a team in MLR as opposed to a 2nd team in SRA as was hinted...

Would be interested to see how this is structured. And whether it would be workable in other regions.

Surely that cannot be true now considering what the Pro Bowl has become. Wade had the career Hayne would have had he stuck around. Being a bit player on the practice squad. But at least Wade scored a TD. Jordan Mailata is the stand out actually being part of the active roster in Philadelphia but...

Jack Maddocks Pau beat the Cheetahs in front of over 5k (a sell out) at the Dutch National Rugby Stadium in Amsterdam.

So you're entire position is based off a handful of guys who played. So what. That happened back when I was a junior. We'd have guys come over all the time. Doesn't mean anything if the situation is no better now than it was 25 years ago. Take my region for example. When I started playing there...

When did this supposedly happen?

You wouldn't necessarily need that. If things like contracting were centralized we could conceivably split SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) into two with NZ taking their 6 and adding two more and RA taking our 5 plus the Drua and looking to run a 2nd squad out of both NSW and Qld operating them as separate domestic home and...

What's crazier is if that article is to be believed the way they think it will be saved is by doing more of the same rubbish as in the past.

Yeah. I read it when it was published and couldn't be bothered reposting it here it was so totalling devoid of originality or imagine. I genuinely hope hope it's just a journalist talking out of his arse because if there's any truth to any of this thinking no amount of faith as Dan54 would like...

I wasn't talking about Laws.

We need to forget about the national club comp or a third tier which is something I've advocated for over a long period of time and switch focus to to supporting the base and bolstering the JNRC structure. The first is by redirecting the resources we would spend on any club comp to the village...

That assumes they ever looked at it as any more than an extended trial system for the national team. Which they clearly didn't.

The club structure seems to be the way we're headed. With haves and have not. But that's more or less needed in such a movement. The one thing I don't agree with is the idea of Perth not being included in such a structure. You reference Ice Hockey. Well, we have our own national league...

Tahs won it in 2014 but your point still stands.

Yes but the Grand League was/is going to be a franchise league in much the same vein as Super Rugby Americas. The 7s bit is more their mix of continental competition for 2024 mostly in and around the developmental Unions and Womens game. The plan is for the Grand League to launch with 4 teams...

Not rumours. There's apparently an actual group bidding. Based out of Moneterrey and featuring one of the original Houston investors. There's been talk of interest in entering MLR from Mexico since season 1 with a group actually attending the season 1 Championship game. This bid may be a little...

Nic Duffy from Norths is off to San Diego to play in MLR for 2024.