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There is a Friday night comp up to U12. Change that to Wednesday night and continue it on for older age groups. That will give the older boys more time to recover and still meet their school committments. That will increase numbers hopefully and create a unbroken junior pathway with their...

The people want stars. Look how SBW has increased the membership and game day spectator numbers. We need stars who will put bums on seats. BM will do that. So does Folau. Our previous stars have been doing the opposite last year.

This whole NRC thing is a hasty mess. It continues the ARU top down approach, where they parachute large numbers of players from above. We asked for a bottom up strategy that supported the club and restored and supported local loyalties. If my team was part of this they would be lucky to have a...

I have just read the post about the hunter pulling out cause they'll need 350k pa to fund the team. I cannot see Easts Randwick and Southern districts proceeding on that basis.

We have boys playing for their village clubs who drop off. Why? They reach adolescence and the ame gets more physical and they are too sore to back up. OK play the games Wednesday giving them the maximum time to recover either side. How to restore the numbers that have been lost to the...

League's latest round of changes have cut down their set pieces and will speed up their game and continuity. The NRC will need some radical rule changes to make any impression.

What happens if your district doesn't field a friday night team and your son plays another code on sunday? The way to increase the teenager numbers is to change the comp night to wednesday. That way they can recover from their school game and we arn't unnecessarily going head to head with the...

From a Sydney perspective you need a strong Shute shield to have a strong club and district competition and to have the money to go to the juniors. The shute shield needed to come up with their own solution. Leaving it to the ARU has given them something that does not help district football. The...

The juniors drop off in the older age groups because they have hit adolescence and their school sports competition is taking too much out of them physically and they can't back up on the Sunday.Then change their competition to Wednesday evening. Also Ted S above is write the focus has been a top...

Shute Shield is now the 4th tier. It used to be the 2nd 15+ years ago. What will happen to it? What should they do? What will happen to those clubs who arn't in the NRC? It costs $200k for a licence. How is this helping the clubs who are fielding a team?

If we want to introduce rugby to the non playing schools or the non playing portion of the schools, then the best way is using the soft entry of touch football. You have to take a longer view and get this established with competitions in primary schools. This has great potential in traditional...

2 points only for a penalty or drop goal unless taken from the other side of 50M line then 3 points. Can opt to take it that far back. 50 second shot clock for goals then you lose it.Captains can query ref decisions in each half until they get one wrong. No try's allowed from pushovers or pick...

What we want is a more professional comp to attract players and juniors, rusted on supporters, sponsors, and media. It needs to produce money and be appealing as a spectacle. We are the third tier in perceived quality and crowds are dropping in the other tiers and facing stiff competition. We...

It's none of the above. It's NSW + GC ie Newcastle Sydney (6 JVclubs) Wollongong Gosford and Canberra. Plus a separate Qld model. We need to avoid the quick expensive ARUfix. The sydney clubs would be true joint venture clubs. So where 2 combine they each nominate 50% of the players. That w...

Fred, how spot on you are. They are the quick fix anointed Super Teams it appears for the new ARC version. There is no thought about buy in and linking toballbthe juniors. They have gone with a expensive all encompassing model with expensive airfares and accommodation. Sure they may be...

A Call to Arms! Easts & Randwick the vested interests have come out of the closet. Guess what! They are not interested in rugby in our districts. They have adopted the might is right principle and don't want to connect with our juniors. We have 2 northern & a non district team and none from the...

BeastieBoy Frank Nicholson (4) Likes Received: 9 At the outset whichever format is chosen for the third tier competition we have to accept that we are in a professional sport that must be attractive to a large number of spectators to survive and thrive and attract media and sponsorship funding...

Extract from Rugby Gold "THE future of Australian rugby's third tier will be decided at an ARU board meeting on October 21, but we can reveal much of the plans. It looks like they’re aiming for 10 club teams – already existing, financially sufficient clubs – some of who will also receive some...

Club Rugby has been run for a hundred years here and overseas as a amateur game to suit the wishes of the Old Chaps of the IRB. It went professional but it had a significant standing in UK SA and NZ. Not so in Australia. The club based systems of AFL and League had a hundred year professional...

I believe we have a game that can appeal to the wider sporting public. Sevens rugby is easy to understand. It's the same rules but there is less traffic in the rucks etc, and as a consequence it's easier to understand. Build an appreciation of the game through 7s and some of those will enjoy...