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Exact make-up would be determined by people closer to it. :)

If you really want brand recognition and tribalism in your competition then the national domestic competition would look something like below. But like all possible permutations it brings with it positives and negatives. It depends what positives RA sees in any model and how they balance...

But barely known in the wider rugby community.

He's almost 80. I think you can rest easy.

I wouldn't actually be branding anything as the Rays.

I'd actually argue that NSW and Qld have devalued their brand by participating in Super Rugby over the past 25 years. State selection in any sport is an honour over and above a week to week club type competition. I'm not sure that the Vikings are as invisible as you suggest. Given time in a proper...

I'm not in favour of multiple tiers, I just don't think state teams should be playing in week to week competitions. I think you'll find that the suggestion that you are opposing wasn't mine, but somebody else's. NH Rays are long gone and have never formed part of any suggestion that I have...

Which is probably what they always should be - representative teams playing limited time. There's only 3 of them so a full season isn't really very "full" at all.

Perhaps they're all adopting the Queensland RL definitions of 'origin':) At least this song is good for a laugh in these troubled times

Added to which it was tacked onto the end of the season like an unwanted relative. The NRC commenced when the NRL and AFL finals were starting, so the media oxygen was all taken. And of course, every 4th year it is played at the same time as RWC so even becomes invisible to 95% of rusted on...

Greed, hubris and incompetence on a grand scale

Mosman resident and does he fit the final piece of the puzzle - Shore old boy?;)

Ah yes, dear old Brett.

What it shows is that the NSWRU and its chairman will put their own self-interest first. Special Meetings and changes to board structures aren't in the interest of those who currently monopolise the levers of power. There's a mutually beneficial and quite cosy arrangement between the RA board...

Well he's certainly an opportunist, so if an opportunity arises for self-advancement I'm sure he'll be there.

Yes, less content would mean less money. But Trans-Tasman without South Africa would also mean less content and less money for the kiwis. And SA have a broadcast deal in place, as do NZ, so economically the two of them could probably make money together than NZ could with RA.

Well, he wasn't in it for the long haul was he? Maybe he can go back to running Twiggy's South American operations.;)

This is the guy who the southern hemisphere should have put up for Chairman of WR (World Rugby). He'd also be the guy who you'd want as CEO of RA - but that's probably not a role you'd wish on anybody.

Wasn't it a part of the COVID19 wages agreement that all contracted players have the option to supplement their income in either Europe/UK or Japan? I might have misunderstood, but that's my recollection of the agreement.